NAME

       intltool-merge - merge translated strings into various types of file

SYNOPSIS

       intltool-merge [option]... PO_DIRECTORY FILENAME OUTPUT_FILE

DESCRIPTION

       Merge  translated  strings  in po files in PO_DIRECTORY with the original application file
       FILENAME, and output the file OUTPUT_FILE containing both original and localized strings.

       If FILENAME is an XML file, OUTPUT_FILE will contain repeated xml nodes, where  each  node
       contains one of the localized strings with "xml:lang" attribute.

OPTIONS

   Mode of operation
       -b
       --ba-style
           Merge files in bonobo-activation style, which is used for bonobo servers.

       -d
       --desktop-style
           Merge files in desktop style, which is similar to the Windows .ini file format.

       -k
       --keys-style
           Merge files in keys style, which is used for metadata.

       -o
       --oaf-style
           (OBSOLETE) Same as -b/--ba-style.

       -r
       --rfc822deb-style
           Merge files in RFC 822 style, which is usually used in Debian configuration files.

       --quoted-style
           Merge files in quoted string style, which just translates any strings within "".

       -x
       --xml-style
           Merge files in standard XML style, both as attributes and as raw pcdata.

   Other options
       -u
       --utf8
           Convert all strings to UTF-8 before merging.

       -p
       --pass-through
           Use strings as is in .po files without conversion (STRONGLY unrecommended with -x).

       -c
       --cache
           (TBD)

       -q
       --quiet
           Be quiet while running.

       -v
       --version
           Show version information.

       -h
       --help
           Show usage and basic help information.

FILES

       po/.intltool-merge-cache
              Cache  file  generated by intltool-merge, that contains all strings in all po files
              separated by \01.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to http://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool

AUTHOR

       Darin Adler <darin@bentspoon.com>
       Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>
       Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@eazel.com>

SEE ALSO

       iconv(1), intltoolize(8), intltool-prepare(8), intltool-extract(8), intltool-update(8)