# Ruby-GetText-Package-1.8.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gettext-package-1-8-0/68421>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 12, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gettext-package-1-8-0/68421 "2006-09-12T16:39:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Masao\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Masao\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Masao_M)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gettext-package-1-8-0/68421/1 "2006-09-12T16:39:12Z")

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Hi,

Ruby-GetText-Package-1.8.0 is now available.

## Changes

- Support Chinese(Taiwan: zh\_TW), Estonian(et: rails.po only)
- Improve to support Ruby on Rails.
- Add GetText.bindtextdomain\_to(klass, domainname),  
.textdomain\_to(klass, domainname)
- rgettext supports -r, -d options.  
-r is to set an option parser. -d is for debugging mode.  
(e.g.) $ rgettext -r fooparser test.foo
- Update translations: pt\_BR, de, zh\_TW,
- Code cleanup, fixed bugs.

Thanks to:  
Translators: Joao P.(pt\_BR), Partick Lenz(de), Erkki  
Eilonen(et),  
LIN CHUNG-YI(zh\_TW)  
Bug reports and suggestions:  
Kobayashi Noritada, Andreas Neuhaus, steve dp, Tsutomu Kuroda, Donald  
Piret

## Website

[http://rubyforge.org/projects/gettext/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/gettext/)

- Download  
[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=855&release\_id=2856](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=855&release_id=2856)

- Ruby-GetText-Package HOWTOs  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto.html)

- Ruby-GetText-Package HOWTO for Ruby on Rails  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html)

- Ruby-GetText-Package API Reference (RDoc)  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/gettextapi/](http://www.yotabanana.com/gettextapi/)

- FAQ for Ruby-GetText-Package  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-faq.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-faq.html)

- Ruby-GetText-Package documents for Translators  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-translate.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-translate.html)

## ScreenShots

Screenshots in 13 language (Sample Rails blog) are:  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/?ruby-gettext-screenshot](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/?ruby-gettext-screenshot)

## What’s this?

Ruby-GetText-Package is a Localization(L10n) Library and Tools which is  
modeled after GNU gettext package.

The library converts the messages to localized messages properly using  
client-side locale information. And the tools for developers support  
to create, use, and modify localized the message files(message catalogs)  
easily.

Features:

- Simple APIs(similar GNU gettext)
- rgettext command for creating po-files from files below:  
o ruby scripts  
o glade-2 XML file(.glade)  
o ERB file(.rhtml)  
o ActiveRecord (.rb)
- rmsgfmt command for creating a mo-file from a po-file.
- The po-file is compatible to GNU gettext.  
You can maintain these files to use GNU getext tools.
- The mo-file is compatible to GNU gettext(msgfmt).
- multi-textdomain supported.  
You can bind plural textdomains to a class/module.
- CGI support (gettext/cgi)
- ERB support (gettext/erb)
- Ruby on Rails support (gettext/rails)

## Status of translations

Chinese(zh\_CN) - 1.8.0  
Chinese(zh\_TW) - 1.8.0  
Czech(cs) - 1.8.0  
Dutch(nl) - 1.8.0  
English(default) - 1.8.0  
Estonian(et) - 1.8.0 (rails.po only)  
French(fr) - 1.8.0  
German(de) - 1.8.0  
Greek(el) - 1.6.0 (old)  
Spanish(es) - 1.8.0  
Italian(it) - 1.6.0 (old)  
Japanese(ja) - 1.8.0  
Korean(ko) - 1.8.0  
Portuguese(Brazil)(pt\_BR) - 1.8.0  
Russian(ru) - 1.8.0  
Swedish(sv) - 0.8.0 (old)

## Can you help us?/ Can we help you?

Join our ML if you are interested in:

- Improve Ruby-GetText-Package.
- Translators.
- Application/library owners who think to make your apps/libs L10n.  
If you send us your po-files, we’ll translate it!
# At least, a Japanese translator is available ;).

ML:  
[http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group\_id=855](http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group_id=855)

Regards,  
Masao