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.TH MSGINIT "1" "February 2024" "GNU gettext-tools 0.21" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
msginit \- initialize a message catalog
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B msginit
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the
user's environment.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SS "Input file location:"
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-input\fR=\fI\,INPUTFILE\/\fR
input POT file
.PP
If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file.
If it is \-, standard input is read.
.SS "Output file location:"
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
write output to specified PO file
.PP
If no output file is given, it depends on the \fB\-\-locale\fR option or the user's
locale setting.  If it is \-, the results are written to standard output.
.SS "Input file syntax:"
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR
input file is in Java .properties syntax
.TP
\fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
.SS "Output details:"
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-locale\fR=\fI\,LL_CC[\/\fR.ENCODING]
set target locale
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-translator\fR
assume the PO file is automatically generated
.TP
\fB\-\-color\fR
use colors and other text attributes always
.TP
\fB\-\-color\fR=\fI\,WHEN\/\fR
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
.TP
\fB\-\-style\fR=\fI\,STYLEFILE\/\fR
specify CSS style rule file for \fB\-\-color\fR
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR
write out a Java .properties file
.TP
\fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
set output page width
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR
do not break long message lines, longer than
the output page width, into several lines
.SS "Informative output:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
or by email to <bug\-gettext@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2001\-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B msginit
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B msginit
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info msginit
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.