babel.messages.mofile

write_mo(fileobj, catalog, use_fuzzy=False)

Write a catalog to the specified file-like object using the GNU MO file format.

>>> from babel.messages import Catalog
>>> from gettext import GNUTranslations
>>> from StringIO import StringIO

>>> catalog = Catalog(locale='en_US')
>>> catalog.add('foo', 'Voh')
>>> catalog.add((u'bar', u'baz'), (u'Bahr', u'Batz'))
>>> catalog.add('fuz', 'Futz', flags=['fuzzy'])
>>> catalog.add('Fizz', '')
>>> catalog.add(('Fuzz', 'Fuzzes'), ('', ''))
>>> buf = StringIO()

>>> write_mo(buf, catalog)
>>> buf.seek(0)
>>> translations = GNUTranslations(fp=buf)
>>> translations.ugettext('foo')
u'Voh'
>>> translations.ungettext('bar', 'baz', 1)
u'Bahr'
>>> translations.ungettext('bar', 'baz', 2)
u'Batz'
>>> translations.ugettext('fuz')
u'fuz'
>>> translations.ugettext('Fizz')
u'Fizz'
>>> translations.ugettext('Fuzz')
u'Fuzz'
>>> translations.ugettext('Fuzzes')
u'Fuzzes'

Parameters:

fileobj - the file-like object to write to
catalog - the Catalog instance
use_fuzzy - whether translations marked as "fuzzy" should be included in the output

Module mofile

write_mo(fileobj, catalog, use_fuzzy=False)