# Better dummy method for gettext + rails 2.2

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/better-dummy-method-for-gettext-rails-2-2/154164>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 26, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/better-dummy-method-for-gettext-rails-2-2/154164 "2008-11-26T00:27:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![wybo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/cc9497/32.png) [@wybo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wybo)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/better-dummy-method-for-gettext-rails-2-2/154164/1 "2008-11-26T00:27:07Z")

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Here’s a better dummy method that also handles the  
“this is %{jo}” % {:jo =\> “so”} cases.

class Object  
def self.\_(msg)  
return msg  
end  
def \_(msg)  
return msg  
end  
end

class String  
alias :\_\_old\_format\_m :%  
def %(hash = {})  
if hash.kind\_of?(Hash)  
ret = dup  
hash.keys.each do |key, value|  
ret.gsub!("%{#{key}}", value.to\_s)  
end  
return ret  
else  
ret = gsub(/%{/, ‘%%{’)  
ret.\_\_old\_format\_m(hash)  
end  
end  
end

Wybo

- Looking forward to a working rails 2.2 gettext plugin.

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**Author:** ![wybo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/cc9497/32.png) [@wybo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wybo)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/better-dummy-method-for-gettext-rails-2-2/154164/2 "2009-02-21T13:44:08Z")

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fast+threadsave+simple Gettext [GitHub - grosser/fast\_gettext: Ruby GetText, but 12x faster + 530x less garbage + simple + clean namespace + threadsafe + extendable + multiple backends](http://github.com/grosser/fast_gettext)

2.2+ rails plugin for gettext and i18n

> **[GitHub - grosser/gettext\_i18n\_rails: Rails: FastGettext, I18n integration --...](https://github.com/grosser/gettext_i18n_rails)**
>
> Rails: FastGettext, I18n integration -- simple, threadsafe and fast! - GitHub - grosser/gettext\_i18n\_rails: Rails: FastGettext, I18n integration -- simple, threadsafe and fast!

Example 2.3 application fast\_gettext+i18n

> **[GitHub - grosser/gettext\_i18n\_rails\_example: Rails example application using...](https://github.com/grosser/gettext_i18n_rails_example)**
>
> Rails example application using FastGettext + gettext\_i18n\_rails + gettext\_test\_log - GitHub - grosser/gettext\_i18n\_rails\_example: Rails example application using FastGettext + gettext\_i18n\_rails +...