NAME Dancer::Plugin::SimpleLexicon - Tiny Dancer interface to Locale::Maketext::Lexicon VERSION Version 0.01 SYNOPSIS In your configuration: plugins: SimpleLexicon: path: languages session_name: lang param_name: lang var_name: lang default: en encoding: UTF-8 langs: en: "US English" de: "Deutsch" nl: "Netherlands" se: "Sweden" it: "Italiano" In your module use Dancer ':syntax'; use Dancer::Plugin::SimpleLexicon; var lang => 'it'; my $string = l('Hello %s', 'Marco'); # assuming languages/it.po have a translation for this, will return "Ciao Marco" SETTINGS This module is a tiny alternative to Dancer::Plugin::Lexicon. See what it works best for you. Explanation of the settings. path The path, absolute or relative, to the `.po' files. The `.po' files must be named as the defined language tags (see below). langs An array of keys/values with the language tag and the full name on the language. Please note that if you define a language "it", the file `languages/it.po' must be present. param_name If specified, when determining the language, the module will try to lookup the key in the request parameters (`param'). session_name The key of the `session' where to read and store the current language. If not specified, the session is not touched. var_name The name of the Dancer `var' to read when determining the current language. default The value of the default language. If not specified, and the looking up in the above values fails, no translation will be done. encoding The string returned by maketext will be decoded using this encoding. By default is `UTF-8'. To disable the decoding, set it to `raw'. EXPORT l($string, @args) Return the translation for $string. If optional arguments are provided, pass the string to sprintf with the arguments. language Return the current language used, returning the long name of the language as defined in the configuration. The priority set is follow: param, session, var, default. The first wins, assuming it was defined in the config. Unclear if it's the right thing to do. TODO: make this configurable or at runtime. set_language($language_tag) Set the current language to $language_tag, writing it into the session, using the key specified in the `session_name' value. Dancer::Template::TemplateFlute integration In the configuration: engines: template_flute: i18n: class: My::Lexicon method: localize plugins: SimpleLexicon: path: languages session_name: lang param_name: lang var_name: lang default: en encoding: UTF-8 langs: en: "US English" de: "Deutsch" nl: "Netherlands" se: "Sweden" And write the tiny class My::Lexicon wit the following content: package My::Lexicon; use Dancer ':syntax'; use Dancer::Plugin::SimpleLexicon; use Encode; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = {}; bless $self, $class; } sub localize { my ($self, $string) = @_; my $translated = l($string); return $translated; } 1; AUTHOR Marco Pessotto, `' BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to `bug-dancer-plugin-simplelexicon at rt.cpan.org', or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Dancer-Plugin-SimpleLexic on. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Dancer::Plugin::SimpleLexicon You can also look for information at: * RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here) http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Dancer-Plugin-SimpleLexicon * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/Dancer-Plugin-SimpleLexicon * CPAN Ratings http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Dancer-Plugin-SimpleLexicon * Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/Dancer-Plugin-SimpleLexicon/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2014 Marco Pessotto. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.