#!/usr/bin/ruby # hello_noop.rb - sample for N_() and class. # # Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Masao Mutoh # This file is distributed under the same license as gettext. require 'rubygems' require 'gettext' class HelloNoop include GetText MSGS = [N_("Hello World"), N_("Hello World2")] def initialize # You can call bindtextdomain as instance methods. # In this case, it initializes(decided the locale lazily) # in a instance. base_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__) bindtextdomain("hello_noop", :path => File.join(base_dir, "locale")) end def hello MSGS.each do |msg| print _(msg), "\n" end end end hello = HelloNoop.new hello.hello