#!/usr/bin/ruby # hello.rb - sample for _() and class. # # Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Masao Mutoh # This file is distributed under the same license as gettext. require 'rubygems' require 'gettext' class HelloWorld include GetText base_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__) bindtextdomain("hello", :path => File.join(base_dir, "locale")) def hello print _("Hello World\n") end end if __FILE__ == $0 a = HelloWorld.new a.hello # Show in your locale old = GetText.locale p old.to_s # Show current locale # Change the locale to "en". GetText.set_locale("en") p GetText.locale.to_s a.hello # Show in English # Retrive original locale GetText.set_locale(old) a.hello # Show in your locale end