rmsgmerge(1)

📦 version 3.4.9, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 rmsgmerge — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, you've landed on rmsgmerge(1), from the General Commands Manual section of your friendly neighbourhood Unix docs. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

rmsgmerge — it extracts translatable strings from the input ruby script files you hand it. that's the whole vibe. extract, translate, slay. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

rmsgmerge def.po ref.pot [-o output.pot]

literally just: two files in, and optionally one file out. no cap.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what's actually happening here? rmsgmerge merges two Uniforum style .po files together. that's it, that's the whole job. 👑

let's break down the cast, because both files have main character energy but for different reasons:

  • def.po — this is your existing PO file, the one that already has translations in it. it's the one who's been here a while, knows everybody, has opinions. 💜
  • ref.pot — this is the last created PO file, and it's the one carrying up-to-date source references. it's the fresh-out-the-group-chat gossip girl. 🫶

and lowkey important deets: ref.pot is generally created by rxgettext. so if you're out here wondering where it came from — that's the one, that's the origin story. 🌈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these, they're giving very much "required reading bestie":

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

this manual page was converted by Tatsuki Sugiura <sugi@nemui.org>, from README for the Debian project. iconic behaviour honestly. 🙈✨

ok that's the whole page bestie, you ate that. no notes. 💖

and a lil sign-off for the record books: this page is from 2006-01-04, courtesy of the General Commands Manual era of Unix docs — vintage, lowkey legendary, and still serving. mwah. 💋🌸

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