INTLTOOL-MERGE

NAME

SYNOPSIS

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.

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