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* Instead of an extra `compile-all` option on the `compile` (or `compile_catalog`) command, compilation of all catalogs is performed when neither an `input_file` nor a `locale` is specified.
* The `--use-fuzzy` option works again from the command-line.
| author | cmlenz |
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| date | Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:29:17 +0000 |
| parents | 9c84b9fa5d30 |
| children | 9a1acb41e7dd |
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--- a/doc/cmdline.txt +++ b/doc/cmdline.txt @@ -20,17 +20,55 @@ usage: babel subcommand [options] [args] options: - --version show program's version number and exit - -h, --help show this help message and exit + --version show program's version number and exit + -h, --help show this help message and exit subcommands: - extract extract messages from source files and generate a POT file - init create new message catalogs from a template + compile compile message catalogs to MO files + extract extract messages from source files and generate a POT file + init create new message catalogs from a template The ``babel`` script provides a number of sub-commands that do the actual work. Those sub-commands are described below. +compile +======= + +The ``compile`` sub-command can be used to compile translation catalogs into +binary MO files:: + + $ babel compile --help + usage: babel compile [options] + + compile message catalogs to MO files + + options: + -h, --help show this help message and exit + -D DOMAIN, --domain=DOMAIN + domain of MO and PO files (default 'messages') + -d DIR, --directory=DIR + base directory of catalog files + -l LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE + locale of the catalog + -i FILE, --input-file=FILE + name of the input file + -o FILE, --output-file=FILE + name of the output file (default + '<output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo') + -f, --use-fuzzy also include fuzzy translations (default False) + +If ``directory`` is specified, but ``output-file`` is not, the default filename +of the output file will be:: + + <directory>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo + +If neither the ``input_file`` nor the ``locale`` option is set, this command +looks for all catalog files in the base directory that match the given domain, +and compiles each of them to MO files in the same directory. + + + extract =======