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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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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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17 from distutils.core import setup
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18 from babel.messages import frontend as babel
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22 cmd_class = {'extract_messages': babel.extract_messages,
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23 'new_catalog': babel.new_catalog}
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27 .. contents:: Contents
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28 :depth: 2
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35 The ``extract_messages`` command is comparable to the GNU ``xgettext`` program:
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36 it can extract localizable messages from a variety of difference source files,
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37 and generate a PO (portable object) template file from the collected messages.
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39 If the command has been correctly installed or registered, another project's
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40 ``setup.py`` script should allow you to use the command::
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42 $ ./setup.py extract_messages --help
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43 Global options:
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44 --verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
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45 --quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
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47 --help (-h) show detailed help message
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49 Options for 'extract_messages' command:
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52 Running the command will produce a PO template file::
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54 $ ./setup.py extract_messages --output-file foobar/locale/messages.pot
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55 running extract_messages
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56 extracting messages from foobar/__init__.py
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57 extracting messages from foobar/core.py
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59 writing PO template file to foobar/locale/messages.pot
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62 Method Mapping
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65 The mapping of file patterns to extraction methods (and options) can be
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66 specified using a configuration file that is pointed to using the
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67 ``--mapping-file`` option shown above. Alternatively, you can configure the
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68 mapping directly in ``setup.py`` using a keyword argument to the ``setup()``
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69 function:
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71 .. code-block:: python
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73 setup(...
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75 message_extractors = {
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76 'foobar': [
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77 ('**.py', ('python', None),
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78 ('**/templates/**.html', ('genshi', None),
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79 ('**/templates/**.txt', ('genshi', {
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80 'template_class': 'genshi.template.text.TextTemplate'
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81 })
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82 ],
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89 Options
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90 -------
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92 The ``extract_messages`` command accepts the following options:
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94 +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
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95 | Option | Description |
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97 | ``--charset`` | charset to use in the output file |
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99 | ``--keywords`` (``-k``) | space-separated list of keywords to look for |
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100 | | in addition to the defaults |
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102 | ``--no-default-keywords`` | do not include the default keywords |
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104 | ``--mapping-file`` (``-F``) | path to the mapping configuration file |
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106 | ``--no-location`` | do not include location comments with |
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107 | | filename and line number |
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109 | ``--omit-header`` | do not include msgid "" entry in header |
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111 | ``--output-file`` (``-o``) | name of the output file |
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113 | ``--width`` (``-w``) | set output line width (default 76) |
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115 | ``--no-wrap`` | do not break long message lines, longer than |
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116 | | the output line width, into several lines |
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118 | ``--input-dirs`` | directories that should be scanned for |
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119 | | messages |
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121 | ``--sort-output`` | generate sorted output (default False) |
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123 | ``--sort-by-file`` | sort output by file location (default False) |
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125 | ``--msgid-bugs-address`` | set email address for message bug reports |
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127 | ``--copyright-holder`` | set copyright holder in output |
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129 | ``--add-comments (-c)`` | place comment block with TAG (or those |
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130 | | preceding keyword lines) in output file. |
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131 | | Separate multiple TAGs with commas(,) |
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134 These options can either be specified on the command-line, or in the
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135 ``setup.cfg`` file. In the latter case, the options above become entries of the
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136 section ``[extract_messages]``, and the option names are changed to use
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137 underscore characters instead of dashes, for example:
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141 [extract_messages]
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142 keywords = _, gettext, ngettext
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143 mapping_file = babel.cfg
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144 width = 80
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146 This would be equivalent to invoking the command from the command-line as
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147 follows::
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149 $ setup.py extract_messages -k _ -k gettext -k ngettext -F mapping.cfg -w 80
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151 Any path names are interpreted relative to the location of the ``setup.py``
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152 file. For boolean options, use "true" or "false" values.
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155 new_catalog
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156 ===========
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158 The ``new_catalog`` command is basically equivalent to the GNU ``msginit``
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159 program: it creates a new translation catalog based on a PO template file (POT).
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161 If the command has been correctly installed or registered, another project's
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162 ``setup.py`` script should allow you to use the command::
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164 $ ./setup.py new_catalog --help
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165 Global options:
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166 --verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
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167 --quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
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168 --dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything
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169 --help (-h) show detailed help message
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171 Options for 'new_catalog' command:
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172 ...
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174 Running the command will produce a PO file::
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176 $ ./setup.py new_catalog -l fr -i foobar/locales/messages.pot \
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177 -o foobar/locales/fr/messages.po
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178 running new_catalog
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179 creating catalog 'foobar/locales/fr/messages.po' based on 'foobar/locales/messages.pot'
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182 Options
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183 -------
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184
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185 The ``new_catalog`` command accepts the following options:
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187 +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
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188 | Option | Description |
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189 +=============================+==============================================+
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190 | ``--domain`` | domain of the PO file (defaults to |
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191 | | lower-cased project name) |
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192 +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
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193 | ``--input-file`` (``-i``) | name of the input file |
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195 | ``--output-dir`` (``-d``) | name of the output directory |
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197 | ``--output-file`` (``-o``) | name of the output file |
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199 | ``--locale`` | locale for the new localized string |
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201 | ``--omit-header`` | do not include msgid "" entry in header |
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203 | ``--first-author`` | name of the first author |
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205 | ``--first-author-email`` | email address of the first author |
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208 If ``output-dir`` is specified, but ``output-file`` is not, the default filename
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209 of the output file will be::
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210
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211 <output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.po
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213 These options can either be specified on the command-line, or in the
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214 ``setup.cfg`` file.
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