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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