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<h1 align="center">MSGINIT</h1>

<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>

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<h2>NAME
<a name="NAME"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msginit &minus;
initialize a message catalog</p>

<h2>SYNOPSIS
<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msginit</b>
[<i>OPTION</i>]</p>

<h2>DESCRIPTION
<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Creates a new
PO file, initializing the meta information with values from
the user&rsquo;s environment.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
location: <br>
&minus;i</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;input</b>=<i>INPUTFILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input POT file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If no input
file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT
file. If it is -, standard input is read.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
location: <br>
&minus;o</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;output&minus;file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified PO
file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If no output
file is given, it depends on the <b>&minus;&minus;locale</b>
option or the user&rsquo;s locale setting. If it is -, the
results are written to standard output.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
syntax: <br>
&minus;P</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;properties&minus;input</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input file is in Java
.properties syntax</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;stringtable&minus;input</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input file is in
NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output
details: <br>
&minus;l</b>, <b>&minus;&minus;locale</b>=<i>LL_CC</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">set target locale</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;no&minus;translator</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">assume the PO file is
automatically generated</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;color</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text
attributes always</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;color</b>=<i>WHEN</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text
attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be &rsquo;always&rsquo;,
&rsquo;never&rsquo;, &rsquo;auto&rsquo;, or
&rsquo;html&rsquo;.</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;style</b>=<i>STYLEFILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">specify CSS style rule file for
<b>&minus;&minus;color</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;p</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;properties&minus;output</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a Java .properties
file</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;stringtable&minus;output</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep
.strings file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;w</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">set output page width</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;no&minus;wrap</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not break long message
lines, longer than the output page width, into several
lines</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative
output: <br>
&minus;h</b>, <b>&minus;&minus;help</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;V</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;version</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and
exit</p>

<h2>AUTHOR
<a name="AUTHOR"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by
Bruno Haible.</p>

<h2>REPORTING BUGS
<a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs to
&lt;bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</p>

<h2>COPYRIGHT
<a name="COPYRIGHT"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright
&copy; 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
&lt;http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html&gt; <br>
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.</p>

<h2>SEE ALSO
<a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full
documentation for <b>msginit</b> is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msginit</b> programs are
properly installed at your site, the command</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info
msginit</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you
access to the complete manual.</p>
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