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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 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).

       -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 <[email protected]>
       Kenneth Christiansen <[email protected]>
       Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected]>



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



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