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convert between XML and PO using ITS
Synopsis
itstool [Options] XMLFILES...
itstool -m <MOFILE> [Options] XMLFILES...
itstool -j <XMLFILE> [Options] MOFILES...
Description
itstool extracts messages from XML files and outputs PO template files, then merges translations from MO files to create translated XML files. It determines what to translate and how to chunk it into messages using the W3C Internationalization Tag Set (ITS).
To extract messages from XML files XMLFILES and output them to OUT.pot:
itstool -o OUT.pot XMLFILES
After merging with existing translations or translating strings, generate an MO file with msgfmt(1), then output translated files to the directory DIR:
itstool -m OUT.mo -o DIR XMLFILES
You can also create a single multilingual XML output file using an input XML file and a set of MO files:
itstool -j FILE.xml -o OUT.xml MOFILES
ITS definitions are loaded from the built-in rules, rules embedded in the source XML files, files passed with the -i option, and ITS attributes in the source XML files. Later definitions take precedence. You can disable built-in rules by passing the -n option.
Options
Extracting
- -o OUT.pot
- --out OUT.pot
output PO template to the file OUT.pot
Merging
- -m MOFILE XMLFILES
- --merge MOFILE XMLFILES
merge from an MO file MOFILE and output translated XML files for source XMLFILES
- -l LANG
- --lang LANG
explicitly set the language code output to XML
- -o OUT
- --out OUT
output XML files in the directory OUT
Joining
- -j MLIFILE MOFILES
- --join XMLFILE MOFILES
join translations from MOFILES into a multilingual file based on source XMLFILE
- -o OUT.xml
- --out OUT.xml
output to the XML file OUT.xml
Common
- -i ITS
- --its ITS
load the ITS rules in the file ITS (can specify multiple times)
- -n
- --no-builtins
do not apply the built-in ITS rules that ship with itstool
- -s
- --strict
exit with error when PO files contain broken XML
- -d
- --load-dtd
load external DTDs used by input XML files
- -k
- --keep-entities
keep entity references unexpanded in PO files
- -p NAME VALUE
- --param NAME VALUE
define ITS parameter NAME to the value VALUE (can specify multiple times)
Author
Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org>
See Also
More documentation for itstool is maintained online. For more information, see: