1@pindex autopoint 2@cindex @code{autopoint} program, usage 3@example 4autopoint [@var{option}]... 5@end example 6 7The @code{autopoint} program copies standard gettext infrastructure files 8into a source package. It extracts from a macro call of the form 9@code{AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(@var{version})}, found in the package's 10@file{configure.in} or @file{configure.ac} file, the gettext version 11used by the package, and copies the infrastructure files belonging to 12this version into the package. 13 14@subsubsection Options 15 16@table @samp 17@item -f 18@itemx --force 19@opindex -f@r{, @code{autopoint} option} 20@opindex --force@r{, @code{autopoint} option} 21Force overwriting of files that already exist. 22 23@item -n 24@itemx --dry-run 25@opindex -d@r{, @code{autopoint} option} 26@opindex --dry-run@r{, @code{autopoint} option} 27Print modifications but don't perform them. All file copying actions that 28@code{autopoint} would normally execute are inhibited and instead only 29listed on standard output. 30 31@end table 32 33@subsubsection Informative output 34 35@table @samp 36@item --help 37@opindex --help@r{, @code{autopoint} option} 38Display this help and exit. 39 40@item --version 41@opindex --version@r{, @code{autopoint} option} 42Output version information and exit. 43 44@end table 45 46@code{autopoint} supports the GNU @code{gettext} versions from 0.10.35 to 47the current one, @value{VERSION}. In order to apply @code{autopoint} to 48a package using a @code{gettext} version newer than @value{VERSION}, you 49need to install this same version of GNU @code{gettext} at least. 50 51In packages using GNU @code{automake}, an invocation of @code{autopoint} 52should be followed by invocations of @code{aclocal} and then @code{autoconf} 53and @code{autoheader}. The reason is that @code{autopoint} installs some 54autoconf macro files, which are used by @code{aclocal} to create 55@file{aclocal.m4}, and the latter is used by @code{autoconf} to create the 56package's @file{configure} script and by @code{autoheader} to create the 57package's @file{config.h.in} include file template. 58 59The name @samp{autopoint} is an abbreviation of @samp{auto-po-intl-m4}; 60the tool copies or updates mostly files in the @file{po}, @file{intl}, 61@file{m4} directories. 62