Module: Locale::SystemPosix

Extended by:
System
Defined in:
lib/gettext/locale_posix.rb

Overview

Locale::SystemPosix module for Posix OS (Unix) This is a low-level class. Application shouldn’t use this directly.

Constant Summary collapse

@@default_locale = 
Locale::Object.new("C", nil, "UTF-8")

Constants included from System

Locale::System::ALL, Locale::System::COLLATE, Locale::System::CTYPE, Locale::System::MESSAGES, Locale::System::MONETARY, Locale::System::NUMERIC, Locale::System::TIME

Class Method Summary collapse

Methods included from System

codeset, locale_id, set

Class Method Details

.get_charset(locale) ⇒ Object

Gets the charset of the locale.

  • locale: Locale::Object

  • Returns: the charset of the locale



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# File 'lib/gettext/locale_posix.rb', line 39

def get_charset(locale)
  old = set(Locale::System::CTYPE, nil)
  set(Locale::System::CTYPE, locale.orig_str)
  ret = codeset
  set(Locale::System::CTYPE, old)
  ret
end

.system ⇒ Object

Gets the system locale using setlocale and nl_langinfo.

  • Returns the system locale (Locale::Object).



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# File 'lib/gettext/locale_posix.rb', line 23

def system
  locale = nil
  [ENV["LC_ALL"], ENV["LC_MESSAGES"], ENV["LANG"], 
	@@default_locale.orig_str].each do |loc|
	if loc != nil and loc.size > 0
	  locale = Locale::Object.new(loc)
	  locale.charset = get_charset(locale)
	  break
	end
  end
  locale
end