grunt-gettext-msgfmt

grunt-gettext-msgfmt

Compile .po files with msgfmt.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-gettext-msgfmt --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-gettext-msgfmt');

The "gettext_msgfmt" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named gettext_msgfmt to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  gettext_msgfmt: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    files: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.mode

Type: String Default value: ''

Operation mode: java, java2, csharp, csharp-resources, tcl, qt, desktop, xml or ""

options.verbose

Type: Boolean Default value: true

Increase verbosity level

###Operation mode params

options.resourse

Type: String Default value: ''

Resource name

options.destDir

Type: String Default value: ''

Base directory (see man msgfmt)

options.locale

Type: String Default value: ''

Locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

Usage Examples

Compile .po to .mo

Compile .po files into binary .mo files.

grunt.initConfig({
  gettext_msgfmt: {
    options: {},
    files: {
      'locales/en.mo': 'locales/en.po',
      'locales/ru.mo': 'locales/ru.po',
    },
  },
});

Compile .po with java mode

grunt.initConfig({
  gettext_msgfmt: {
    options: {
        mode: 'java2',  // Operation mode
        resourse: 'com.exampleapp.translations.messages',
        destDir: 'target/classes',
        locale: 'ru'
    },
    files: {
      src: 'locales/ru.po'
    }
  },
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

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