XGETTEXT(1)								GNU							       XGETTEXT(1)

NAME

       xgettext - extract gettext strings from source

SYNOPSIS

       xgettext [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Extract translatable strings from given input files.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.  Similarly for optional arguments.

   Input file location:
       INPUTFILE ...
	      input files

       -f, --files-from=FILE
	      get list of input files from FILE

       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
	      add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

       If input file is -, standard input is read.

   Output file location:
       -d, --default-domain=NAME
	      use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)

       -o, --output=FILE
	      write output to specified file

       -p, --output-dir=DIR
	      output files will be placed in directory DIR

       If output file is -, output is written to standard output.

   Choice of input file language:
       -L, --language=NAME
	      recognise the specified language (C, C++, ObjectiveC, PO, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Smalltalk, Java, JavaProp-
	      erties, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, NXStringTable, RST, Glade)

       -C, --c++
	      shorthand for --language=C++

       By default the language is guessed depending on the input file name extension.

   Input file interpretation:
       --from-code=NAME
	      encoding of input files (except for Python, Tcl, Glade)

       By default the input files are assumed to be in ASCII.

   Operation mode:
       -j, --join-existing
	      join messages with existing file

       -x, --exclude-file=FILE.po
	      entries from FILE.po are not extracted

       -c, --add-comments[=TAG]
	      place comment block with TAG (or those preceding keyword lines) in output file

   Language specific options:
       -a, --extract-all
	      extract all strings (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#,  awk,  Tcl,  Perl,
	      PHP, GCC-source, Glade)

       -k, --keyword[=WORD]
	      additional keyword to be looked for (without WORD means not to use default keywords)

	      (only  languages	C,  C++,  ObjectiveC,  Shell,  Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source,
	      Glade)

       --flag=WORD:ARG:FLAG
	      additional flag for strings inside the argument number ARG of keyword WORD

	      (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source)

       -T, --trigraphs
	      understand ANSI C trigraphs for input (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)

       --qt   recognize Qt format strings (only language C++)

       --kde  recognize KDE 4 format strings (only language C++)

       --boost
	      recognize Boost format strings (only language C++)

       --debug
	      more detailed formatstring recognition result

   Output details:
       -e, --no-escape
	      do not use C escapes in output (default)

       -E, --escape
	      use C escapes in output, no extended chars

       --force-po
	      write PO file even if empty

       -i, --indent
	      write the .po file using indented style

       --no-location
	      do not write '#: filename:line' lines

       -n, --add-location
	      generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)

       --strict
	      write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file

       --properties-output
	      write out a Java .properties file

       --stringtable-output
	      write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file

       -w, --width=NUMBER
	      set output page width

       --no-wrap
	      do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines

       -s, --sort-output
	      generate sorted output

       -F, --sort-by-file
	      sort output by file location

       --omit-header
	      don't write header with `msgid ""' entry

       --copyright-holder=STRING
	      set copyright holder in output

       --foreign-user
	      omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user

       --package-name=PACKAGE
	      set package name in output

       --package-version=VERSION
	      set package version in output

       --msgid-bugs-address=EMAIL@ADDRESS
	      set report address for msgid bugs

       -m, --msgstr-prefix[=STRING]
	      use STRING or "" as prefix for msgstr entries

       -M, --msgstr-suffix[=STRING]
	      use STRING or "" as suffix for msgstr entries

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by Ulrich Drepper.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright   (C)	 1995-1998,   2000-2007   Free	 Software   Foundation,   Inc.	  License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3	or   later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for xgettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and xgettext programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

	      info xgettext

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.17						   November 2007						       XGETTEXT(1)