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NAME

itstool - convert between XML and PO using ITS

SYNOPSIS

itstool [OPTIONS] XMLFILES...
itstool -m <MOFILE> [OPTIONS] XMLFILES...
itstool -j <XMLFILE> [OPTIONS] MOFILES...

DESCRIPTION

itstool extracts messages from XML files and outputs PO template
files, then merges translations from MO files to create translated
XML files. It determines what to translate and how to chunk it into
messages using the W3C Internationalization Tag Set (ITS).

To extract messages from XML files XMLFILES and output them to
OUT.pot:

itstool -o OUT.pot XMLFILES

After merging with existing translations or translating strings,
generate an MO file with msgfmt(1), then output translated files to
the directory DIR:

itstool -m OUT.mo -o DIR XMLFILES

You can also create a single multilingual XML output file using an
input XML file and a set of MO files:

itstool -j FILE.xml -o OUT.xml MOFILES

ITS definitions are loaded from the built-in rules, rules embedded in
the source XML files, files passed with the -i option, and ITS
attributes in the source XML files. Later definitions take
precedence. You can disable built-in rules by passing the -n option.

OPTIONS

Extracting

-o OUT.pot
--out OUT.pot
output PO template to the file OUT.pot

Merging

-m MOFILE XMLFILES
--merge MOFILE XMLFILES
merge from an MO file MOFILE and output translated XML files for
source XMLFILES

-l LANG
--lang LANG
explicitly set the language code output to XML

-o OUT
--out OUT
output XML files in the directory OUT

Joining

-j MLIFILE MOFILES
--join XMLFILE MOFILES
join translations from MOFILES into a multilingual file based on
source XMLFILE

-o OUT.xml
--out OUT.xml
output to the XML file OUT.xml

Common

-i ITS
--its ITS
load the ITS rules in the file ITS (can specify multiple times)

-n
--no-builtins
do not apply the built-in ITS rules that ship with itstool

-s
--strict
exit with error when PO files contain broken XML

-d
--load-dtd
load external DTDs used by input XML files

-k
--keep-entities
keep entity references unexpanded in PO files

-p NAME VALUE
--param NAME VALUE
define ITS parameter NAME to the value VALUE (can specify
multiple times)

AUTHOR

Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org>

SEE ALSO

More documentation for itstool is maintained online. For more
information, see:

http://itstool.org/documentation/

itstool 2.0.7 December 2013 ITSTOOL(1)