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NAME

       make_strings - tool to build lists of localizable strings from Objective-C files

SYNOPSIS

       make_strings [--help] [--verbose] [--aggresive-import] [--aggressive-match] [--aggressive-remove] [-L languages] files.[hmc...]

DESCRIPTION

       make_strings  parses  Objective-C  files and builds lists of localizable strings.  It then creates new .strings files or merges the strings
       with existing .strings files.  It's fairly intelligent when matching old and new strings, and produces .strings files that are (supposed to
       be) easy for a translator to work with.

       make_strings accepts the following options:

OPTIONS

       --help Prints a short list of available options.

       --verbose
	      Prints additional information while processing.

       -L languages
	      Specify which languages to process.  Multuple -L options are accepted, or multiple languages defined in one -L flag.

       --aggressive-import
	      Activates --aggresive-match and automatically removes "dummy" entries that are added by importing .strings files which were not cre-
	      ated by make_strings program.  This option is suitable when make_strings is run for the first time and there is an existing .strings
	      file which contains a fairly accurate translation.

       --aggressive-match
	      This  option will make make_strings assume that matching keys should have matching translations.	This can save lots of work, but it
	      increases the risk of erroneous translation.

       --aggressive-remove
	      Removes obsolete strings/keys.

EXAMPLES

       make_strings -L "English Swedish Russian" *.[hm]

SEE ALSO

       GNUstep(7).

AUTHORS

       make_strings was written Alexander Malmberg <alexander@malmberg.org>.

       This manual page was added by Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without  royalty  provided  the  copyright
       notice and this notice are preserved.

GNUstep 							  August 16, 2009						   make_strings(1)