INTLTOOLIZE(8)

💖 INTLTOOLIZE — bestie edition ✨

okay so this is intltoolize from the intltool manual, section 8 (System Manager's Manual). it's giving "make my package speak every language" energy and honestly? we love her for it. 🌈

🌸 NAME 🌸

intltoolize — literally just copy intltool related files into your software package. that's the whole job. she's a simple girl. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

intltoolize [option]...

yes bestie, options go in, magic comes out. no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what this does is it prepares a package to use intltool by linking or copying all the various files that intltool needs into place, so they're there when you're building. think of it as setting the table before dinner except the dinner is localization and the table is your build system. 🍓

⚠️ THE IMPORTANT BIT, DO NOT SKIP THIS ONE: you must cd into the top level directory of the package before you run intltoolize. like, before. not after. not from a subfolder. top level. periodt. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --automake — work silently and just assume automake is being used in the software. quiet queen behaviour, she doesn't ask questions. 🤫
• -c, --copy — copy the files instead of making symbolic links to them. so instead of little shortcuts pointing at the originals, you get real actual copies. 🫶
• --debug — turn on verbose shell tracing. basically she starts narrating her every move. messy but informative. 💀
• -n, --dry-run — print the commands only, don't actually execute them. a rehearsal, not the performance. iconic for "what am I about to do to my repo" moments. 🙈
• -f, --force — replace existing files if they exist. she will not be stopped. 🌸
• --help — show usage and basic help information. the "hey bestie what do I do" button. 💜
• --version — show version information. for when you need to know which era of intltool you're dealing with. ⭐

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, report it to http://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool — the devs wanna know, fr fr.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

the legends behind this, we stan:

• Darin Adler <darin@bentspoon.com>
• Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>
• Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@eazel.com>

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, iykyk:

• intltool-prepare(8)
• intltool-extract(8)
• intltool-merge(8)
• intltool-update(8)

okay that's the whole page bestie!! this was intltool manual page, dated 2003-08-02, from the intltool crew — and that's a wrap. go localize something cute. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸