# Ruby-GetText-Package-1.92.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gettext-package-1-92-0/144809>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 2, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gettext-package-1-92-0/144809 "2008-08-02T11:58:30Z")\
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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:** [August 2, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gettext-package-1-92-0/144809/1 "2008-08-02T11:58:30Z")

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Hi,

Ruby-GetText-Package-1.92.0 is now available.

## Changes

- Fixed a memory leak(again)

- Fixed bugs.

- Latvian support.

- Improve to support mo-files.

- msgctxt - pgettext(msgctxt, msgid) support  
(eg)  
p\_(“File”, “Open”) #=\> “Open” is shown in English.

- Update translations

- Rails Support

## Thanks to

Thanks to:  
Translators:  
Slobodan Paunović, Yuri Kozlov, Patrick Lenz, Malte M., Ngoc DAO  
Thanh, David E.,  
Antonio S. de A. Terceiro, David E., Runar Ingebrigtsen, Tamás  
Tompa, Yang B., damphyr,  
Ramon Salvadó, Alex Rootoff, Aivars Akots

Bug reports, suggestions and patches:  
Hans de Graaff, Tatsuki S., Andreas Neuhaus, Loiseleur Michel

## 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)

## 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)
- Singular/plural messages in each locales.
- Extract strings automatically
  - rgettext command for creating po-files from files below:  
o ruby scripts  
o glade-2 XML file(.glade)  
o ERB file(.rhtml, .erb)  
o ActiveRecord (.rb)  
o Other files (you can write your own parser)

- Create mo-files unless msgfmt(in GNU gettext tool)
  - rmsgfmt command for creating a mo-file from a po-file.

- Have rgettext/rmsgfmt as module functions. It’s useful as Rake  
tasks.
- 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)
- Ruby on Rails support (gettext/rails)

## ScreenShots

Screenshots in 22 languages (Sample Rails blog) are:  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/?ruby-gettext-screenshot](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/?ruby-gettext-screenshot)

## Status of translations

- Bosnian(bs) - 1.90.0 (old)
- Catalan(ca) - 1.92.0
- Croatian(hr) - 1.90.0 (old)
- Chinese(zh\_CN) - 1.92.0
- Chinese(zh\_TW) - 1.92.0
- Czech(cs) - 1.9.0 (old)
- Dutch(nl) - 1.90.0 (old)
- English(default) - 1.90.0 (old)
- Esperanto(eo) - 1.92.0
- Estonian(et) - 1.9.0 (old, rails.po only)
- French(fr) - 1.90.0 (old)
- German(de) - 1.92.0
- Greek(el) - 1.92.0
- Hungarian(hu) - 1.92.0
- Italian(it) - 1.6.0 (old)
- Japanese(ja) - 1.92.0
- Korean(ko) - 1.9.0 (old)
- Latvian(lv) - 1.92.0 (new)
- Norwegian(nb) - 1.92.0
- Portuguese(Brazil)(pt\_BR) - 1.92.0
- Russian(ru) - 1.92.0
- Serbian(sr) - 1.91.0 (old)
- Spanish(es) - 1.92.0
- Swedish(sv) - 0.8.0 (too much old)
- Ukrainian(ua) - 1.92.0
- Vietnamese(vi) - 1.92.0

## 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