1ITSTOOL(1)                  General Commands Manual                 ITSTOOL(1)
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NAME

6       itstool - convert between XML and PO using ITS
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SYNOPSIS

11       itstool [OPTIONS] XMLFILES...
12       itstool -m <MOFILE> [OPTIONS] XMLFILES...
13       itstool -j <XMLFILE> [OPTIONS] MOFILES...
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DESCRIPTION

18       itstool   extracts  messages  from  XML  files  and outputs PO template
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21       sages using the W3C Internationalization Tag Set (ITS).
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23       To extract messages from XML files XMLFILES and output them to OUT.pot:
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27       After merging with existing translations or translating strings, gener‐
28       ate  an  MO  file  with  msgfmt(1), then output translated files to the
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33       You can also create a single multilingual  XML  output  file  using  an
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38       ITS  definitions  are loaded from the built-in rules, rules embedded in
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OPTIONS

46   Extracting
47       -o OUT.pot
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51   Merging
52       -m MOFILE XMLFILES
53       --merge MOFILE XMLFILES
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65   Joining
66       -j MLIFILE MOFILES
67       --join XMLFILE MOFILES
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77       --its ITS
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98           define ITS parameter NAME to the value VALUE (can specify  multiple
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AUTHOR

103       Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org>
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SEE ALSO

107       More  documentation for itstool is maintained online. For more informa‐
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114itstool 2.0.6                    December 2013                      ITSTOOL(1)
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