From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2005-01-30T06:56:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Current state of Ruby i18n?

Eric Hodel wrote:
> On 29 Jan 2005, at 13:17, James Britt wrote:
> 
>> What's the current state of i18n in Ruby?
>>
>> If I wanted to build a Web site that offered content in multiple 
>> languages for people in various Asian countries could Ruby handle the 
>> task?
>>
>> Is there anything that documents this (i.e., explains the gory details 
>> and gives examples)?
> 
> 
> You'll want to:
> 
> $KCODE = 'u'
> require 'jcode'
> 
> To make string functions multibyte-capable.
> 
> Be sure your data store handles UTF-8, and you set the right 
> content-encoding for your pages.
> 
> We've got all kinds of (user entered) multibyte strings on 43 Things, 
> but haven't yet translated any of our internals.

Thanks!

James