Once again, the jQuery-route seems to be the way to go. I'll abandon my dev branch for now.
Cheers, /Per On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 00:59, Fredrik Blomqvist <fblomqv...@gmail.com> wrote: > FYI. > Before I noticed this thread I and Per exchanged couple of ideas > @github. > https://github.com/cederberg/mochikit/commit/4b69ff89ae1cd2ce6b2380933c10d52f57454a39#comments > > Summary: both Per and I have had a look at Google Closure i18n module. > comprehensive coverage. > An upcoming (Microsoft sponsored) jQuery-glob lib also seems very > promising, better calendar support for example. It's available in a > non jQuery version here (nice move!): > https://github.com/nje/jquery-glob/blob/master/globalization.js > Perhaps simply add a thin wrapper (using Per's interface) for > MochiKit? > > // Fredrik > > On Jan 11, 2:56 pm, Bob Ippolito <b...@redivi.com> wrote: >> This is pretty cool, something I always imagined that I might do if I >> were doing this kind of localization. We've only done en and zh at >> Mochi, so haven't needed anything outside of the system format. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Per Cederberg <cederb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Since I found the MochiKit.Format.formatLocale() function too limited, >> > I hacked up a new MochiKit.I18n module: >> >> > https://github.com/cederberg/mochikit/blob/i18n/MochiKit/I18n.js >> >> > It is backwards compatible and adds locales for most languages on >> > earth (data derived from Wikipedia and Google Closure sources). At the >> > moment it only contains numeric formatting information, but can be >> > extended with currency and datetime formatting information if needed. >> >> > My intention is to include this in the default MochiKit 1.4 tree and >> > update the MochiKit.Text module to properly support the number >> > formatting specified in these locales (some are not currently >> > supported). >> >> > Please let me know if you have any issues with this. >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > /Per >> >> > PS. Pasting in the source rst docs below to give a clue as to how it >> > is supposed to work. >> >> > ---- >> >> > Name >> > ==== >> >> > MochiKit.I18n - internationalization, localization and globalization >> >> > Synopsis >> > ======== >> >> > :: >> >> > assert( locale().decimal == "." ); >> > assert( locale("sv_SE").decimal == "," ); >> >> > Description >> > =========== >> >> > This module contains numeric localization information for most languages >> > and regions on earth. Actual text formatting lives in other modules (such >> > as :mochiref:`MochiKit.Text`). >> >> > Dependencies >> > ============ >> >> > - :mochiref:`MochiKit.Base` >> >> > Overview >> > ======== >> >> > Locale Names >> > ------------ >> > MochiKit uses IETF language codes [1] to identify a locale, e.g. >> > ``"en_US"``. The locale database also supports the use of previously >> > unknown locale identifiers by creating a new locale based on the >> > language code or the default locale. A number of built-in locale >> > identifiers are also supported: >> >> > >> > +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ >> > | Language | Description >> > | >> > >> > +=============+=========================================================+ >> > | ``system`` | The built-in system locale. It is identical to a >> > | >> > | | ``"en_US"`` locale for backward compatibility. >> > | >> > >> > +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ >> > | ``user`` | The user locale, as reported by the browser. This >> > | >> > | | points to a specific language locale (or the >> > | >> > | | ``"system"`` locale.) >> > | >> > >> > +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ >> > | ``default`` | The default locale, used when no language code is >> > | >> > | | provided. This points to the ``"system"`` locale by >> > | >> > | | default. >> > | >> > >> > +-------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> > The default locale is modified by accessing the ``MochiKit.I18n.LOCALE`` >> > cache of resolved locale objects: >> >> > :: >> >> > MochiKit.I18n.LOCALE["default"] = locale("user"); >> >> > Locale Objects >> > -------------- >> >> > The locale objects returned by :mochiref:`locale()` and stored in the >> > ``MochiKit.I18n.LOCALE`` cache all have the following properties (some >> > inherited through the prototype chain): >> >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | Name | Description | >> > +=====================+=========================================+ >> > | ``decimal`` | The decimal dot character. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | ``separator`` | The thousands grouping character. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | ``separatorGroups`` | The size of thousands groups (from | >> > | | right to left). Repeats when exhausted. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | ``percent`` | The percent character. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | ``permille`` | The permille character. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | ``plus`` | The plus sign character. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | ``minus`` | The minus sign character. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | ``signAtEnd`` | The boolean sign at end of string flag. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> > | ``infinity`` | The infinity character. | >> > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ >> >> > API Reference >> > ============= >> >> > Functions >> > --------- >> >> > :mochidef:`locale(spec="default")`: >> >> > Returns the locale object corresponding to ``spec``. The locale >> > object returned contains formatting and localization information >> > that is used when displaying data in non-English languages (see >> > description above for details). >> >> > Note that the cached locale database entry is returned, so any >> > modifications to this object will affect other calls. >> >> > ``spec``: >> > The optional ISO/IETF language code [1] or an object to merge >> > with the default locale. If ``spec`` is omitted, the default >> > locale is returned. If ``spec`` is not recognized or is not a >> > string, a custom locale will be created (based on the default >> > locale). >> >> > *Availability*: >> > Available in MochiKit 1.5+ >> >> > See Also >> > ======== >> >> > .. 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