make_strings(1) GNUstep System Manual make_strings(1)
NAME
make_strings - tool to build lists of localizable strings from Objec-
tive-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 ac-
cepted, or multiple languages defined in one -L flag.
--aggressive-import
Activates --aggresive-match and automatically removes "dummy" en-
tries 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.
GNUstep August 16, 2009 make_strings(1)
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