1MAKETEXT(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation MAKETEXT(1)
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6 maketext - translate and make messages
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9 maketext [OPTION] [--domain=TEXTDOMAIN] MSGKEY [PARAM...]
10 maketext [OPTION] -s MSGKEY [PARAM...]
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13 The "maketext" script translates a natural language message into the
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15 and process the plural transformation with Maketext.
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17 The "maketext" script is a command-line interface to
18 Locale::Maketext::Gettext(3) (and Locale::Maketext(3)). It can be used
19 in shell scripts, etc, to translate, maketext and return the result.
20 By this way, it enables Maketext to be integrated into other
21 programming languages/systems, like bash/csh, python, PHP, C, etc. It
22 works like the command-line program gettext.
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26 % maketext -s "[*,_1,virus was,viruses were] found in [*,_2,file,files]." 0 1
27 0 viruses were found in 1 file.
28 % maketext -s "[*,_1,virus was,viruses were] found in [*,_2,file,files]." 1 3
29 1 virus was found in 3 files.
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33 -d,--domain=TEXTDOMAIN
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36 -s Adds a new line to the end of the output so that it behaves like
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61 Maketext language function override, like "quant" or "numerate", is not
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64 The current system locale directory search order is: /usr/share/locale,
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69 Report bugs to imacat <imacat@mail.imacat.idv.tw>
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72 Locale::Maketext(3), Locale::Maketext::TPJ13(3),
73 Locale::Maketext::Gettext(3), Locale::Maketext::Gettext::Functions(3),
74 bindtextdomain(3), textdomain(3). Also, please refer to the official
75 GNU gettext manual at <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/>.
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78 imacat <imacat@mail.imacat.idv.tw>
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81 Copyright (c) 2003-2021 imacat. All rights reserved. This program is
82 free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
83 terms as Perl itself.
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