NAME

       Locale::Maketext::Simple - Simple interface to Locale::Maketext::Lexicon

VERSION

       This document describes version 0.18 of Locale::Maketext::Simple, released Septermber 8, 2006.

SYNOPSIS

       Minimal setup (looks for auto/Foo/*.po and auto/Foo/*.mo):

           package Foo;
           use Locale::Maketext::Simple;       # exports 'loc'
           loc_lang('fr');                     # set language to French
           sub hello {
               print loc("Hello, [_1]!", "World");
           }

       More sophisticated example:

           package Foo::Bar;
           use Locale::Maketext::Simple (
               Class       => 'Foo',       # search in auto/Foo/
               Style       => 'gettext',   # %1 instead of [_1]
               Export      => 'maketext',  # maketext() instead of loc()
               Subclass    => 'L10N',      # Foo::L10N instead of Foo::I18N
               Decode      => 1,           # decode entries to unicode-strings
               Encoding    => 'locale',    # but encode lexicons in current locale
                                           # (needs Locale::Maketext::Lexicon 0.36)
           );
           sub japh {
               print maketext("Just another %1 hacker", "Perl");
           }

DESCRIPTION

       This module is a simple wrapper around Locale::Maketext::Lexicon, designed to alleviate the need of
       creating Language Classes for module authors.

       The language used is chosen from the loc_lang call. If a lookup is not possible, the i-default language
       will be used. If the lookup is not in the i-default language, then the key will be returned.

       If Locale::Maketext::Lexicon is not present, it implements a minimal localization function by simply
       interpolating "[_1]" with the first argument, "[_2]" with the second, etc.  Interpolated function like
       "[quant,_1]" are treated as "[_1]", with the sole exception of "[tense,_1,X]", which will append "ing" to
       "_1" when X is "present", or appending "ed" to <_1> otherwise.

OPTIONS

       All options are passed either via the "use" statement, or via an explicit "import".

   Class
       By default, Locale::Maketext::Simple draws its source from the calling package's auto/ directory; you can
       override this behaviour by explicitly specifying another package as "Class".

   Path
       If your PO and MO files are under a path elsewhere than "auto/", you may specify it using the "Path"
       option.

   Style
       By default, this module uses the "maketext" style of "[_1]" and "[quant,_1]" for interpolation.
       Alternatively, you can specify the "gettext" style, which uses %1 and "%quant(%1)" for interpolation.

       This option is case-insensitive.

   Export
       By default, this module exports a single function, "loc", into its caller's namespace.  You can set it to
       another name, or set it to an empty string to disable exporting.

   Subclass
       By default, this module creates an "::I18N" subclass under the caller's package (or the package specified
       by "Class"), and stores lexicon data in its subclasses.  You can assign a name other than "I18N" via this
       option.

   Decode
       If set to a true value, source entries will be converted into utf8-strings (available in Perl 5.6.1 or
       later).  This feature needs the Encode or Encode::compat module.

   Encoding
       Specifies an encoding to store lexicon entries, instead of utf8-strings.  If set to "locale", the
       encoding from the current locale setting is used.  Implies a true value for "Decode".

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       Thanks to Jos I. Boumans for suggesting this module to be written.

       Thanks to Chia-Liang Kao for suggesting "Path" and "loc_lang".

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::Lexicon

AUTHORS

       Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.

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