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19
20 <h1 align="center">MSGCONV</h1>
21
22 <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
23 <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
24 <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
25 <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
26 <a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
27 <a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
28 <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
29
30 <hr>
31
32
33 <h2>NAME
34 <a name="NAME"></a>
35 </h2>
36
37
38 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msgconv &minus;
39 character set conversion for message catalog</p>
40
41 <h2>SYNOPSIS
42 <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
43 </h2>
44
45
46 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msgconv</b>
47 [<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>INPUTFILE</i>]</p>
48
49 <h2>DESCRIPTION
50 <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
51 </h2>
52
53
54 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Converts a
55 translation catalog to a different character encoding.</p>
56
57 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory
58 arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
59 too.</p>
60
61 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
62 location:</b> <br>
63 INPUTFILE</p>
64
65 <p style="margin-left:22%;">input PO file</p>
66
67 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;D</b>,
68 <b>&minus;&minus;directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p>
69
70 <p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input
71 files search</p>
72
73 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If no input
74 file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.</p>
75
76 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
77 location: <br>
78 &minus;o</b>,
79 <b>&minus;&minus;output&minus;file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>
80
81 <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
82 file</p>
83
84 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The results are
85 written to standard output if no output file is specified or
86 if it is -.</p>
87
88 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Conversion
89 target: <br>
90 &minus;t</b>,
91 <b>&minus;&minus;to&minus;code</b>=<i>NAME</i></p>
92
93 <p style="margin-left:22%;">encoding for output</p>
94
95 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The default
96 encoding is the current locale&rsquo;s encoding.</p>
97
98 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
99 syntax: <br>
100 &minus;P</b>,
101 <b>&minus;&minus;properties&minus;input</b></p>
102
103 <p style="margin-left:22%;">input file is in Java
104 .properties syntax</p>
105
106
107 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;stringtable&minus;input</b></p>
108
109 <p style="margin-left:22%;">input file is in
110 NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p>
111
112 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output
113 details: <br>
114 &minus;&minus;color</b></p>
115
116 <p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text
117 attributes always</p>
118
119
120 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;color</b>=<i>WHEN</i></p>
121
122 <p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text
123 attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be &rsquo;always&rsquo;,
124 &rsquo;never&rsquo;, &rsquo;auto&rsquo;, or
125 &rsquo;html&rsquo;.</p>
126
127
128 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;style</b>=<i>STYLEFILE</i></p>
129
130 <p style="margin-left:22%;">specify CSS style rule file for
131 <b>&minus;&minus;color</b></p>
132
133 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;e</b>,
134 <b>&minus;&minus;no&minus;escape</b></p>
135
136 <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not use C escapes in output
137 (default)</p>
138
139 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;E</b>,
140 <b>&minus;&minus;escape</b></p>
141
142 <p style="margin-left:22%;">use C escapes in output, no
143 extended chars</p>
144
145
146 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;force&minus;po</b></p>
147
148 <p style="margin-left:22%;">write PO file even if empty</p>
149
150 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;i</b>,
151 <b>&minus;&minus;indent</b></p>
152
153 <p style="margin-left:22%;">indented output style</p>
154
155
156 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;no&minus;location</b></p>
157
158 <p style="margin-left:22%;">suppress &rsquo;#:
159 filename:line&rsquo; lines</p>
160
161
162 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;add&minus;location</b></p>
163
164 <p style="margin-left:22%;">preserve &rsquo;#:
165 filename:line&rsquo; lines (default)</p>
166
167
168 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;strict</b></p>
169
170 <p style="margin-left:22%;">strict Uniforum output
171 style</p>
172
173 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;p</b>,
174 <b>&minus;&minus;properties&minus;output</b></p>
175
176 <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a Java .properties
177 file</p>
178
179
180 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;stringtable&minus;output</b></p>
181
182 <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep
183 .strings file</p>
184
185 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;w</b>,
186 <b>&minus;&minus;width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p>
187
188 <p style="margin-left:22%;">set output page width</p>
189
190
191 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;no&minus;wrap</b></p>
192
193 <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not break long message
194 lines, longer than the output page width, into several
195 lines</p>
196
197 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;s</b>,
198 <b>&minus;&minus;sort&minus;output</b></p>
199
200 <p style="margin-left:22%;">generate sorted output</p>
201
202 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;F</b>,
203 <b>&minus;&minus;sort&minus;by&minus;file</b></p>
204
205 <p style="margin-left:22%;">sort output by file
206 location</p>
207
208 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative
209 output: <br>
210 &minus;h</b>, <b>&minus;&minus;help</b></p>
211
212 <p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p>
213
214 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;V</b>,
215 <b>&minus;&minus;version</b></p>
216
217 <p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and
218 exit</p>
219
220 <h2>AUTHOR
221 <a name="AUTHOR"></a>
222 </h2>
223
224
225 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by
226 Bruno Haible.</p>
227
228 <h2>REPORTING BUGS
229 <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a>
230 </h2>
231
232
233 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs to
234 &lt;bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</p>
235
236 <h2>COPYRIGHT
237 <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a>
238 </h2>
239
240
241 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright
242 &copy; 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
243 GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
244 &lt;http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html&gt; <br>
245 This is free software: you are free to change and
246 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
247 permitted by law.</p>
248
249 <h2>SEE ALSO
250 <a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
251 </h2>
252
253
254 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full
255 documentation for <b>msgconv</b> is maintained as a Texinfo
256 manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgconv</b> programs are
257 properly installed at your site, the command</p>
258
259 <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info
260 msgconv</b></p>
261
262 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you
263 access to the complete manual.</p>
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