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diff --git a/docs/msgfmt.txt b/docs/msgfmt.txt
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+Usage: msgfmt [OPTION] filename.po ...
+
+Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description.
+
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+Similarly for optional arguments.
+
+Input file location:
+  filename.po ...             input files
+  -D, --directory=DIRECTORY   add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
+If input file is -, standard input is read.
+
+Operation mode:
+  -j, --java                  Java mode: generate a Java ResourceBundle class
+      --java2                 like --java, and assume Java2 (JDK 1.2 or higher)
+      --csharp                C# mode: generate a .NET .dll file
+      --csharp-resources      C# resources mode: generate a .NET .resources file
+      --tcl                   Tcl mode: generate a tcl/msgcat .msg file
+      --qt                    Qt mode: generate a Qt .qm file
+
+Output file location:
+  -o, --output-file=FILE      write output to specified file
+      --strict                enable strict Uniforum mode
+If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
+
+Output file location in Java mode:
+  -r, --resource=RESOURCE     resource name
+  -l, --locale=LOCALE         locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
+  -d DIRECTORY                base directory of classes directory hierarchy
+The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name,
+separated with an underscore.  The -d option is mandatory.  The class is
+written under the specified directory.
+
+Output file location in C# mode:
+  -r, --resource=RESOURCE     resource name
+  -l, --locale=LOCALE         locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
+  -d DIRECTORY                base directory for locale dependent .dll files
+The -l and -d options are mandatory.  The .dll file is written in a
+subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.
+
+Output file location in Tcl mode:
+  -l, --locale=LOCALE         locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
+  -d DIRECTORY                base directory of .msg message catalogs
+The -l and -d options are mandatory.  The .msg file is written in the
+specified directory.
+
+Input file syntax:
+  -P, --properties-input      input files are in Java .properties syntax
+      --stringtable-input     input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
+                              syntax
+
+Input file interpretation:
+  -c, --check                 perform all the checks implied by
+                                --check-format, --check-header, --check-domain
+      --check-format          check language dependent format strings
+      --check-header          verify presence and contents of the header entry
+      --check-domain          check for conflicts between domain directives
+                                and the --output-file option
+  -C, --check-compatibility   check that GNU msgfmt behaves like X/Open msgfmt
+      --check-accelerators[=CHAR]  check presence of keyboard accelerators for
+                                menu items
+  -f, --use-fuzzy             use fuzzy entries in output
+
+Output details:
+  -a, --alignment=NUMBER      align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
+      --no-hash               binary file will not include the hash table
+
+Informative output:
+  -h, --help                  display this help and exit
+  -V, --version               output version information and exit
+      --statistics            print statistics about translations
+  -v, --verbose               increase verbosity level
+
+Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
diff --git a/docs/msgmerge.txt b/docs/msgmerge.txt
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+Usage: msgmerge [OPTION] def.po ref.pot
+
+Merges two Uniforum style .po files together.  The def.po file is an
+existing PO file with translations which will be taken over to the newly
+created file as long as they still match; comments will be preserved,
+but extracted comments and file positions will be discarded.  The ref.pot
+file is the last created PO file with up-to-date source references but
+old translations, or a PO Template file (generally created by xgettext);
+any translations or comments in the file will be discarded, however dot
+comments and file positions will be preserved.  Where an exact match
+cannot be found, fuzzy matching is used to produce better results.
+
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+
+Input file location:
+  def.po                      translations referring to old sources
+  ref.pot                     references to new sources
+  -D, --directory=DIRECTORY   add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
+  -C, --compendium=FILE       additional library of message translations,
+                              may be specified more than once
+
+Operation mode:
+  -U, --update                update def.po,
+                              do nothing if def.po already up to date
+
+Output file location:
+  -o, --output-file=FILE      write output to specified file
+The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
+or if it is -.
+
+Output file location in update mode:
+The result is written back to def.po.
+      --backup=CONTROL        make a backup of def.po
+      --suffix=SUFFIX         override the usual backup suffix
+The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or through
+the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:
+  none, off       never make backups (even if --backup is given)
+  numbered, t     make numbered backups
+  existing, nil   numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
+  simple, never   always make simple backups
+The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX
+environment variable.
+
+Operation modifiers:
+  -m, --multi-domain          apply ref.pot to each of the domains in def.po
+  -N, --no-fuzzy-matching     do not use fuzzy matching
+      --previous              keep previous msgids of translated messages
+
+Input file syntax:
+  -P, --properties-input      input files are in Java .properties syntax
+      --stringtable-input     input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
+                              syntax
+
+Output details:
+      --lang=CATALOGNAME      set 'Language' field in the header entry
+      --color                 use colors and other text attributes always
+      --color=WHEN            use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
+                              WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
+      --style=STYLEFILE       specify CSS style rule file for --color
+  -e, --no-escape             do not use C escapes in output (default)
+  -E, --escape                use C escapes in output, no extended chars
+      --force-po              write PO file even if empty
+  -i, --indent                indented output style
+      --no-location           suppress '#: filename:line' lines
+      --add-location          preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
+      --strict                strict Uniforum output style
+  -p, --properties-output     write out a Java .properties file
+      --stringtable-output    write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
+  -w, --width=NUMBER          set output page width
+      --no-wrap               do not break long message lines, longer than
+                              the output page width, into several lines
+  -s, --sort-output           generate sorted output
+  -F, --sort-by-file          sort output by file location
+
+Informative output:
+  -h, --help                  display this help and exit
+  -V, --version               output version information and exit
+  -v, --verbose               increase verbosity level
+  -q, --quiet, --silent       suppress progress indicators
+
+Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
diff --git a/docs/xgettext.txt b/docs/xgettext.txt
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+Usage: xgettext [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
+
+Extract translatable strings from given input files.
+
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+Similarly for optional arguments.
+
+Input file location:
+  INPUTFILE ...               input files
+  -f, --files-from=FILE       get list of input files from FILE
+  -D, --directory=DIRECTORY   add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
+If input file is -, standard input is read.
+
+Output file location:
+  -d, --default-domain=NAME   use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)
+  -o, --output=FILE           write output to specified file
+  -p, --output-dir=DIR        output files will be placed in directory DIR
+If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
+
+Choice of input file language:
+  -L, --language=NAME         recognise the specified language
+                                (C, C++, ObjectiveC, PO, Shell, Python, Lisp,
+                                EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Smalltalk, Java,
+                                JavaProperties, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP,
+                                GCC-source, NXStringTable, RST, Glade)
+  -C, --c++                   shorthand for --language=C++
+By default the language is guessed depending on the input file name extension.
+
+Input file interpretation:
+      --from-code=NAME        encoding of input files
+                                (except for Python, Tcl, Glade)
+By default the input files are assumed to be in ASCII.
+
+Operation mode:
+  -j, --join-existing         join messages with existing file
+  -x, --exclude-file=FILE.po  entries from FILE.po are not extracted
+  -cTAG, --add-comments=TAG   place comment blocks starting with TAG and
+                                preceding keyword lines in output file
+  -c, --add-comments          place all comment blocks preceding keyword lines
+                                in output file
+
+Language specific options:
+  -a, --extract-all           extract all strings
+                                (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,
+                                Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java,
+                                C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade)
+  -kWORD, --keyword=WORD      look for WORD as an additional keyword
+  -k, --keyword               do not to use default keywords
+                                (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,
+                                Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java,
+                                C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade)
+      --flag=WORD:ARG:FLAG    additional flag for strings inside the argument
+                              number ARG of keyword WORD
+                                (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,
+                                Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java,
+                                C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source)
+  -T, --trigraphs             understand ANSI C trigraphs for input
+                                (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)
+      --qt                    recognize Qt format strings
+                                (only language C++)
+      --kde                   recognize KDE 4 format strings
+                                (only language C++)
+      --boost                 recognize Boost format strings
+                                (only language C++)
+      --debug                 more detailed formatstring recognition result
+
+Output details:
+      --color                 use colors and other text attributes always
+      --color=WHEN            use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
+                              WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
+      --style=STYLEFILE       specify CSS style rule file for --color
+  -e, --no-escape             do not use C escapes in output (default)
+  -E, --escape                use C escapes in output, no extended chars
+      --force-po              write PO file even if empty
+  -i, --indent                write the .po file using indented style
+      --no-location           do not write '#: filename:line' lines
+  -n, --add-location          generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
+      --strict                write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
+      --properties-output     write out a Java .properties file
+      --stringtable-output    write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
+  -w, --width=NUMBER          set output page width
+      --no-wrap               do not break long message lines, longer than
+                              the output page width, into several lines
+  -s, --sort-output           generate sorted output
+  -F, --sort-by-file          sort output by file location
+      --omit-header           don't write header with `msgid ""' entry
+      --copyright-holder=STRING  set copyright holder in output
+      --foreign-user          omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user
+      --package-name=PACKAGE  set package name in output
+      --package-version=VERSION  set package version in output
+      --msgid-bugs-address=EMAIL@ADDRESS  set report address for msgid bugs
+  -m[STRING], --msgstr-prefix[=STRING]  use STRING or "" as prefix for msgstr
+                                values
+  -M[STRING], --msgstr-suffix[=STRING]  use STRING or "" as suffix for msgstr
+                                values
+
+Informative output:
+  -h, --help                  display this help and exit
+  -V, --version               output version information and exit
+
+Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.