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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# This script extracts strings from a set of files using Qt's translation system.
-# It then converts the extracted .ts file in a .po file that can be used with
-# tools that expect Gettext's po file format.
-#
-# This script was adapted from extract-tr-strings from KDE's translation scripts.
-# extract-tr-strings is Copyright 2014 Aurélien Gateau <agateau@kde.org>
-set -e
-
-OLD_PWD=$PWD
-cd $(dirname $0)
-SCRIPTS_DIR=$PWD
-cd $OLD_PWD
-
-LUPDATE=${LUPDATE:-lupdate}
-LCONVERT=${LCONVERT:-lconvert}
-
-die() {
-    echo "ERROR: $*" >&2
-    exit 1
-}
-
-usage() {
-    cat <<EOF
-Usage: $(basename $0) [src_files]... -o [pot_file]
-
-Creates a .pot file for code translated using Qt translation system.
-EOF
-    exit 1
-}
-
-src_files=""
-pot_file=""
-while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
-    case "$1" in
-    -h|--help)
-        usage
-        ;;
-    -o|--output)
-        pot_file="$2"
-        shift 2
-        ;;
-    -*)
-        die "Unknown option $1"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        src_files="$src_files $1"
-        shift
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ -z "$src_files" ] ; then
-    die "No source files provided"
-fi
-if [ -z "$pot_file" ] ; then
-    die "No pot file provided, please provide one with the -o option"
-fi
-
-# "Reserve" a name for a temporary .ts file where lupdate can store its output.
-# The .ts file is created in the directory where Messages.sh is to ensure
-# lupdate creates file paths relative to this directory.
-# lupdate fails if we pass it an existing but empty file, so we have to rm the
-# temporary file we just created. It is not completely safe, but since this
-# script is always running in a trusted environment we can assume it is OK.
-tmp_ts=$(mktemp $PWD/extract-tr-strings-XXXXXX.ts)
-trap "rm -rf $tmp_ts" 0
-trap "exit 2" 1 2 3 13 15
-rm $tmp_ts
-
-$LUPDATE -silent $src_files -ts $tmp_ts
-$LCONVERT $tmp_ts --sort-contexts --output-format pot -o $pot_file