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<refentry id="intltoolize-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>intltoolize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">3 Apr 2003</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>intltoolize</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>

prepare a source code tree to use the <application>intltool</application>

utilities</primary></indexterm><refnamediv id="intltoolize-1-name"><refname>intltoolize</refname>

<refpurpose>prepare a source code tree to use the <application>intltool</application>

utilities</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="intltoolize-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command><arg choice="opt"><option>-automake</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-copy</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>-debug

</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>-dry-run</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>

-force</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>-help</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>

-version</option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="intltoolize-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para><command>&cmd;</command> prepares a package to use the <application>

intltool</application> utilities. <command>&cmd;</command> links or copies

various files needed by the <application>intltool</application> utilities

to the appropriate location, for use when building the package. You must change

your working directory to the top-level directory of the package before running <command>&cmd;</command>.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltoolize-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="narrow"><varlistentry><term><option>-automake</option></term>

<listitem><para>Work silently, and assume that Automake is in use.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-copy</option></term><listitem><para>Copy files,

instead of creating symbolic links to the files. You can also use <option>

c</option> to specify this option.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-debug</option></term><listitem><para>Enable verbose

shell tracing.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-dry-run</option></term><listitem><para>Print

the commands but do not run the commands. You can also use <option>n</option>

to specify this option.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-force</option></term><listitem><para>Replace

existing files. You can also use <option>f</option> to specify this option.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-help</option></term><listitem><para>Show usage

and basic help information.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-version</option></term><listitem><para>Show version

information.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltoolize-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example"><title>Using &cmd; and the intltool Utilities</title>

<para>To use <command>&cmd;</command> and the <application>intltool</application>

utilities, perform the following steps:</para>

<orderedlist>

<listitem><para>Install <application>intltool</application>. Ensure that the

macro installed by <application>intltool</application> is in the <literal>

aclocal</literal> path, or run the following command</para><screen>example% <userinput>

export ACLOCAL_FLAGS='-I /usr/local/share/aclocal'</userinput></screen>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Add the following lines to the <filename>autogen.sh</filename>

file, after the call to <command>gettextize</command>:</para><screen>echo "Running intltoolize"

intltoolize --copy --force --automake</screen>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Add the following line to the <filename>configure.in</filename>

file, near the top of the file:</para><screen>AC_PROG_INTLTOOL([minimum required version])

</screen>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Add <filename>intltool-extract.in</filename>, <filename>intltool-merge.in

</filename>, and <filename>intltool-update.in</filename> to the EXTRA_DIST

entry in your top-level <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file, and also to

the top-level <filename>.cvsignore</filename> file. Also add the non-<filename>

.in</filename> versions to the <filename>.cvsignore</filename> file.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem><para>Remove the <filename>po/desk.pl</filename> and <filename>

po/update.<replaceable>*</replaceable></filename> scripts, if present in your

source tree. The <filename>intltool-update</filename> utility will perform

equivalent functions.</para></listitem>

</orderedlist>

</example>

<para>At this point, translatable strings will be automatically extracted

to the <filename>.po</filename> files.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltoolize-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>

<listitem><para>Application exited successfully</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

exited with failure</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltoolize-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename>

</term><listitem><para>The command-line executable for the application.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltoolize-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>developer/gnome/gettext

</para></entry></row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltoolize-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>intltool-extract</refentrytitle><manvolnum>

1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intltool-merge

</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>

intltool-prepare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>intltool-unicodify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intltool-update</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltoolize-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>For more information, see the <filename>I18N-HOWTO</filename> file,

which is provided with the <application>intltool</application> source code.

</para>

<para>Updated by Damien Donlon, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. Written by Darin

Adler, Kenneth Christiansen, Maciej Stachowiak.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>