po2idml(1)

po2idml 💅✨

okay bestie, this is the po2idml(1) manual — yes, that's the manual name, and she's here to translate IDML templates with main-character energy. No cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

po2idml — takes an IDML template file and a PO file containing translations of strings in the IDML template. It creates a new IDML file using the translations of the PO file. That's the whole glow-up: template in, translated IDML out 💖.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

po2idml [--version] [-h|--help] [--manpage] [--progress PROGRESS]
[--errorlevel ERRORLEVEL] [-i|--input] INPUT [-x|--exclude EXCLUDE]
[-o|--output] OUTPUT [-t|--template TEMPLATE] [-S|--timestamp]

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --version — show program's version number and exit, periodt.
• -h / --help — show this help message and exit. literally your bestie when you're lost.
• --manpage — output a manpage based on the help. meta? iconic.
• --progress PROGRESS — show progress as: dots, none, bar, names, verbose. pick your vibe check.
• --errorlevel ERRORLEVEL — show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback. choose how loud the tea spills.
• -i / --input INPUT — read from _INPUT_ in po, pot formats. bestie, that's the source energy.
• -x / --exclude EXCLUDE — exclude names matching _EXCLUDE_ from input paths. not invited to the party 🚫.
• -o / --output OUTPUT — write to _OUTPUT_ in idml format. the final slay.
• -t / --template TEMPLATE — read from _TEMPLATE_ in idml format. the blueprint, the moment.
• -S / --timestamp — skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp. lowkey efficient, highkey smart.

💖 cute sign-off: source/version is Translate Toolkit 3.12.1, and the footer date wasn't listed in the original, so no invented date here — mwah, byeee 🫶✨