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40 .SH NAME |
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41 lrelease \- generate Qt message files from Qt Linguist translation files |
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42 .SH SYNOPSIS |
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43 .B lrelease |
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44 .RI "[ " options " ] " project-file |
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45 .br |
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46 .B lrelease |
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47 .RI "[ " options " ] " ts-files " [ -qm " qm-file " ]" |
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48 .SH DESCRIPTION |
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49 This page documents the |
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50 .B Qt Linguist Release |
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51 tool for the Qt GUI toolkit. |
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52 .B Lrelease |
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53 reads a qmake/tmake project file (.pro file) and converts the |
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54 translation files (TS files) specified in it into Qt message files |
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55 (QM files) used by the application to translate. |
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56 .PP |
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57 The QM file format is a compact binary format that provides |
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58 extremely fast lookups for translations and that is used by Qt. |
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59 .SH OPTIONS |
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60 .TP |
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61 .I "-help" |
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62 Display the usage and exit. |
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63 .TP |
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64 .I "-compress" |
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65 Compress the QM files. |
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66 .TP |
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67 .I "-nounfinished" |
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68 Do not include unfinished translations. |
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69 .TP |
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70 .I "-removeidentical" |
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71 If the translated text is the same as |
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72 the source text, do not include the message. |
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73 .TP |
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74 .I "-silent" |
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75 Do not explain what is being done. |
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76 .TP |
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77 .I "-version" |
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78 Display the version of |
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79 .B lrelease |
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80 and exit. |
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81 .SH USAGE |
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82 Here is an example .pro file that can be given to |
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83 .B lrelease: |
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84 .PP |
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85 .in +4 |
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86 .nf |
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87 HEADERS = funnydialog.h \\ |
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88 wackywidget.h |
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89 SOURCES = funnydialog.cpp \\ |
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90 main.cpp \\ |
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91 wackywidget.cpp |
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92 FORMS = fancybox.ui |
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93 TRANSLATIONS = gnomovision_dk.ts \\ |
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94 gnomovision_fi.ts \\ |
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95 gnomovision_no.ts \\ |
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96 gnomovision_se.ts |
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97 .fi |
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98 .in -4 |
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99 .PP |
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100 When running |
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101 .B lrelease |
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102 on this project file, the Qt message files gnomovision_dk.qm, |
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103 gnomovision_fi.qm, gnomovision_no.qm and gnomovision_se.qm will be |
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104 generated from gnomovision_dk.ts, gnomovision_fi.ts, |
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105 gnomovision_no.ts and gnomovision_se.ts, respectively. |
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106 .PP |
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107 .B Lrelease |
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108 can also be invoked with a list of TS files to convert: |
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109 .PP |
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110 .in +4 |
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111 .nf |
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112 lrelease gnomovision_*.ts |
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113 .fi |
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114 .in -4 |
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115 .SH "SEE ALSO" |
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116 .BR lupdate (1) |
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117 and |
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118 .BR http://qt.nokia.com/doc/i18n.html |