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>MSGINIT</title> 6 </head> 7 <body> 8 9 <h1 align=center>MSGINIT</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%"> 26 msginit - initialize a message catalog</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>msginit</b> [<i>OPTION</i>]</td></table> 35 <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> 36 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> 37 38 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 39 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 40 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 41 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 42 Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information 43 with values from the user's environment.</td></table> 44 45 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 46 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 47 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 48 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 49 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short 50 options too.</td></table> 51 52 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 53 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 54 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 55 <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 56 <b>Input file location:</b></td></table> 57 58 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 59 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 60 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 61 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 62 <b>-i</b>, <b>--input</b>=<i>INPUTFILE</i></td></table> 63 64 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 65 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 66 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 67 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 68 input POT file</td></table> 69 70 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 71 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 72 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 73 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 74 If no input file is given, the current directory is searched 75 for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is 76 read.</td></table> 77 78 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 79 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 80 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 81 <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 82 <b>Output file location:</b></td></table> 83 84 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 85 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 86 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 87 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 88 <b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></td></table> 89 90 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 91 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 92 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 93 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 94 write output to specified PO file</td></table> 95 96 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 97 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 98 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 99 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 100 If no output file is given, it depends on the 101 <b>--locale</b> option or the user's locale setting. If it 102 is -, the results are written to standard 103 output.</td></table> 104 105 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 106 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 107 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 108 <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 109 <b>Input file syntax:</b></td></table> 110 111 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 112 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 113 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 114 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 115 <b>-P</b>, <b>--properties-input</b></td></table> 116 117 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 118 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 119 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 120 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 121 input file is in Java .properties syntax</td></table> 122 123 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 124 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 125 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 126 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 127 <b>--stringtable-input</b></td></table> 128 129 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 130 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 131 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 132 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 133 input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings 134 syntax</td></table> 135 136 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 137 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 138 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 139 <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 140 <b>Output details:</b></td></table> 141 142 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 143 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 144 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 145 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 146 <b>-l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LL_CC</i></td></table> 147 148 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 149 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 150 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 151 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 152 set target locale</td></table> 153 154 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 155 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 156 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 157 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 158 <b>--no-translator</b></td></table> 159 160 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 161 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 162 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 163 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 164 assume the PO file is automatically generated</td></table> 165 166 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 167 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 168 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 169 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 170 <b>-p</b>, <b>--properties-output</b></td></table> 171 172 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 173 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 174 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 175 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 176 write out a Java .properties file</td></table> 177 178 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 179 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 180 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 181 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 182 <b>--stringtable-output</b></td></table> 183 184 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 185 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 186 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 187 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 188 write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file</td></table> 189 190 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 191 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 192 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 193 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 194 <b>-w</b>, <b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></td></table> 195 196 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 197 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 198 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 199 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 200 set output page width</td></table> 201 202 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 203 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 204 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 205 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 206 <b>--no-wrap</b></td></table> 207 208 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 209 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 210 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 211 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 212 do not break long message lines, longer than the output page 213 width, into several lines</td></table> 214 215 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 216 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 217 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 218 <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 219 <b>Informative output:</b></td></table> 220 221 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 222 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 223 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 224 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 225 <b>-h</b>, <b>--help</b></td></table> 226 227 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 228 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 229 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 230 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 231 display this help and exit</td></table> 232 233 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 234 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 235 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 236 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 237 <b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></td></table> 238 239 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 240 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 241 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 242 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 243 output version information and exit</td></table> 244 <a name="AUTHOR"></a> 245 <h2>AUTHOR</h2> 246 247 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 248 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 249 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 250 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 251 Written by Bruno Haible.</td></table> 252 <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> 253 <h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2> 254 255 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 256 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 257 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 258 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 259 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext (a] gnu.org>.</td></table> 260 <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> 261 <h2>COPYRIGHT</h2> 262 263 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 264 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 265 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 266 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 267 Copyright 2001-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br> 268 This is free software; see the source for copying 269 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for 270 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 271 PURPOSE.</td></table> 272 <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> 273 <h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 274 275 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 276 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 277 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 278 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 279 The full documentation for <b>msginit</b> is maintained as a 280 Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msginit</b> 281 programs are properly installed at your site, the 282 command</td></table> 283 284 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 285 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 286 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 287 <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 288 <b>info msginit</b></td></table> 289 290 <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 291 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 292 <tr valign="top" align="left"> 293 <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 294 should give you access to the complete manual.</td></table> 295 <hr> 296 </body> 297 </html> 298
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