NAME

       deepin-desktop-ts-convert - convert between .desktop file and .ts file to ease translation

SYNOPSIS

       deepin-desktop-ts-convert init desktopFile outputTsDir
       deepin-desktop-ts-convert desktop2ts desktopFile outputTsDir
       deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop desktopFile tsDir outputDesktopFile

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page documents briefly the deepin-desktop-ts-convert command as provided by deepin-gettext-
       tools package.

       deepin-desktop-ts-convert is a utility that helps developers  convert  translatable  strings  in  desktop
       files  into  ts  files  to  ease  translation  work. Translated strings in ts files can be merged back to
       original desktop file too with the help of this utility.

       Such workflow is adopted by most Deepin software.

USAGE

       To initialise conversion, use deepin-desktop-ts-convert init subcommand.  In which case  source  ts  file
       will   be   put   into   outputTsDir/desktop.ts   and   translation   ts   files   should   be  named  as
       outputTsDir/desktop_<lang>.ts.

           deepin-desktop-ts-convert init desktopFile outputTsDir

       To update ts files  from  a  new  version  of  desktop  file,  use  deepin-desktop-ts-convert  desktop2ts
       subcommand.  The updated ts file given as outputTsDir/desktop.ts file.

           deepin-desktop-ts-convert desktop2ts desktopFile outputTsDir

       To generate translated desktop files, use deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop subcommand.

           deepin-desktop-ts-convert ts2desktop desktopFile tsDir outputDesktopFile

SEE ALSO

       deepin-update-pot(1), deepin-generate-mo(1), deepin-policy-ts-convert(1).

       The  programs  are  further  documented  in  the  README.md  as  provided  with this debian package under
       /usr/share/doc/deepin-gettext-tools/ directory.

AUTHOR

       deepin-gettext-tools is written by Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.

       This manual page was written by Boyuan Yang for the Debian Project (but may be used by others).

Deepin Gettext Tools                               2017-08-11                       DEEPIN-DESKTOP-TS-CONVERT(1)