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11 <a href=
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13 <a href=
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16 <a href=
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17 <a href=
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28 <p>msginit
− initialize a message catalog
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39 <p><b>msginit
</b> [
<i>OPTION
</i>]
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42 <a name=
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50 <p>Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information
51 with values from the user
’s environment.
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53 <p>Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for
54 short options too.
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63 <p><b>Input file location:
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72 <b>−−input
</b>=
<i>INPUTFILE
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89 <p>If no input file is given, the current directory is
90 searched for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is
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100 <p><b>Output file location:
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109 <b>−−output
−file
</b>=
<i>FILE
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117 <p>write output to specified PO file
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126 <p>If no output file is given, it depends on the
127 <b>−−locale
</b> option or the user
’s
128 locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to
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138 <p><b>Input file syntax:
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147 <b>−−properties
−input
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155 <p>input file is in Java .properties syntax
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164 <p><b>−−stringtable
−input
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172 <p>input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
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181 <p><b>Output details:
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190 <b>−−locale
</b>=
<i>LL_CC
</i></p></td>
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198 <p>set target locale
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207 <p><b>−−no
−translator
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215 <p>assume the PO file is automatically generated
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224 <p><b>−−color
</b></p></td>
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232 <p>use colors and other text attributes always
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241 <p><b>−−color
</b>=
<i>WHEN
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249 <p>use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be
250 ’always
’,
’never
’,
251 ’auto
’, or
’html
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260 <p><b>−−style
</b>=
<i>STYLEFILE
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268 <p>specify CSS style rule file for
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279 <b>−−properties
−output
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287 <p>write out a Java .properties file
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296 <p><b>−−stringtable
−output
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304 <p>write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
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314 <b>−−width
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<i>NUMBER
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322 <p>set output page width
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331 <p><b>−−no
−wrap
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339 <p>do not break long message lines, longer than the output
340 page width, into several lines
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349 <p><b>Informative output:
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357 <p><b>−h
</b>,
<b>−−help
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365 <p>display this help and exit
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374 <p><b>−V
</b>,
<b>−−version
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382 <p>output version information and exit
</p>
385 <a name=
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393 <p>Written by Bruno Haible.
</p>
396 <a name=
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397 <h2>REPORTING BUGS
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404 <p>Report bugs to
<bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org
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415 <p>Copyright
© 2001-
2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
416 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version
3 or later
417 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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418 This is free software: you are free to change and
419 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
420 permitted by law.
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431 <p>The full documentation for
<b>msginit
</b> is maintained
432 as a Texinfo manual. If the
<b>info
</b> and
<b>msginit
</b>
433 programs are properly installed at your site, the
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443 <p><b>info msginit
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452 <p>should give you access to the complete manual.
</p>