Function reference • potools

Translate a package

translate_package(): Interactively provide translations for a package's messages

po_extract(): Extract messages for translation into a .pot file

po_create(): Create a new .po file

po_compile(): Compile .po files to .mo

po_update(): Update all .po files with changes in .pot

po_explain_plurals(): Explain plural message criteria verbally

Check messages

check_cracked_messages(): Check for cracked messages more suitable for templating

check_potools_sys_reqs(): Check if the proper system utilities for running package translation are installed

check_untranslated_cat(): Check for untranslated messages emitted by cat

check_untranslated_src(): Check for cracked messages in C/C++ sources

Internal helpers

get_message_data(): Extract user-visible messages from a package

write_po_file() po_metadata() format(<po_metadata>) print(<po_metadata>): Write a .po or .pot file corresponding to a message database