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).

       -c
       --cache
           (TBD)

       -q
       --quiet
           Be quiet while running.

       -v
       --version
           Show version information.

       -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 <darin@bentspoon.com>
       Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>
       Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@eazel.com>



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

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