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Locale::Maketext::Extract(3)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        Locale::Maketext::Extract(3)



NAME
       Locale::Maketext::Extract - Extract translatable strings from source

SYNOPSIS
           my $Ext = Locale::Maketext::Extract->new;
           $Ext->read_po('messages.po');
           $Ext->extract_file($_) for <*.pl>;

           # Set $entries_are_in_gettext_format if the .pl files above use
           # loc('%1') instead of loc('[_1]')
           $Ext->compile($entries_are_in_gettext_format);

           $Ext->write_po('messages.po');

DESCRIPTION
       This module can extract translatable strings from files, and write them back to PO files.  It can
       also parse existing PO files and merge their contents with newly extracted strings.

       A command-line utility, xgettext.pl, is installed with this module as well.

       Following formats of input files are supported:

       Perl source files
           Valid localization function names are: "translate", "maketext", "gettext", "loc", "x", "_" and
           "__".

       HTML::Mason
           Strings inside "<&|/l>...</&>" and "<&|/loc>...</&>" are extracted.

       Template Toolkit
           Strings inside "[%|l%]...[%END%]" or "[%|loc%]...[%END%]" are extracted.

       Text::Template
           Sentences between "STARTxxx" and "ENDxxx" are extracted individually.

       Generic Template
           Strings inside {{...}} are extracted.

METHODS
       Constructor

           new

       Accessors

           header, set_header
           lexicon, set_lexicon, msgstr, set_msgstr
           entries, set_entries, entry, add_entry, del_entry
           compiled_entries, set_compiled_entries, compiled_entry,
           add_compiled_entry, del_compiled_entry
           clear

       PO File manipulation

       method read_po ($file)

       method write_po ($file, $add_format_marker?)

       Extraction

           extract
           extract_file

       Compilation

       compile($entries_are_in_gettext_style?)

       Merges the "entries" into "compiled_entries".

       If $entries_are_in_gettext_style is true, the previously extracted entries are assumed to be in the
       Gettext style (e.g. %1).

       Otherwise they are assumed to be in Maketext style (e.g. "[_1]") and are converted into Gettext style
       before merging into "compiled_entries".

       The "entries" are not cleared after each compilation; use "-"set_entries()> to clear them if you need
       to extract from sources with varying styles.

       normalize_space

       Lexicon accessors

           msgids, has_msgid,
           msgstr, set_msgstr
           msg_positions, msg_variables, msg_format, msg_out

       Internal utilities

           _default_header
           _maketext_to_gettext
           _escape
           _format

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
       Thanks to Jesse Vincent for contributing to an early version of this module.

       Also to Alain Barbet, who effectively re-wrote the source parser with a flex-like algorithm.

SEE ALSO
       xgettext.pl, Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::Lexicon

AUTHORS
       Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>

COPYRIGHT (The "MIT" License)
       Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.

       Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and
       associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
       including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
       and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is fur- nished to do
       so, subject to the following conditions:

       The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial
       portions of the Software.

       THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
       LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FIT- NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
       IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
       ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
       USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.



perl v5.8.8                                      2006-06-15                     Locale::Maketext::Extract(3)

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