INTLTOOL-MERGE(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures 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
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.

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>

SEE ALSO

iconv(1), intltoolize(8), intltool-prepare(8), intltool-extract(8),
intltool-update(8)

intltool 2003-08-02 INTLTOOL-MERGE(8)