ly0x0001 / tystrings

strings file tool for iOS / macOS developers

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strings file tool for iOS / macOS developers

Installation

$ sudo pip install tystrings

Usage

$ tystrings -h
  usage: tystrings [-h] [--version] {generate,translate,lint,diff} ...

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  optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit

  subcommands:
  {generate,translate,lint,diff}
    generate            generate `.strings` file from source code files.
    translate           using Baidu Translate Service to translate `.strings`
                        file.
    lint                Validates a `.strings` file.
    diff                Compare `.strings` files line by line.

To run tystrings generate over all .m files in your project, you can invoke it, for example, like this:

$ tystrings generate $(find . -name \*.m) -o en.lproj zh-Hans.lprog -v

translate .strings file to another language:

$ tystrings translate en.lproj/Localizable.strings zh-Hans.lproj/Localizable.strings --src-lang en --dst-lang zh

validates .strings file:

$ tystrings lint en.lproj/Localizable.strings

compare two .strings files:

$ tystrings diff Localizable1.strings Localizable2.strings