msgcheck performs various checks on gettext files (with extension ".po"):
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compilation (with command
msgfmt -c) -
for each translation:
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number of lines in translated strings
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whitespace at beginning/end of strings
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trailing whitespace at end of lines inside strings
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punctuation at end of strings
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spelling (messages and translations).
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The script requires:
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Python >= 2.7
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the module
pyenchantif spelling is checked (with option-s).
Install a released version from the Python package index with pip:
$ pip install msgcheck
Or you can install via source distribution:
$ python setup.py install
Syntax:
$ msgcheck [options] file.po [file.po...]
Options:
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-h,--help: display help message and exit -
-c,--no-compile: do not check compilation of file (withmsgfmt -c) -
-f,--fuzzy: check fuzzy strings -
-l,--no-lines: do not check number of lines -
-p,--no-punct: do not check punctuation at end of strings -
-s id|str,--spelling id|str: check spelling (id= source messages,str= translations) -
-d <dicts>,--dicts <dicts>: comma-separated list of extra dictionaries to use (in addition to file language) -
-P <file>,--pwl <file>: file with personal list of words used when checking spelling -
-m,--only-misspelled: display only misspelled words (no error, line number and translation) -
-w,--no-whitespace: do not check whitespace at beginning/end of strings -
-W,--no-whitespace-eol: do not check whitespace at end of lines inside strings -
-e,--extract: display all translations and exit (all checks except compilation are disabled in this mode) -
-q,--quiet: quiet mode: only display number of errors -
-v,--version: display version and exit
The environment variable MSGCHECK_OPTIONS can be set with some default
options.
The script returns exit code 0 if all files checked are OK
(0 errors or option --extract given) or it returns N: number of files with
errors (N >= 1).
$ msgcheck fr.po ====================================================================== /path/to/fr.po:242: [punct] end punctuation: ":" in translation, ":" not in string: --- error --- erreur: ====================================================================== /path/to/fr.po:262: [lines] number of lines: 1 in string, 2 in translation: --- Message filters: --- Filtres de messages: ====================================================================== /path/to/fr.po:336: [whitespace] spaces at beginning: 0 in string, 1 in translation: --- current value --- valeur courante ====================================================================== /path/to/fr.po: 3 errors (almost good!)
Copyright © 2009-2017 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
This file is part of msgcheck.
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