[bug #63455] msgfmt -k/--keyword issues in --desktop mode

[Daniel]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63455>

                 Summary: msgfmt -k/--keyword issues in --desktop mode
                 Project: GNU gettext
               Submitter: pdaniel
               Submitted: Thu 01 Dec 2022 02:27:04 PM UTC
                Category: Programmer tools
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any


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Date: Thu 01 Dec 2022 02:27:04 PM UTC By: Daniel <pdaniel>
I'm using gettext 0.21. msgfmt works correctly in --desktop mode, e.g.:

msgfmt --desktop --template=(input .desktop file) -d (path to po directory
with LINGUAS) -o (output .desktop file)

Now I want to add -k/--keyword to match my xgettext invocation, where I added
"-k -kComment" to disable the default keywords (Name, GenericName, Comment,
Keywords) and only enable extraction of "Comment".

But there are several issues:

* Adding -k (with or without an argument) gives "unknown option -- k".

* --keyword without an argument doesn't work. For example, if I put it between
--desktop and --template, the error is "--desktop requires a "--template
template" specification" (it seems like it treads --template=... as an
argument).

--keyword with an argument works correctly (including  --keyword="" that seems
to have the effect of --keyword without an argument).







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