1Locale::Maketext::SimpleP(e3rplm)Programmers ReferenceLGouciadlee::Maketext::Simple(3pm)
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6 Locale::Maketext::Simple - Simple interface to
7 Locale::Maketext::Lexicon
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10 This document describes version 0.18 of Locale::Maketext::Simple,
11 released Septermber 8, 2006.
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14 Minimal setup (looks for auto/Foo/*.po and auto/Foo/*.mo):
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16 package Foo;
17 use Locale::Maketext::Simple; # exports 'loc'
18 loc_lang('fr'); # set language to French
19 sub hello {
20 print loc("Hello, [_1]!", "World");
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23 More sophisticated example:
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25 package Foo::Bar;
26 use Locale::Maketext::Simple (
27 Class => 'Foo', # search in auto/Foo/
28 Style => 'gettext', # %1 instead of [_1]
29 Export => 'maketext', # maketext() instead of loc()
30 Subclass => 'L10N', # Foo::L10N instead of Foo::I18N
31 Decode => 1, # decode entries to unicode-strings
32 Encoding => 'locale', # but encode lexicons in current locale
33 # (needs Locale::Maketext::Lexicon 0.36)
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35 sub japh {
36 print maketext("Just another %1 hacker", "Perl");
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40 This module is a simple wrapper around Locale::Maketext::Lexicon,
41 designed to alleviate the need of creating Language Classes for module
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44 The language used is chosen from the loc_lang call. If a lookup is not
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48 If Locale::Maketext::Lexicon is not present, it implements a minimal
49 localization function by simply interpolating "[_1]" with the first
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52 "[tense,_1,X]", which will append "ing" to "_1" when X is "present", or
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56 All options are passed either via the "use" statement, or via an
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60 By default, Locale::Maketext::Simple draws its source from the calling
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65 If your PO and MO files are under a path elsewhere than "auto/", you
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69 By default, this module uses the "maketext" style of "[_1]" and
70 "[quant,_1]" for interpolation. Alternatively, you can specify the
71 "gettext" style, which uses %1 and "%quant(%1)" for interpolation.
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76 By default, this module exports a single function, "loc", into its
77 caller's namespace. You can set it to another name, or set it to an
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80 Subclass
81 By default, this module creates an "::I18N" subclass under the caller's
82 package (or the package specified by "Class"), and stores lexicon data
83 in its subclasses. You can assign a name other than "I18N" via this
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86 Decode
87 If set to a true value, source entries will be converted into
88 utf8-strings (available in Perl 5.6.1 or later). This feature needs
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91 Encoding
92 Specifies an encoding to store lexicon entries, instead of
93 utf8-strings. If set to "locale", the encoding from the current locale
94 setting is used. Implies a true value for "Decode".
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97 Thanks to Jos I. Boumans for suggesting this module to be written.
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99 Thanks to Chia-Liang Kao for suggesting "Path" and "loc_lang".
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102 Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::Lexicon
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105 Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>
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108 Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.
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110 This software is released under the MIT license cited below.
111 Additionally, when this software is distributed with Perl Kit, Version
112 5, you may also redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms
113 as Perl itself.
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115 The "MIT" License
116 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
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119 without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
120 distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
121 permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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