Locale::Maketext::Extract 0.62

Locale::Maketext::Extract is a Perl module used to extract translatable strings from source.

SYNOPSIS

my $Ext = Locale::Maketext::Extract->new;
$Ext->read_po(messages.po);
$Ext->extract_file($_) for <*.pl>;

# Set $entries_are_in_gettext_format if the .pl files above use
# loc(%1) instead of loc([_1])
$Ext->compile($entries_are_in_gettext_format);

$Ext->write_po(messages.po);

This module can extract translatable strings from files, and write them back to PO files. It can also parse existing PO files and merge their contents with newly extracted strings.

A command-line utility, xgettext.pl, is installed with this module as well.

Following formats of input files are supported:

Perl source files
Valid localization function names are: translate, maketext, gettext, loc, x, _ and __.

HTML::Mason
Strings inside <&|/l>... and <&|/loc>... are extracted.

Template Toolkit
Strings inside [%|l%]...[%END%] or [%|loc%]...[%END%] are extracted.

Text::Template
Sentences between STARTxxx and ENDxxx are extracted individually.

Generic Template
Strings inside {{...}} are extracted.