Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 02:28:02 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: New gencat(1) man page Message-ID: <199811170228.TAA04959@usr05.primenet.com>
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Here is a new gencat(1) man page. It contains examples and information not in the current man page (e.g., file format) per the X/Open documentation. It also updates some aspects of the X/Open documentation (e.g., the X/Open document neglects to say how to embed a $quote character into a string). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \" $OpenBSD: gencat.1,v 1.3 1997/06/11 15:39:54 kstailey Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Ken Stailey .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products .\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES \" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $Id: gencat.1,v 1.1 1997/09/14 20:23:02 wosch Exp $ .\" .Dd June 11, 1997 .Dt GENCAT 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm gencat .Nd NLS catalog compiler .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm gencat .Ar "output-file" .Ar "input-file ..." .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility ,erges the text NLS input files .Ar "input-file ..." into a formatted message catalog file .Ar "output-file" . The file .Ar "output-file" will be created if it does not already exist. If Ar "output-file" does exist, its messages will be included in the new .Ar "output-file" . If set and message numbers collide, the new message text defined in .Ar "input-file ..." will replace the old message text currently contained in .Ar "output-file" . .Sh INPUT FILES The format of a message text source file is defined below. Note that the fields of a message text source line are seperated by a single space character: any other space characters are considered to be part of the field contents. .Pp .Bl -tag -width .It Cm $set Ar n comment This line specifies the set identifier of the following messages until the next .Nm $set or end-of-file appears. The .Ar n is the set identifier which is defined as a number in the range [1, (NL_SETMAX)]. Set identifiers must occur in ascending order within a single source file, but need not be contiguous. Any string following a space following the set identifier is treated as a comment. If no .Nm $set directive is specified in a given source file, all messages will be located in the default message set NL_SETD. .It Cm $del Ar n comment This line deletes messages from set .Ar n from a message catalog. The .Ar n specifies a set number. Any string floowing a space following the set number is treated as a comment. .It Cm $ Ar comment A line beginning with .Nm $ followed by a space is treated as a comment. .It Ar m message-text A message line consists of a message identifier .Ar m in the range [1, (NL_MSGMAX)]. The .Ar message-text is stored in the message catalog with the set identifier specified by the last .Nm $set directive, and the message identifier .Ar m . If the .Ar message-text is empty, and there is a space character following the message identifier, an empty string is stored in the message catalog. If the .Ar message-text is empty, and there is not a space character following the message identifier, then the existing message in the current set with the specified message identifier is deleted from the catalog. Message identifiers must be in ascending order within a single set, but need not be contiguous. The .Ar message-text length must be in the range [0, (NL_TEXTMAX)]. .It Cm $quote Ar c This line specifies an optional quote character .Ar c which can be used to surround .Ar message-text so that trailing space or empty messages are visible in message source files. By default, or if an empty .Nm $quote directive is specified, no quoting of .Ar message-text will be recognized. .El Empty lines in message source files are ignores. The effect of lines beginning with any character other than those described above are undefined. .Pp Text strings can contain the following special characters and escape sequences. In addition, if a quote character is defined, it may be escaped as well to embed a literal quote character. .Pp .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent .It Cm \en linefeed .It Cm \et horizontal tab .It Cm \ev vertical tab .It Cm \eb backspace .It Cm \er carriage return .It Cm \ef form feed .It Cm \e\e backslash .It Cm \eddd octal number in the range [000, 377] .El .Pp A backslash character immediately before the end of the line in a file is used to continue the line onto the next line, e.g.: .Pp .Dl 1 This line is continued \e .Dl on this line. .Pp If the character following the backslash is not one of those specified, the backslash is ignored. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The .Nm gencat utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr catclose 3 , .Xr catgets 3 , .Xr catopen 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm gencat utility is compliant with the .St -xpg4 standard. .Sh AUTHOR This manual page by .An Ken Stailey updated and revised by .An Terry Lambert . .Sh BUGS A message catalog file created from a blank input file can not be revised; it must be deleted and recreated. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehome | help
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