---
name: "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::LocaleMsgfmt"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdist-zilla-plugin-localemsgfmt-perl"
version: "1.203-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Dist::Zilla::Plugin::LocaleMsgfmt"
---

# Dist::Zilla::Plugin::LocaleMsgfmt(3pm)

compiles .po files to .mo files with Local::Msgfmt

## NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::LocaleMsgfmt - compiles .po files to .mo files with Local::Msgfmt

## VERSION

version 1.203

## DESCRIPTION

Put the following in your *dist.ini* :

```
    [LocaleMsgfmt]
    locale = share/locale ; this is the default
```

This plugin will compile all of the .po files it finds in the locale directory into .mo files, via Locale::Msgfmt.

## ATTRIBUTES

### recursive

Whether to look up in the locale files recursively.

### locale

Path to the directory containing the locale files.

## TODO

Remove the generated files after the build finishes, or better yet do the generation inside the build dir.

## AUTHOR

Patrick Donelan \<pdonelan@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Patrick Donelan.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.