tldr/pages/common/msginit.md

# msginit

> Generate language specific translation files based on Portable Object Templates.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/msginit-Invocation.html>.

- Generate Portable Object files in system locale from `messages.pot`:

`msginit`

- Define locale to generate from a specific template:

`msginit {{[-l|--locale]}} {{locale}} {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/messages.pot}}`

- Display help:

`msginit {{[-h|--help]}}`
gettext, msginit, msgmerge: add page; msgfmt, xgettext: edit page (#15912) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> 2025-03-11 06:50:50 +02:00			`# msginit`

			`> Generate language specific translation files based on Portable Object Templates.`
			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/msginit-Invocation.html>.`

			- Generate Portable Object files in system locale from `messages.pot`:

			`msginit`

			`- Define locale to generate from a specific template:`

			`msginit {{[-l\|--locale]}} {{locale}} {{[-i\|--input]}} {{path/to/messages.pot}}`
*: add help example (#15981) 2025-03-26 00:36:41 +02:00
			`- Display help:`

			`msginit {{[-h\|--help]}}`