annotate doc/cmdline.txt @ 191:cf09490f22b3

Add an option to the frontend commands for catalog updating that removes completely any obsolete messages, instead of putting them comments.
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1 .. -*- mode: rst; encoding: utf-8 -*-
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3 ======================
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4 Command-Line Interface
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5 ======================
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7 Babel includes a command-line interface for working with message catalogs,
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8 similar to the various GNU ``gettext`` tools commonly available on Linux/Unix
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12 .. contents:: Contents
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13 :depth: 2
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14 .. sectnum::
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17 When properly installed, Babel provides a script called ``pybabel``::
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19 $ pybabel --help
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20 usage: pybabel subcommand [options] [args]
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22 options:
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23 --version show program's version number and exit
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24 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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26 subcommands:
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27 compile compile message catalogs to MO files
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28 extract extract messages from source files and generate a POT file
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29 init create new message catalogs from a POT file
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30 update update existing message catalogs from a POT file
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32 The ``pybabel`` script provides a number of sub-commands that do the actual
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33 work. Those sub-commands are described below.
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36 compile
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37 =======
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39 The ``compile`` sub-command can be used to compile translation catalogs into
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40 binary MO files::
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42 $ pybabel compile --help
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43 usage: pybabel compile [options]
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45 compile message catalogs to MO files
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47 options:
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48 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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49 -D DOMAIN, --domain=DOMAIN
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50 domain of MO and PO files (default 'messages')
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51 -d DIR, --directory=DIR
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52 base directory of catalog files
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53 -l LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
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54 locale of the catalog
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55 -i FILE, --input-file=FILE
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56 name of the input file
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57 -o FILE, --output-file=FILE
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58 name of the output file (default
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59 '<output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo')
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60 -f, --use-fuzzy also include fuzzy translations (default False)
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62 If ``directory`` is specified, but ``output-file`` is not, the default filename
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63 of the output file will be::
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65 <directory>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo
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67 If neither the ``input_file`` nor the ``locale`` option is set, this command
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68 looks for all catalog files in the base directory that match the given domain,
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69 and compiles each of them to MO files in the same directory.
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73 extract
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74 =======
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76 The ``extract`` sub-command can be used to extract localizable messages from
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77 a collection of source files::
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79 $ pybabel extract --help
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80 usage: pybabel extract [options] dir1 <dir2> ...
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82 extract messages from source files and generate a POT file
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84 options:
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85 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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86 --charset=CHARSET charset to use in the output
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87 -k KEYWORDS, --keyword=KEYWORDS
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88 keywords to look for in addition to the defaults. You
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89 can specify multiple -k flags on the command line.
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90 --no-default-keywords
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91 do not include the default keywords
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92 -F MAPPING_FILE, --mapping=MAPPING_FILE
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93 path to the extraction mapping file
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94 --no-location do not include location comments with filename and
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95 line number
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96 --omit-header do not include msgid "" entry in header
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97 -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT
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98 path to the output POT file
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99 -w WIDTH, --width=WIDTH
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100 set output line width (default 76)
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101 --no-wrap do not break long message lines, longer than the
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102 output line width, into several lines
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103 --sort-output generate sorted output (default False)
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104 --sort-by-file sort output by file location (default False)
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105 --msgid-bugs-address=EMAIL@ADDRESS
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106 set report address for msgid
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107 --copyright-holder=COPYRIGHT_HOLDER
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108 set copyright holder in output
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109 -c TAG, --add-comments=TAG
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110 place comment block with TAG (or those preceding
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111 keyword lines) in output file. One TAG per argument
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115 init
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116 ====
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118 The `init` sub-command creates a new translations catalog based on a PO
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119 template file::
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121 $ pybabel init --help
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122 usage: pybabel init [options]
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124 create new message catalogs from a POT file
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126 options:
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127 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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128 -D DOMAIN, --domain=DOMAIN
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129 domain of PO file (defaults to lower-cased project
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130 name)
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131 -i INPUT_FILE, --input-file=INPUT_FILE
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132 name of the input file
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133 -d OUTPUT_DIR, --output-dir=OUTPUT_DIR
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134 path to output directory
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135 -o OUTPUT_FILE, --output-file=OUTPUT_FILE
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136 name of the output file (default
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137 '<output_dir>/<locale>/<domain>.po')
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138 -l LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
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139 locale for the new localized catalog
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140 --first-author=FIRST_AUTHOR_NAME
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141 name of first author
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142 --first-author-email=FIRST_AUTHOR_EMAIL
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143 email of first author
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144 --project-name=NAME the project name
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145 --project-version=VERSION
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146 the project version
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147
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148
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149 update
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150 ======
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151
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152 The `update` sub-command updates an existing new translations catalog based on
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153 a PO template file::
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154
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155 $ pybabel update --help
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156 usage: pybabel update [options]
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157
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158 update existing message catalogs from a POT file
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159
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160 options:
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161 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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162 -D DOMAIN, --domain=DOMAIN
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163 domain of PO file (default 'messages')
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164 -i FILE, --input-file=FILE
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165 name of the input file
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166 -d DIR, --output-dir=DIR
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167 path to output directory
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168 -o FILE, --output-file=FILE
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169 name of the output file (default
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170 '<output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.po')
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171 -l LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
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172 locale of the translations catalog
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173 --ignore-obsolete do not include obsolete messages in the output
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174 (default False)
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175
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176 If ``output_dir`` is specified, but ``output-file`` is not, the default
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177 filename of the output file will be::
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179 <directory>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo
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181 If neither the ``output_file`` nor the ``locale`` option is set, this command
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182 looks for all catalog files in the base directory that match the given domain,
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183 and updates each of them.
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