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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 AT audreyt.org>

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

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