intltool-merge - merge translated strings into various types of file
intltool-merge [option]... PO_DIRECTORY FILENAME OUTPUT_FILE
INTLTOOL-MERGE(8) System Manager's Manual INTLTOOL-MERGE(8)
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 con-
figuration 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 unrec-
ommended 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>
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Availability | developer/intltool |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
iconv(1), intltoolize(8), intltool-prepare(8), intltool-extract(8),
intltool-update(8)
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://launchpad.net/intl-
tool/trunk/0.51.0/+download/intltool-0.51.0.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/intltool/.
intltool 2003-08-02 INTLTOOL-MERGE(8)