1<html> 2<head> 3<meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> 4<meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> 5<title>GETTEXT</title> 6</head> 7<body> 8 9<h1 align=center>GETTEXT</h1> 10<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> 11<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> 12<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> 13<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> 14<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> 15<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> 16<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> 17 18<hr> 19<!-- Creator : groff version 1.17.2 --> 20<a name="NAME"></a> 21<h2>NAME</h2> 22<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 23 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 24<tr valign="top" align="left"> 25<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 26gettext - translate message</td></table> 27<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> 28<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> 29 30<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 31 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 32<tr valign="top" align="left"> 33<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 34<b>gettext</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] [[<i>TEXTDOMAIN</i>] 35<i>MSGID</i>]<b><br> 36gettext</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] <i>-s</i> 37[<i>MSGID</i>]...</td></table> 38<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> 39<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> 40 41<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 42 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 43<tr valign="top" align="left"> 44<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 45The <b>gettext</b> program translates a natural language 46message into the user's language, by looking up the 47translation in a message catalog.</td></table> 48 49<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 50 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 51<tr valign="top" align="left"> 52<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 53Display native language translation of a textual 54message.</td></table> 55 56<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 57 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 58<tr valign="top" align="left"> 59<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 60<b>-d</b>, <b>--domain</b>=<i>TEXTDOMAIN</i></td></table> 61 62<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 63 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 64<tr valign="top" align="left"> 65<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 66retrieve translated messages from TEXTDOMAIN</td></table> 67 68<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 69 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 70<tr valign="top" align="left"> 71<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 72<b>-e</b></td></table> 73 74<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 75 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 76<tr valign="top" align="left"> 77<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 78enable expansion of some escape sequences</td></table> 79 80<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 81 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 82<tr valign="top" align="left"> 83<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 84<b>-E</b></td></table> 85 86<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 87 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 88<tr valign="top" align="left"> 89<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 90(ignored for compatibility)</td></table> 91 92<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 93 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 94<tr valign="top" align="left"> 95<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 96<b>-h</b>, <b>--help</b></td></table> 97 98<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 99 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 100<tr valign="top" align="left"> 101<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 102display this help and exit</td></table> 103 104<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 105 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 106<tr valign="top" align="left"> 107<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 108<b>-n</b></td></table> 109 110<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 111 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 112<tr valign="top" align="left"> 113<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 114suppress trailing newline</td></table> 115 116<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 117 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 118<tr valign="top" align="left"> 119<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 120<b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></td></table> 121 122<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 123 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 124<tr valign="top" align="left"> 125<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 126display version information and exit</td></table> 127 128<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 129 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 130<tr valign="top" align="left"> 131<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 132[TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID</td></table> 133 134<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 135 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 136<tr valign="top" align="left"> 137<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 138retrieve translated message corresponding to MSGID from 139TEXTDOMAIN</td></table> 140 141<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 142 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 143<tr valign="top" align="left"> 144<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 145If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is 146determined from the environment variable TEXTDOMAIN. If the 147message catalog is not found in the regular directory, 148another location can be specified with the environment 149variable TEXTDOMAINDIR. When used with the <b>-s</b> option 150the program behaves like the `echo' command. But it does not 151simply copy its arguments to stdout. Instead those messages 152found in the selected catalog are translated. Standard 153search directory: @localedir@</td></table> 154<a name="AUTHOR"></a> 155<h2>AUTHOR</h2> 156 157<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 158 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 159<tr valign="top" align="left"> 160<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 161Written by Ulrich Drepper.</td></table> 162<a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> 163<h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2> 164 165<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 166 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 167<tr valign="top" align="left"> 168<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 169Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.</td></table> 170<a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> 171<h2>COPYRIGHT</h2> 172 173<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 174 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 175<tr valign="top" align="left"> 176<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 177Copyright 1995-1997, 2000-2007 Free Software Foundation, 178Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 179<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;<br> 180This is free software: you are free to change and 181redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent 182permitted by law.</td></table> 183<a name="SEE ALSO"></a> 184<h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 185 186<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 187 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 188<tr valign="top" align="left"> 189<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 190The full documentation for <b>gettext</b> is maintained as a 191Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>gettext</b> 192programs are properly installed at your site, the 193command</td></table> 194 195<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 196 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 197<tr valign="top" align="left"> 198<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 199<b>info gettext</b></td></table> 200 201<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 202 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 203<tr valign="top" align="left"> 204<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 205should give you access to the complete manual.</td></table> 206<hr> 207</body> 208</html> 209