NAME

       xgettext.pl - Extract translatable strings from source

VERSION

       version 0.98

SYNOPSIS

       xgettext.pl [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       This program extracts translatable strings from given input files, or from STDIN if none
       are given.

       Please see Locale::Maketext::Extract for a list of supported input file formats.

OPTIONS

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

   Input file location:
       INPUTFILE...
           Files to extract messages from.  If not specified, STDIN is assumed.

       -f, --files-from=FILE
           Get list of input files from FILE.

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

   Input file format:
       -u, --use-gettext-style
           Specifies that the source programs uses the Gettext style (e.g.  %1) instead of the
           Maketext style (e.g. "[_1]") in its localization calls.

   Output file location:
       -d, --default-domain=NAME
           Use NAME.po for output, instead of "messages.po".

       -o, --output=FILE
           PO file name to be written or incrementally updated; "-" means writing to STDOUT.

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

   Output details:
       -g, --gnu-gettext
           Enables GNU gettext interoperability by printing "#, perl-maketext-format" before each
           entry that has "%" variables.

       -W, --wrap
           If wrap is enabled, then, for entries with multiple file locations, each location is
           listed on a separate line. The default is to put them all on a single line.

           Other comments are not affected.

   Plugins:
       By default, all builtin parser plugins are enabled for all file types, with warnings
       turned off.

       If any plugin is specified on the command line, then warnings are turned on by default -
       you can turn them off with "-now"

       -P|--plugin pluginname
               Use the specified plugin for the default file types recognised by that
               plugin.

       -P|--plugin 'pluginname=*'
               Use the specified plugin for all file types.

       -P|--plugin pluginname=ext,ext2
               Use the specified plugin for any files ending in C<.ext> or C<.ext2>

       -P|--plugin My::Module::Name='*'
               Use your custom plugin module for all file types

       Multiple plugins can be specified on the command line.

       Available plugins:

       "perl"    : Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Perl
           For a slightly more accurate but much slower Perl parser, you can use the PPI plugin.
           This does not have a short name, but must be specified in full, eg:

               xgettext.pl -P Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::PPI

       "tt2"     : Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::TT2
       "yaml"    : Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::YAML
       "formfu"  : Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::FormFu
       "mason"   : Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Mason
       "text"    : Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::TextTemplate
       "generic" : Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Generic

   Warnings:
       If a parser plugin encounters a syntax error while parsing, it will abort parsing and hand
       over to the next parser plugin.  If warnings are turned on then the error will be echoed
       to STDERR.

       Off by default, unless any plugin has been specified on the command line.

       -w|--warnings
       -now|--nowarnings

   Verbose:
       If you would like to see which files have been processed, which plugins were used, and
       which strings were extracted, then enable "verbose". If no acceptable plugin was found, or
       no strings were extracted, then the file is not listed:

       -v|--verbose
           Lists processed files.

       -v -v|--verbose --verbose :
           Lists processed files and which plugins managed to extract strings.

       -v -v|--verbose --verbose :
           Lists processed files, which plugins managed to extract strings, and the extracted
           strings, the line where they were found, and any variables.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Maketext::Extract
       Locale::Maketext::Lexicon::Gettext
       Locale::Maketext
       Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Perl
       Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::PPI
       Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::TT2
       Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::YAML
       Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::FormFu
       Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Mason
       Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::TextTemplate
       Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Generic

AUTHORS

       Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2002-2008 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.

       This software is released under the MIT license cited below.

   The "MIT" License
       Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
       software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
       without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
       publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
       to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

       The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
       substantial portions of the Software.

       THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
       INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
       FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
       OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
       DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

AUTHORS

       •   Clinton Gormley <drtech@cpan.org>

       •   Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Audrey Tang.

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The MIT (X11) License