Section 8 · System administration

intltool-merge.8

Package: intltool

INTLTOOL-MERGE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
FILES
REPORTING BUGS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

NAME

intltool-merge − merge translated strings into various types of file

SYNOPSIS

intltool-merge [option]… PO_DIRECTORY FILENAME OUTPUT_FILE

DESCRIPTION

Merge translated strings in po files in PO_DIRECTORY with the original application file FILENAME, and output the file OUTPUT_FILE containing both original and localized strings.

If FILENAME is an XML file, OUTPUT_FILE will contain repeated xml nodes, where each node contains one of the localized strings with “xml:lang” attribute.

OPTIONS

Mode of operation


	−b

−−ba-style

Merge files in bonobo-activation style, which is used for bonobo servers.


	−d

−−desktop-style

Merge files in desktop style, which is similar to the Windows .ini file format.


	−k

−−keys-style

Merge files in keys style, which is used for metadata.


	−o

−−oaf-style

(OBSOLETE) Same as −b/−−ba-style.


	−r

−−rfc822deb-style

Merge files in RFC 822 style, which is usually used in Debian configuration files.

−−quoted-style

Merge files in quoted string style, which just translates any strings within "".


	−x

−−xml-style

Merge files in standard XML style, both as attributes and as raw pcdata.

Other options


	−u

−−utf8

Convert all strings to UTF-8 before merging.


	−p

−−pass-through

Use strings as is in .po files without conversion (STRONGLY unrecommended with −x).


	−c

−−cache

(TBD)


	−q

−−quiet

Be quiet while running.


	−v

−−version

Show version information.


	−h

−−help

Show usage and basic help information.

FILES

po/.intltool-merge-cache

Cache file generated by intltool-merge, that contains all strings in all po files separated by \01.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to http://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool

AUTHOR

Darin Adler <darin@bentspoon.com>
Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>
Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@eazel.com>