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   9 <h1 align=center>MSGEN</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>
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  20 <a name="NAME"></a>
  21 <h2>NAME</h2>
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  26 msgen - create English message catalog</td></table>
  27 <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
  28 <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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  34 <b>msgen</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] <i>INPUTFILE</i></td></table>
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  36 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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  42 Creates an English translation catalog. The input file is
  43 the last created English PO file, or a PO Template file
  44 (generally created by xgettext). Untranslated entries are
  45 assigned a translation that is identical to the
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  52 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
  53 options too.</td></table>
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  59 <b>Input file location:</b></td></table>
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  65 INPUTFILE</td></table>
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  71 input PO or POT file</td></table>
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  77 <b>-D</b>, <b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></td></table>
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  83 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search</td></table>
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  89 If input file is -, standard input is read.</td></table>
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  95 <b>Output file location:</b></td></table>
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 101 <b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></td></table>
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 107 write output to specified file</td></table>
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 113 The results are written to standard output if no output file
 114 is specified or if it is -.</td></table>
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 120 <b>Input file syntax:</b></td></table>
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 126 <b>-P</b>, <b>--properties-input</b></td></table>
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 132 input file is in Java .properties syntax</td></table>
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 138 <b>--stringtable-input</b></td></table>
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 144 input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
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 151 <b>Output details:</b></td></table>
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 157 <b>-e</b>, <b>--no-escape</b></td></table>
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 163 do not use C escapes in output (default)</td></table>
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 175 use C escapes in output, no extended chars</td></table>
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 181 <b>--force-po</b></td></table>
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 187 write PO file even if empty</td></table>
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 193 <b>-i</b>, <b>--indent</b></td></table>
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 199 indented output style</td></table>
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 211 suppress '#: filename:line' lines</td></table>
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 235 strict Uniforum output style</td></table>
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 241 <b>-p</b>, <b>--properties-output</b></td></table>
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 283 do not break long message lines, longer than the output page
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 296 generate sorted output</td></table>
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 308 sort output by file location</td></table>
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 314 <b>Informative output:</b></td></table>
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 326 display this help and exit</td></table>
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 338 output version information and exit</td></table>
 339 <a name="AUTHOR"></a>
 340 <h2>AUTHOR</h2>
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 346 Written by Bruno Haible.</td></table>
 347 <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a>
 348 <h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2>
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 354 Report bugs to &lt;bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</td></table>
 355 <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a>
 356 <h2>COPYRIGHT</h2>
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 362 Copyright 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br>
 363 This is free software; see the source for copying
 364 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
 365 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 366 PURPOSE.</td></table>
 367 <a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
 368 <h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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 374 The full documentation for <b>msgen</b> is maintained as a
 375 Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgen</b> programs
 376 are properly installed at your site, the
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 383 <b>info msgen</b></td></table>
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 389 should give you access to the complete manual.</td></table>
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