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Forgot to check in the doc directory.
author | cmlenz |
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date | Wed, 30 May 2007 07:37:26 +0000 |
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new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/cmdline.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.. -*- mode: rst; encoding: utf-8 -*- + +====================== +Command-Line Interface +====================== + +Babel includes a command-line interface for working with message catalogs, +similar to the GNU ``xgettext`` program commonly available on Linux/Unix +systems. + + +.. contents:: Contents + :depth: 2 +.. sectnum:: + + +pygettext +========= + +When properly installed, Babel provides a script called ``pygettext``, which can +be used to extract localized messages from a variety of files:: + + $ pygettext --help + usage: pygettext [options] dirname1 <dirname2> ... + + options: + --version show program's version number and exit + -h, --help show this help message and exit + --charset=CHARSET charset to use in the output + -k KEYWORDS, --keyword=KEYWORDS + keywords to look for in addition to the defaults. You + can specify multiple -k flags on the command line. + --no-location do not include location comments with filename and + line number + --omit-header do not include msgid "" entry in header + -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT + path to the output POT file