1 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.24.
2 .TH MSGMERGE "1" "April 2005" "GNU gettext-tools 0.14.4" GNU
4 msgmerge \- merge message catalog and template
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] \fIdef.po ref.pot\fR
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Merges two Uniforum style .po files together. The def.po file is an
12 existing PO file with translations which will be taken over to the newly
13 created file as long as they still match; comments will be preserved,
14 but extracted comments and file positions will be discarded. The ref.pot
15 file is the last created PO file with up-to-date source references but
16 old translations, or a PO Template file (generally created by xgettext);
17 any translations or comments in the file will be discarded, however dot
18 comments and file positions will be preserved. Where an exact match
19 cannot be found, fuzzy matching is used to produce better results.
21 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
22 .SS "Input file location:"
25 translations referring to old sources
28 references to new sources
30 \fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
31 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
33 \fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-compendium\fR=\fIFILE\fR
34 additional library of message translations,
35 may be specified more than once
38 \fB\-U\fR, \fB\-\-update\fR
40 do nothing if def.po already up to date
41 .SS "Output file location:"
43 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
44 write output to specified file
46 The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
49 Output file location in update mode:
50 The result is written back to def.po.
52 \fB\-\-backup\fR=\fICONTROL\fR
53 make a backup of def.po
55 \fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fISUFFIX\fR
56 override the usual backup suffix
58 The version control method may be selected via the \fB\-\-backup\fR option or through
59 the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:
62 never make backups (even if \fB\-\-backup\fR is given)
68 numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
71 always make simple backups
73 The backup suffix is `~', unless set with \fB\-\-suffix\fR or the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX
75 .SS "Operation modifiers:"
77 \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-multi\-domain\fR
78 apply ref.pot to each of the domains in def.po
80 \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-no\-fuzzy\-matching\fR
81 do not use fuzzy matching
82 .SS "Input file syntax:"
84 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR
85 input files are in Java .properties syntax
87 \fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR
88 input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
92 \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
93 do not use C escapes in output (default)
95 \fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-escape\fR
96 use C escapes in output, no extended chars
99 write PO file even if empty
101 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-indent\fR
102 indented output style
104 \fB\-\-no\-location\fR
105 suppress '#: filename:line' lines
107 \fB\-\-add\-location\fR
108 preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
111 strict Uniforum output style
113 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR
114 write out a Java .properties file
116 \fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
117 write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
119 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
120 set output page width
123 do not break long message lines, longer than
124 the output page width, into several lines
126 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-output\fR
127 generate sorted output
129 \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-by\-file\fR
130 sort output by file location
131 .SS "Informative output:"
133 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
134 display this help and exit
136 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
137 output version information and exit
139 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
140 increase verbosity level
142 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
143 suppress progress indicators
145 Written by Peter Miller.
147 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
149 Copyright \(co 1995-1998, 2000-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
151 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
152 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
154 The full documentation for
156 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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