yaml2po(1)

💖 yaml2po — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, welcome to yaml2po(1) from Translate Toolkit 3.19.5 ✨ this lil cutie lives in section 1 of the manual, and she has ONE job: turning your YAML files into Gettext PO localization files. iconic behaviour, honestly.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

yaml2po — Convert YAML files to Gettext PO localization files. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's how you actually call her:

yaml2po [--version] [-h|--help] [--manpage] [--progress PROGRESS]
[--errorlevel ERRORLEVEL] [-i|--input] INPUT [-x|--exclude EXCLUDE]
[-o|--output] OUTPUT [-t|--template TEMPLATE] [-S|--timestamp]
[-P|--pot] [--duplicates DUPLICATESTYLE] [--personality TYPE]

okay that's a LOT of brackets but don't panic, we're gonna go through every single one fr fr 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the actual tea ☕ — examples and usage instructions live over here:

http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-
toolkit/en/latest/commands/yaml2po.html

go read it, it's giving helpful 💖

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

one bullet per flag, no skipping, no cap:

• --version — show program's version number and exit. a quick lil "who am I" moment 🎀
• -h/--help — show this help message and exit. when you're lost, she's got you 💅
• --manpage — output a manpage based on the help. yes she can generate her own documentation, main character energy ✨
• --progress — show progress as: dots, none, bar, names, verbose. pick your fave way to watch the ~journey~ 🌈
• --errorlevel — show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback. how much drama do you want when things go sideways 💀
• -i/--input — read from INPUT in yaml, yml formats. feed her the YAML bestie 🍓
• -x/--exclude — exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths. not today, random files 🙈
• -o/--output — write to OUTPUT in po, pot formats. where the glow-up lands 💖
• -t/--template — read from TEMPLATE in yaml, yml formats. template girlies rise 🧚
• -S/--timestamp — skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp. she said "you're already fresh, I'm not touching you" ⭐
• -P/--pot — output PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po). template mode activated 👑
• --duplicates — what to do with duplicate strings (identical source text): merge, msgctxt (default: 'msgctxt'). yes the default is msgctxt, write it down 📝
• --personality — override the input YAML format: default, ruby (for Ruby on Rails YAML files with a language root node, e.g. 'en:' or 'ca:'). choose your fighter 💜

lowkey reminder: --duplicates defaults to msgctxt, and --personality defaults to default unless you override it. don't come for me, that's just what the page says 🫶

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💀 that's the whole thing

no SEE ALSO, no secret bonus flags, nothing hiding in the back. this page is exactly this and nothing more, periodt 💅

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cute sign-off: this page was brought to you by Translate Toolkit 3.19.5 — yaml2po(1), section 1 of the manual. go convert something gorgeous bestie, ily 🌸✨🦋