Grunt-potomo NPM

grunt-potomo

Grunt plug-in to compile .po files into binary .mo files with msgfmt.

Requirements

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5
GNU gettext installed and in your PATH. Installation instructions: Mac, Windows and Linux

Getting Started

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-potomo --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks( 'grunt-potomo' );

The "potomo" task

Run this task with the grunt potomo command.

Task targets, files and options may be specified according to the grunt Configuring tasks guide.

Options

options.poDel

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether the PO file(s) used from source should be deleted or remove after the creation of MO file(s).

Example config

grunt.initConfig({
  potomo: {                            // Task
    dist: {                            // Target
      options: {                       // Target options
        poDel: true
      },
      files: {                         // Dictionary of files
        'en_GB.mo': 'en_GB.po',        // 'destination': 'source'
        'ne_NP.mo': 'ne_NP.po'
      }
    },
    dev: {                             // Another target
      options: {                       // Target options
        poDel: false
      },
      files: {
        'dest/languages': [ 'en_GB.po', 'ne_NP.po' ]
      }
    }
  }
});

grunt.loadNpmTasks( 'grunt-potomo' );

grunt.registerTask( 'default', ['potomo' ]);

Example usage

Compile

grunt.initConfig({
  potomo: {
    dist: {
      files: {
        'ne_NP.mo': 'ne_NP.po'
      }
    }
  }
});

Compile with options

grunt.initConfig({
  potomo: {
    dist: {
      options: {
        poDel: true
      }
      files: {
        'ne_NP.mo': 'ne_NP.po'
      }
    }
  }
});

Compile multiple files

You can specify multiple destination: source items in files.

grunt.initConfig({
  potomo: {
    dist: {
      files: {
        'en_GB.mo': 'en_GB.po',
        'ne_NP.mo': 'ne_NP.po'
      }
    }
  }
});

Compile files in a directory

Instead of naming all files you want to compile, you can use the expand property allowing you to specify a directory. More information available in the grunt docs - Building the files object dynamically.

grunt.initConfig({
  dirs: {
    lang: 'language',
  },
  potomo: {
    dist: {
      options: {
        poDel: false
      },
      files: [{
        expand: true,
        cwd: '<%= dirs.lang %>/po',
        src: ['*.po'],
        dest: '<%= dirs.lang %>/mo',
        ext: '.mo',
        nonull: true
      }]
    }
  }
});