Name

Dist::Zilla::App::Command::msg_scan - Scan localization strings into a translation template

Synopsis

In dist.ini:

[LocaleTextDomain]
textdomain = My-App
lang_dir = po

On the command line:

dzil msg-scan

Description

This command scans your distribution's Perl modules and creates or updates a GNU gettext-style language translation template. It relies on the settings from the LocaleTextDomain plugin for its settings, and requires that the GNU gettext utilities be available.

Options

--xgettext

The location of the xgettext program, which is distributed with GNU gettext. Defaults to just xgettext, which should work if it's in your path.

--encoding

The encoding to assume the Perl modules are encoded in. Defaults to UTF-8.

--pot-file

The name of the template file to write to. Defaults to $lang_dir/$textdomain.pot.

--copyright-holder

Name of the application copyright holder. Defaults to the copyright holder defined in dist.ini.

--bugs-email

Email address to which translation bug reports should be sent. Defaults to the email address of the first distribution author, if available.

Author

David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>

Copyright and License

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by David E. Wheeler.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.