sudo gem install gettext --no-ri --no-rdoc
sudo gem install fast_gettext --no-ri --no-rdoc
script/plugin install git://github.com/grosser/gettext_i18n_rails.git
(didn't work as gem)cp locale/app.pot locale/de/app.po
for every locale you want to use_('text')
in your rails coderake gettext:find
to let GetText find all translations usedtouch tmp/restart.txt
to apply the translationsBe careful using unicode characters!
The time running rake gettext:find
grows exponentially with the number of unicode characters between two write outs (<%= %>
). So up 5 unicode characters may still be o.k.
Variables inside Strings
puts _("Welcome, %{name}") % { :name => current_user.name }
Plural
puts n_("A file was removed", "%{num} files were removed", n) % { :num => n }
environment.rb:
require 'fast_gettext'
FastGettext.available_locales = [ 'en', 'de' ]
FastGettext.add_text_domain('app', :path=>'locale', :type=>:po)
FastGettext.text_domain = 'app'
Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
# Versionsnummern selber rausfinden:
config.gem 'spreadsheet', :version => '=0.6.4.1'
config.gem "fast_gettext", :version => "=0.5.7"
config.gem "gettext", :version => '=2.1.0'