For questions about the ibtool binary, which compiles, prints, updates, and verifies Interface Builder documents.
ibtool:
- verifies
- updates
- prints
the contents of an Interface Builder document, generating its output in standard plist format. The tool follows a "read", "modify", "write", "print" order of operations.
Specifying Output:
--write path
Write the resulting Interface Builder document to the specified path.
--output-format format
By default, ibtool provides output in the form of an XML property list. Specifying binary1 will instruct ibtool to output a binary property list. Similarly, xml1 specifies an XML prop-erty property erty list, and human-readable-text specifies human readable text.
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