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NAME         top

       msgen - create English message catalog

SYNOPSIS         top

       msgen [OPTION] INPUTFILE

DESCRIPTION         top

       Creates an English translation catalog.  The input file is the last
       created English PO file, or a PO Template file (generally created by
       xgettext).  Untranslated entries are assigned a translation that is
       identical to the msgid.
       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
       too.
   Input file location:
       INPUTFILE
              input PO or POT file
       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
              add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
       If input file is -, standard input is read.
   Output file location:
       -o, --output-file=FILE
              write output to specified file
       The results are written to standard output if no output file is
       specified or if it is -.
   Input file syntax:
       -P, --properties-input
              input file is in Java .properties syntax
       --stringtable-input
              input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
   Output details:
       --lang=CATALOGNAME
              set 'Language' field in the header entry
       --color
              use colors and other text attributes always
       --color=WHEN
              use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.  WHEN may be
              'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
       --style=STYLEFILE
              specify CSS style rule file for --color
       -e, --no-escape
              do not use C escapes in output (default)
       -E, --escape
              use C escapes in output, no extended chars
       --force-po
              write PO file even if empty
       -i, --indent
              indented output style
       --no-location
              suppress '#: filename:line' lines
       -n, --add-location
              preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
       --strict
              strict Uniforum output style
       -p, --properties-output
              write out a Java .properties file
       --stringtable-output
              write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
       -w, --width=NUMBER
              set output page width
       --no-wrap
              do not break long message lines, longer than the output page
              width, into several lines
       -s, --sort-output
              generate sorted output
       -F, --sort-by-file
              sort output by file location
   Informative output:
       -h, --help
              display this help and exit
       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS         top

       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO         top

       The full documentation for msgen is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and msgen programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command
              info msgen
       should give you access to the complete manual.

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the gettext (message translation) project.
       Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/⟩.  If you have a bug report for
       this manual page, see ⟨http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext/⟩.
       This page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository 
       ⟨git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gettext.git⟩ on 2017-07-05.  If you dis‐
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GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1.6-c77646July 2016                         MSGEN(1)