1@pindex msgconv 2@cindex @code{msgconv} program, usage 3@example 4msgconv [@var{option}] [@var{inputfile}] 5@end example 6 7@cindex convert translations to a different encoding 8The @code{msgconv} program converts a translation catalog to a different 9character encoding. 10 11@subsection Input file location 12 13@table @samp 14@item @var{inputfile} 15Input PO file. 16 17@item -D @var{directory} 18@itemx --directory=@var{directory} 19@opindex -D@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 20@opindex --directory@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 21Add @var{directory} to the list of directories. Source files are 22searched relative to this list of directories. The resulting @file{.po} 23file will be written relative to the current directory, though. 24 25@end table 26 27If no @var{inputfile} is given or if it is @samp{-}, standard input is read. 28 29@subsection Output file location 30 31@table @samp 32@item -o @var{file} 33@itemx --output-file=@var{file} 34@opindex -o@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 35@opindex --output-file@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 36Write output to specified file. 37 38@end table 39 40The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified 41or if it is @samp{-}. 42 43@subsection Conversion target 44 45@table @samp 46@item -t 47@itemx --to-code=@var{name} 48@opindex -t@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 49@opindex --to-code@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 50Specify encoding for output. 51 52@end table 53 54The default encoding is the current locale's encoding. 55 56@subsection Input file syntax 57 58@table @samp 59@item -P 60@itemx --properties-input 61@opindex -P@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 62@opindex --properties-input@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 63Assume the input file is a Java ResourceBundle in Java @code{.properties} 64syntax, not in PO file syntax. 65 66@item --stringtable-input 67@opindex --stringtable-input@r{, @code{msgonv} option} 68Assume the input file is a NeXTstep/GNUstep localized resource file in 69@code{.strings} syntax, not in PO file syntax. 70 71@end table 72 73@subsection Output details 74 75@c --no-escape and --escape omitted on purpose. They are not useful. 76 77@table @samp 78@item --force-po 79@opindex --force-po@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 80Always write an output file even if it contains no message. 81 82@item -i 83@itemx --indent 84@opindex -i@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 85@opindex --indent@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 86Write the .po file using indented style. 87 88@item --no-location 89@opindex --no-location@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 90Do not write @samp{#: @var{filename}:@var{line}} lines. 91 92@item --add-location 93@opindex --add-location@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 94Generate @samp{#: @var{filename}:@var{line}} lines (default). 95 96@item --strict 97@opindex --strict@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 98Write out a strict Uniforum conforming PO file. Note that this 99Uniforum format should be avoided because it doesn't support the 100GNU extensions. 101 102@item -p 103@itemx --properties-output 104@opindex -p@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 105@opindex --properties-output@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 106Write out a Java ResourceBundle in Java @code{.properties} syntax. Note 107that this file format doesn't support plural forms and silently drops 108obsolete messages. 109 110@item --stringtable-output 111@opindex --stringtable-output@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 112Write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep localized resource file in @code{.strings} syntax. 113Note that this file format doesn't support plural forms. 114 115@item -w @var{number} 116@itemx --width=@var{number} 117@opindex -w@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 118@opindex --width@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 119Set the output page width. Long strings in the output files will be 120split across multiple lines in order to ensure that each line's width 121(= number of screen columns) is less or equal to the given @var{number}. 122 123@item --no-wrap 124@opindex --no-wrap@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 125Do not break long message lines. Message lines whose width exceeds the 126output page width will not be split into several lines. Only file reference 127lines which are wider than the output page width will be split. 128 129@item -s 130@itemx --sort-output 131@opindex -s@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 132@opindex --sort-output@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 133Generate sorted output. Note that using this option makes it much harder 134for the translator to understand each message's context. 135 136@item -F 137@itemx --sort-by-file 138@opindex -F@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 139@opindex --sort-by-file@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 140Sort output by file location. 141 142@end table 143 144@subsection Informative output 145 146@table @samp 147@item -h 148@itemx --help 149@opindex -h@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 150@opindex --help@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 151Display this help and exit. 152 153@item -V 154@itemx --version 155@opindex -V@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 156@opindex --version@r{, @code{msgconv} option} 157Output version information and exit. 158 159@end table 160