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1 .. -*- mode: rst; encoding: utf-8 -*-
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3 ================================
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4 Distutils/Setuptools Integration
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5 ================================
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7 Babel provides commands for integration into ``setup.py`` scripts, based on
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8 either the ``distutils`` package that is part of the Python standard library,
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9 or the third-party ``setuptools`` package.
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11 These commands are available by default when Babel has been properly installed,
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12 and ``setup.py`` is using ``setuptools``. For projects that use plain old
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13 ``distutils``, the commands need to be registered explicitly, for example:
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15 .. code-block:: python
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17 from distutils.core import setup
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18 from babel.messages import frontend as babel
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20 setup(
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21 ...
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22 cmd_class = {'extract_messages': babel.extract_messages}
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23 )
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26 .. contents:: Contents
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27 :depth: 2
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28 .. sectnum::
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31 extract_messages
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32 ================
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34 The ``extract_messages`` command is comparabe to the GNU ``xgettext`` program:
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35 it can extract localizable messages from a variety of difference source files,
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36 and generate a PO (portable object) template file from the collected messages.
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38 If the command has been correctly installed or registered, another project's
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39 ``setup.py`` script should allow you to use the command::
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41 $ ./setup.py extract_messages --help
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42 Global options:
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43 --verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
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44 --quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
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45 --dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything
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46 --help (-h) show detailed help message
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48 Options for 'extract_messages' command:
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49 --charset charset to use in the output file
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50 --keywords (-k) space-separated list of keywords to look for in
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51 addition to the defaults
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52 --no-default-keywords do not include the default keywords
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53 --mapping-file (-F) path to the mapping configuration file
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54 --no-location do not include location comments with filename and
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55 line number
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56 --omit-header do not include msgid "" entry in header
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57 --output-file (-o) name of the output file
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58 --width (-w) set output line width (default 76)
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59 --no-wrap do not break long message lines, longer than the
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60 output line width, into several lines
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62 Running the command will produce a PO template file::
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64 $ ./setup.py extract_messages --output-file foobar/locale/messages.pot
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65 running extract_messages
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66 extracting messages from foobar/__init__.py
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67 extracting messages from foobar/core.py
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69 writing PO template file to foobar/locale/messages.pot
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72 Method Mapping
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73 --------------
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75 The mapping of file patterns to extraction methods (and options) can be
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76 specified using a configuration file that is pointed to using the
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77 ``--mapping-file`` option shown above. Alternatively, you can configure the
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78 mapping directly in ``setup.py`` using a keyword argument to the ``setup()``
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79 function:
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81 .. code-block:: python
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83 setup(...
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85 message_extractors = {
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86 'foobar/**.py': ('python', None),
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87 'foobar/**/templates/**.html': ('genshi', None),
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88 'foobar/**/templates/**.txt': ('genshi', {
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89 'template_class': 'genshi.template.text.TextTemplate'
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90 })
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91 },
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97 Options
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98 -------
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100 As shown in the ``--help`` output above, the ``extract_messages`` command
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104 | Option | Description |
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106 | ``--charset`` | charset to use in the output file |
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108 | ``--keywords`` (``-k``) | space-separated list of keywords to look for |
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109 | | in addition to the defaults |
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111 | ``--no-default-keywords`` | do not include the default keywords |
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113 | ``--mapping-file`` (``-F``) | path to the mapping configuration file |
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115 | ``--no-location`` | do not include location comments with |
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116 | | filename and line number |
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118 | ``--omit-header`` | do not include msgid "" entry in header |
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120 | ``--output-file`` (``-o``) | name of the output file |
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122 | ``--width`` (``-w``) | set output line width (default 76) |
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124 | ``--no-wrap`` | do not break long message lines, longer than |
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125 | | the output line width, into several lines |
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