Since English is not my native language i18n is one of the hot topics for me on and off the web. Let's see, how is it done by most open source applications? Right, GNU gettext. There's also a library for Ruby called Ruby-Gettext. Since I love rubygems the first thing I checked when I learnd about Ruby-Gettext was if there was a gem available for it. Yes there is, in fact there are multiple versions:
$ sudo gem install gettext
Password:
Attempting local installation of 'gettext'
Local gem file not found: gettext*.gem
Attempting remote installation of 'gettext'
Select which gem to install for your platform (powerpc-darwin8.5.0)
1. gettext 1.4.0 (ruby)
2. gettext 1.4.0 (mswin32)
3. gettext 1.3.0 (ruby)
4. gettext 1.3.0 (mswin32)
5. gettext 1.2.0 (ruby)
6. gettext 1.2.0 (mswin32)
7. gettext 1.1.1 (mswin32)
8. gettext 1.1.1 (ruby)
9. gettext 1.1.0 (mswin32)
10. gettext 1.1.0 (ruby)
11. gettext 1.0.0 (ruby)
12. gettext 1.0.0 (mswin32)
13. Cancel installation
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