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9<h1 align=center>MSGINIT</h1>
10<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
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12<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
13<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
14<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
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16<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
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21<h2>NAME</h2>
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26msginit - initialize a message catalog</td></table>
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28<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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34<b>msginit</b> [<i>OPTION</i>]</td></table>
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36<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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42Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information
43with values from the user's environment.</td></table>
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49Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
50options too.</td></table>
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56<b>Input file location:</b></td></table>
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62<b>-i</b>, <b>--input</b>=<i>INPUTFILE</i></td></table>
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68input POT file</td></table>
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74If no input file is given, the current directory is searched
75for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is
76read.</td></table>
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82<b>Output file location:</b></td></table>
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88<b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></td></table>
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94write output to specified PO file</td></table>
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100If no output file is given, it depends on the
101<b>--locale</b> option or the user's locale setting. If it
102is -, the results are written to standard
103output.</td></table>
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109<b>Input file syntax:</b></td></table>
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115<b>-P</b>, <b>--properties-input</b></td></table>
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121input file is in Java .properties syntax</td></table>
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127<b>--stringtable-input</b></td></table>
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133input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
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140<b>Output details:</b></td></table>
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146<b>-l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LL_CC</i></td></table>
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152set target locale</td></table>
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158<b>--no-translator</b></td></table>
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164assume the PO file is automatically generated</td></table>
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170<b>-p</b>, <b>--properties-output</b></td></table>
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176write out a Java .properties file</td></table>
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182<b>--stringtable-output</b></td></table>
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188write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file</td></table>
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194<b>-w</b>, <b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></td></table>
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200set output page width</td></table>
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206<b>--no-wrap</b></td></table>
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212do not break long message lines, longer than the output page
213width, into several lines</td></table>
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219<b>Informative output:</b></td></table>
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225<b>-h</b>, <b>--help</b></td></table>
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231display this help and exit</td></table>
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237<b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></td></table>
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243output version information and exit</td></table>
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251Written by Bruno Haible.</td></table>
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259Report bugs to &lt;bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</td></table>
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267Copyright 2001-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
268GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
269&lt;http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;<br>
270This is free software: you are free to change and
271redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
272permitted by law.</td></table>
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280The full documentation for <b>msginit</b> is maintained as a
281Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msginit</b>
282programs are properly installed at your site, the
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289<b>info msginit</b></td></table>
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