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  created  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.