Package babel :: Package messages :: Module mofile

# Module mofile

Writing of files in the `gettext` MO (machine object) format.

Since: version 0.9

See Also: The Format of MO Files

Functions

write_mo(fileobj, catalog, use_fuzzy=False) Write a catalog to the specified file-like object using the GNU MO file format. |

Function Details

### 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