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.SH NAME

lupdate \- update Qt Linguist translation files

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B lupdate

.RI "[ " options " ] " project-file

.br

.B lupdate

.RI "[ " options " ] " source-files " -ts " ts-files

.SH DESCRIPTION

This page documents the

.B Qt Linguist Update

tool for the Qt GUI toolkit.

.B Lupdate

reads a qmake/tmake project file (.pro file), finds the translatable

strings in the specified source, header and interface files, and

updates the translation files (TS files) specified in it. The

translation files are given to the translator who uses

.B Qt Linguist

to read the files and insert the translations.

.PP

The TS file format is a simple human-readable XML format that can be

used with version control systems if required.

.PP

.SH OPTIONS

.TP

.I "-disable-heuristic {sametext|similartext|number}"

Disable the named merge heuristic. Can be specified multiple times.

.TP

.I "-extensions <ext>[,<ext>...]"

Process files with the given extensions only.

The extension list must be separated with commas, not with whitespace.

Default: 'ui,c,c++,cc,cpp,cxx,ch,h,h++,hh,hpp,hxx'.

.TP

.I "-help"

Display the usage and exit.

.TP

.I "-locations {absolute|relative|none}"

Specify/override how source code references are saved in TS files.

Default is absolute.

.TP

.I "-no-obsolete"

Drop all obsolete strings.

.TP

.I "-no-recursive"

Do not recursively scan the following directories.

.TP

.I "-no-sort"

Do not sort contexts in TS files.

.TP

.I "-pluralonly"

Only include plural form messages.

.TP

.I "-pro <filename>"

Name of a .pro file. Useful for files with .pro

file syntax but different file suffix

.TP

.I "-recursive"

Recursively scan the following directories.

.TP

.I "-silent"

Do not explain what is being done.

.TP

.I "-source-language <language>[_<region>]"

Specify/override the language of the source strings. Defaults to

POSIX if not specified and the file does not name it yet.

.TP

.I "-target-language <language>[_<region>]"

Specify/override the language of the translation.

The target language is guessed from the file name if this option

is not specified and the file contents name no language yet.

.I "-version"

Display the version of

.B lupdate

and exit.

.SH USAGE

Here is an example .pro file that can be given to

.B lupdate:

.PP

.in +4

.nf

HEADERS         = funnydialog.h \\

                  wackywidget.h

SOURCES         = funnydialog.cpp \\

                  main.cpp \\

                  wackywidget.cpp

FORMS           = fancybox.ui

TRANSLATIONS    = gnomovision_dk.ts \\

                  gnomovision_fi.ts \\

                  gnomovision_no.ts \\

                  gnomovision_se.ts

.fi

.in -4

.PP

When running

.B lupdate

on this project file, the translatable strings in all the files

listed in the HEADERS, SOURCES and FORMS entries will be put in

the translation files listed in the TRANSLATIONS entry. Previous

translations will be reused as far as possible, and translated

strings that have vanished from the source files are marked obsolete.

.PP

.B lupdate

can also be invoked with a list of C++ source files, UI files

and TS files:

.PP

.in +4

.nf

lupdate *.cpp *.h *.ui -ts gnomovision_dk.ts

.fi

.in -4

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR lrelease (1)

and

.BR http://qt.nokia.com/doc/i18n.html