From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2009-03-07T00:59:58+09:00
Subject: Pure ruby iconv?

Hi,

It looks like Rails 2.x requires the iconv library. Unfortunately,
libiconv requires mingw or cygwin to build properly. Since I have
neither, I'm in a bit of a bind.

I thought there was a pure Ruby library (or three) out there that
could do what iconv does, but I've never done the research.

Specifically, it looks like ActiveSupport requires it:

activesupport-2.2.2\lib\active_support\inflector.rb

# Replaces accented characters with their ascii equivalents.
def transliterate(string)
   Iconv.iconv('ascii//ignore//translit', 'utf-8', string).to_s
end

Any suggestions? Or do I need to put a bounty out there for a pure
ruby iconv now?

Regards,

Dan

PS - A comment in the code also suggests that method doesn't function
properly