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= Localization Plugin for Rails
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This plugin provides a simple, gettext-like method to
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provide localizations.
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== Features
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* Any number of languages or locales
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* Simple method to defines singluar/plural translations
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* Can use lambdas to provide Ruby-code based dynamic translations
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* Customizable for different instances of the application
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== Usage
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If the localization plugin is installed, it is used automatically.
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You need to create a /lang dir in your RAILS_ROOT.
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The recommended way to use it is to create files that are named
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like the languages you define in them (but you can put everything in
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one big file too.)
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For instance-customizable strings, add overrides in files you
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put in /lang/custom.
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=== Simple example:
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Create a file /lang/translations.rb:
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Localization.define('de') do |l|
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l.store 'yes', 'Ja'
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l.store 'no', 'Nein'
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end
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Localization.define('fr') do |l|
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l.store 'yes', 'oui'
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l.store 'no', 'non'
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end
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In your controller or application.rb:
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Localization.lang = 'de' # or 'fr'
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In your view:
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<%=_ 'yes' %>
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<%=_ 'no' %>
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Because the _ method is simply an extension to Object, you
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can use it anywhere (models/controllers/views/libs).
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=== Extended example:
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Create a file /lang/default.rb with following contents:
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Localization.define do |l|
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l.store '(time)', lambda { |t| t.strftime('%I:%M%p') }
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end
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Create a file /lang/de_DE.rb with following contents:
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Localization.define('de_DE') do |l|
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l.store '%d entries', ['Ein Eintrag', '%d Einträge']
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l.store '(time)', lambda { |t| t.strftime('%H:%M') }
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end
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In your controller or application.rb:
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Localization.lang = 'de_DE'
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In your view:
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<%=_ '%d entries', 1 %> # singular variant is chosen
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<%=_ '%d entries', 4 %> # plural variant is chosen
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<%=_ '(time)', Time.now %> # call the block with a parameter
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== Translation file guesstimation
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You can generate a guesstimation of all strings needed to be
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translated in your views by first adding the _('blah') syntax
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everywhere and then calling:
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puts Localization.generate_l10n_file
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in the Rails console. |