intltool-update
generates new po file templates from source code, and merges existing
translations with these new po templates.
You must change working directory to the subdirectory containing translations
(usually "po/") before running intltool-update.
OPTIONS
When executing
intltool-update
, only one mode of operation is allowed each time.
Mode of operation
-p
--pot
Generate po template (.pot) only.
-s
--headers
Executes intltool-extract(8) to extract strings inside XML/INI
style files listed in POTFILES.in, and writes the extracted
strings into header files, so that the strings can be recognised
by xgettext(1).
-m
--maintain
Search for left out files, which should have been listed in
POTFILES.in
or
POTFILES.skip.
A list of all these files are written into another file called
"missing".
-r
--report
Display a status report for all translations in the software.
-d LANGCODE
--dist LANGCODE
Merge
LANGCODE.po
with existing PO template.
Other options
-g NAME
--gettext-package=NAME
Manually specify PO template file name, instead of determining the
name automatically from source. Useful with
-p/--pot
option. This option has an additional effect: the name of current working
directory is no more limited to "po" or "po-*".
-o FILENAME
--output-file=FILENAME
Manually specify output FILENAME after merging old translation with
PO template. Useful either with
-d/--dist
option or without any option.
-x
--verbose
Display lots of feedback.
--version
Show version information.
--help
Show usage and basic help information.
EXAMPLES
Creates a new PO template from source code, and name it foo.pot:
intltool-update --pot --gettext-package=foo
Updates translation file xy.po using existing po template called
"bar.pot", and writes output into "xy1.po":
