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NAME
       msgen - create English message catalog
SYNOPSIS
       msgen [OPTION] INPUTFILE
DESCRIPTION
       Creates  an  English  translation  catalog.  The input file is the last
       created English PO file, or a PO Template file  (generally  created  by
       xgettext).   Untranslated  entries  are  assigned a translation that is
       identical to the msgid.
       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
       too.
   Input file location:
       INPUTFILE
              input PO or POT file
       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
              add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
       If input file is -, standard input is read.
   Output file location:
       -o, --output-file=FILE
              write output to specified file
       The  results are written to standard output if no output file is speci-
       fied or if it is -.
   Input file syntax:
       -P, --properties-input
              input file is in Java .properties syntax
       --stringtable-input
              input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
   Output details:
       --lang=CATALOGNAME
              set 'Language' field in the header entry
       --color
              use colors and other text attributes always
       --color=WHEN
              use colors and other text  attributes  if  WHEN.   WHEN  may  be
              'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
       --style=STYLEFILE
              specify CSS style rule file for --color
       -e, --no-escape
              do not use C escapes in output (default)
       -E, --escape
              use C escapes in output, no extended chars
       --force-po
              write PO file even if empty
       -i, --indent
              indented output style
       --no-location
              suppress '#: filename:line' lines
       -n, --add-location
              preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
       --strict
              strict Uniforum output style
       -p, --properties-output
              write out a Java .properties file
       --stringtable-output
              write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
       -w, --width=NUMBER
              set output page width
       --no-wrap
              do  not  break  long  message lines, longer than the output page
              width, into several lines
       -s, --sort-output
              generate sorted output
       -F, --sort-by-file
              sort output by file location
   Informative output:
       -h, --help
              display this help and exit
       -V, --version
              output version information and exit
AUTHOR
       Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext AT gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for msgen is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the  info  and  msgen programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command
              info msgen
       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1         June 2016                          MSGEN(1)