.TH pylupdate 1 "18 October 2001" "Trolltech AS" \" -*- nroff -*- .\" .\" Copyright 2001 Trolltech AS. All rights reserved. .\" Copyright 2004 Ricardo Cardenes. All rights reserved. .\" .\" This file may be distributed and/or modified under the terms of the .\" GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software .\" Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the .\" packaging of this file. .\" .\" This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE .\" WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .\" .\" See http://www.trolltech.com/gpl/ for GPL licensing information. .\" .SH NAME pylupdate \- update Qt Linguist translation files from Python sources .SH SYNOPSIS .B pylupdate .RI "[ " options " ] " project-file... .SH DESCRIPTION This page documents the .B Qt Linguist Update tool for the Qt GUI toolkit, for Python source files. .B PyLupdate reads a qmake 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 "-help" Display the usage and exit. .TP .I "-noobsolete" Drop all obsolete strings. .TP .I "-verbose" Explain what is being done. .TP .I "-version" Display the version of .B pylupdate and exit. .SH USAGE Here is an example .pro file that can be given to .B pylupdate: .PP .in +4 .nf SOURCES = funnydialog.py \\ main.py \\ wackywidget.py FORMS = fancybox.ui TRANSLATIONS = gnomovision_dk.ts \\ gnomovision_fi.ts \\ gnomovision_no.ts \\ gnomovision_se.ts .fi .in -4 .PP When running .B pylupdate on this project file, the translatable strings in all the files listed in the 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. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR lupdate (1), .BR lrelease (1) and .BR http://doc.trolltech.com/i18n.html .SH AUTHOR This manual page was written by Ricardo J. Cárdenes Medina for the Debian GNU/Linux System (but may be used by others), based on Trolltech's <info@trolltech.com> manual page for lupdate