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gulp-xgettext

Gulp plugin for running GNU xgettext.

Install

Install the plugin with the following command:
```
npm install gulp-xgettext --save-dev
```
Install GNU xgettext

Usage

var gulp = require('gulp');
var xgettext = require('gulp-xgettext');

gulp.task('default', function () {
    return gulp.src(['src/**/*.cpp'])
        .pipe(xgettext({
            language: 'C++',
            keywords: [
                {name: 'get_local'}
            ]
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('release'));
});

API

xgettext(options)

options.bin

Type: String

Default: 'xgettext'

GNU xgettext executable.

options.language

Type: String

A language that should be used to parse the files. By default xgettext will try to determine a language by file extension.

options.keywords

Type: Array

List of keywords that should be checked. Each keyword is an object with the following properties:

name: string, name of a localization function to search.
singular: integer, number of argument that represents singular form of a string.
plural: integer, number of argument that represents plural form of a string.
context: integer, number of argument that represents context of a string.

All properties, except name are optional. Arguments counting starts from one.

options.headers

Type: Object

A list of headers that will be used in the resulting .po file. The list of available headers with their descriptions can be found here. If a header is not specified an appropriate xgettext value will be used.

@dcousineau/gulp-xgettext

Usage no npm install needed!