NAME

       deepin-desktop-ts-convert - convert between .desktop file and .ts file to ease translation

SYNOPSIS

       deepin-desktop-ts-convert init desktopFile outputTsDir
       deepin-desktop-ts-convert desktop2ts desktopFile outputTsDir
       deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop desktopFile tsDir outputDesktopFile

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents briefly the deepin-desktop-ts-convert command as provided by
       deepin-gettext-tools package.

       deepin-desktop-ts-convert is a utility that helps developers convert translatable  strings
       in  desktop  files  into ts files to ease translation work. Translated strings in ts files
       can be merged back to original desktop file too with the help of this utility.

       Such workflow is adopted by most Deepin software.

USAGE

       To initialise conversion, use deepin-desktop-ts-convert init subcommand.   In  which  case
       source  ts file will be put into outputTsDir/desktop.ts and translation ts files should be
       named as outputTsDir/desktop_<lang>.ts.

           deepin-desktop-ts-convert init desktopFile outputTsDir

       To update ts files from a new  version  of  desktop  file,  use  deepin-desktop-ts-convert
       desktop2ts subcommand.  The updated ts file given as outputTsDir/desktop.ts file.

           deepin-desktop-ts-convert desktop2ts desktopFile outputTsDir

       To generate translated desktop files, use deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop subcommand.

           deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop desktopFile tsDir outputDesktopFile

SEE ALSO

       deepin-update-pot(1), deepin-generate-mo(1), deepin-policy-ts-convert(1).

       The  programs are further documented in the README.md as provided with this debian package
       under /usr/share/doc/deepin-gettext-tools/ directory.

AUTHOR

       deepin-gettext-tools is written by Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.

       This manual page was written by Boyuan Yang ⟨073plan@gmail.com⟩  for  the  Debian  Project
       (but may be used by others).