192 lines
5.5 KiB
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192 lines
5.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $OpenBSD: gencat.1,v 1.3 1997/06/11 15:39:54 kstailey Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Ken Stailey
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 11, 1997
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.Dt GENCAT 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm gencat
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.Nd NLS catalog compiler
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Ar "output-file"
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.Ar "input-files..."
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility merges the text NLS input files
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.Ar "input-files..."
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into a formatted message catalog file
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.Ar "output-file" .
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The file
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.Ar "output-file"
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will be created if it does not already exist.
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If
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.Ar "output-file"
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does exist, its messages will be included in the new
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.Ar "output-file" .
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If set and message numbers collide, the new message text defined in
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.Ar "input-files..."
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will replace the old message text currently contained in
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.Ar "output-file" .
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.Sh INPUT FILES
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The format of a message text source file is defined below.
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Note that
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the fields of a message text source line are separated by a single space
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character: any other space characters are considered to be part of the
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field contents.
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.Bl -tag -width 3n
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.It Li $set Ar n comment
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This line specifies the set identifier of the following messages until
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the next
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.Li $set
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or end-of-file appears.
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The argument
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.Ar n
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is the set identifier which is defined as a number in the range
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[1, (NL_SETMAX)].
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Set identifiers must occur in ascending order within
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a single source file, but need not be contiguous.
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Any string following
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a space following the set identifier is treated as a comment.
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If no
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.Li $set
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directive is specified in a given source file, all messages will
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be located in the default message set NL_SETD.
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.It Li $del Ar n comment
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This line deletes messages from set
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.Ar n
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from a message catalog.
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The
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.Ar n
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specifies a set number.
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Any string following a space following the set
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number is treated as a comment.
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.It Li $ Ar comment
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A line beginning with
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.Li $
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followed by a space is treated as a comment.
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.It Ar m message-text
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A message line consists of a message identifier
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.Ar m
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in the range [1, (NL_MSGMAX)].
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The
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.Ar message-text
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is stored in the message catalog with the set identifier specified by
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the last
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.Li $set
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directive, and the message identifier
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.Ar m .
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If the
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.Ar message-text
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is empty, and there is a space character following the message identifier,
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an empty string is stored in the message catalog.
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If the
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.Ar message-text
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is empty, and if there is no space character following the message
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identifier, then the existing message in the current set with the
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specified message identifier is deleted from the catalog.
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Message
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identifiers must be in ascending order within a single set, but
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need not be contiguous.
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The
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.Ar message-text
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length must be in the range [0, (NL_TEXTMAX)].
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.It Li $quote Ar c
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This line specifies an optional quote character
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.Ar c
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which can be used to surround
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.Ar message-text
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so that trailing space or empty messages are visible in message
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source files.
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By default, or if an empty
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.Li $quote
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directive is specified, no quoting of
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.Ar message-text
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will be recognized.
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.El
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.Pp
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Empty lines in message source files are ignored.
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The effect of lines
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beginning with any character other than those described above is
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undefined.
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.Pp
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Text strings can contain the following special characters and escape
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sequences.
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In addition, if a quote character is defined, it may be
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escaped as well to embed a literal quote character.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width "\eooo" -offset indent -compact
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.It Li \en
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line feed
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.It Li \et
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horizontal tab
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.It Li \ev
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vertical tab
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.It Li \eb
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backspace
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.It Li \er
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carriage return
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.It Li \ef
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form feed
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.It Li \e\e
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backslash
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.It Li \eooo
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octal number in the range [000, 377]
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.El
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.Pp
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A backslash character immediately before the end of the line in a file
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is used to continue the line onto the next line, e.g.:
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.Pp
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.Dl 1 This line is continued \e
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.Dl on this line.
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.Pp
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If the character following the backslash is not one of those specified,
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the backslash is ignored.
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr catclose 3 ,
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.Xr catgets 3 ,
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.Xr catopen 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is compliant with the
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.St -xpg4
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standard.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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This manual page was originally written by
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.An Ken Stailey
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and later revised by
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.An Terry Lambert .
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.Sh BUGS
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A message catalog file created from a blank input file cannot be revised;
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it must be deleted and recreated.
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