source: gnome/core/intltool.xml@ 5cd0959d

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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
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<title>intltool-&intltool-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>intltool</application></title>

<para>The intltool package contains an internationalization tool. This
is useful for extracting translatable strings from source files,
collecting the extracted strings with messages from traditional source
files (<filename class="directory">&lt;source
directory&gt;/&lt;package&gt;/po</filename>)
and merging the translations into <filename>XML</filename>,
<filename>.desktop</filename> and <filename>OAF</filename>
files.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&intltool-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&intltool-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &intltool-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&intltool-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&intltool-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

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<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>intltool</application></title>

<para>Install <application>intltool</application> by running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>intltool</application> package contains
<command>intltoolize</command>,
<command>intltool-update</command>,
<command>intltool-extract</command>,
<command>intltool-merge</command>,
<command>intltool-prepare</command> and
<command>xml-i18n-toolize</command>.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>intltoolize</title>
<para><command>intltoolize</command> prepares a package to use intltool.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>intltool-update</title>
<para><command>intltool-update</command> updates the <filename>po</filename> template files
and merges them with the translations.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>intltool-extract</title>
<para><command>intltool-extract</command> generates header files that can be read by
<command>gettext</command>.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>intltool-merge</title>
<para><command>intltool-merge</command> merges translated strings into various file
types.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>intltool-prepare</title>
<para><command>intltool-prepare</command> updates pot files and merges them with
translation files.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

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