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ruby-intl -- A simple wrapper of GNU gettext for ruby
by HIRATA Naoto <hirata-naoto@sannet.ne.jp>
Install:
Require
* Ruby
* GNU gettext
$ ruby extconf.rb
$ make
$ make install
Usage:
You need to have ready for a message catalog beforehand.
Catalogs are quit identical with catalogs for C.
A default location of catalog files is found when a sample program
`hello.rb' is run.
First, you need to create an instance of an Intl class.
An argument of constructor is gettext's domain name.
intl = Intl.new( "hello" );
Second, you call the `_' method of the instance of an Intl class.
A `_' method is an abbreviation of `gettext' method.
print( intl._( "hello world" ), "\n" );
Reference:
Class methods:
new( domain )
Arguments
domain:
Type: String
domain
Description
This method create a new Instance of Intl class.
When a gettext method is called, an argument `domain'
is used as a gettext's domain.
Instance methods:
bindtextdomain( domain, dirname )
Arguments
domain:
Type: String
domain
dirname:
Type: String
directory name where a message catalog exists
Return value
Type: Sring
new directory
Description
This method bind `dirname' to `domain'.
Afte this method is called, gettext will
search for message catalogs under `dirname'.
dcgettext( domain, msgid, category )
Arguments
domain:
Type: String
domain
msgid:
Type: String
gettext's msgid
category:
Type: Fixnum
category for locale
Return Value
Type: String
msgstr corresponding to msgid
Description
This method return msgstr corresponding
to `msgid' from `domain' in `category'.
category for locale is same with C.
dgettext( domian, msgid)
Arguments
domain:
Type: String
domain
msgid:
Type: String
gettext's msgid
Return Value
Type: String
msgstr corresponding to msgid
Description
This method return msgstr
corresponding to `msgid' from `domain'.
gettext( msgid )
_( msgid )
Arguments
msgid:
Type: String
gettext's msgid
Return Value
Type: String
msgstr corresponding to msgid
Description
These methods return a msgstr corresponding to `msgid'.
_ methods is abbreviation of gettext( msgid ).
textdomian( domain )
Arguments
domain:
Type: String
domain
Return Value
Type: Sting
new domain
Description
This method set gettext's domain.
It returns new domain name.
Constants:
LC_ALL
LC_COLLATE
LC_CTYPE
LC_MESSAGES
LC_MONETARY
LC_NUMERIC
LC_TIME
Type:Fixnum
Description
These constants are equivalent to constants
have same name defined in locale.h.
Author HIRATA Naoto
e-mail: hirata-naoto@sannet.ne.jp
web: www.page.sannet.ne.jp/hirata-naoto/
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