Rails - Apr 2006 - Globalize : how to detect if a translated text is available ?

Hi all,

I was wondering how one can detect if a translated text is available  
when using the globalize plugin.
If this is possible , then I would like to make the following :

For example, in your view you have :
<%@menu.each { | item | %>
<%=item.t%>
<%}%>

Now what I would like to happen is , when the menu item has no  
translation available , and when a admin is logged in (by checking  
the session vars) it shows a little icon which will be clickable to  
insert the translation of that item.


Please share your thoughts on this,

Gerard de Brieder.


Govannon.
tel : +31624739047
http://www.govannon.nl
info@govannon.nl

Hi all,

Just sharing my findings in the mean while...

I did find out that the object will have an attributed called  
<field_name>_not_base so you could make a condition like :
<%="(Translated)" if @text.body_not_base  rescue "(Translation
not
available...)"%>



On 20-apr-2006, at 10:39  , 20-apr-2006, Gerard de Brieder wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering how one can detect if a translated text is  
> available when using the globalize plugin.
> If this is possible , then I would like to make the following :
>
> For example, in your view you have :
> <%@menu.each { | item | %>
> <%=item.t%>
> <%}%>
>
> Now what I would like to happen is , when the menu item has no  
> translation available , and when a admin is logged in (by checking  
> the session vars) it shows a little icon which will be clickable to  
> insert the translation of that item.
>
>
> Please share your thoughts on this,
>
> Gerard de Brieder.
>
>
> Govannon.
> tel : +31624739047
> http://www.govannon.nl
> info@govannon.nl
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
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Current progress :
I made an helper like this :

def translate(object,attribute)
     unless object.nil?
       ret=""
       unless Locale.base?
         if object.send("#{attribute}_not_base")
           ret+="(Translated)<br>".t
         else
           ret+="(No translation available)<br>".t
         end
       end
        ret+=object.send("#{attribute}")
      else
        ret="Text not available".t
      end
      return ret
   end

Which works quite well, ofcourse i can no extent it when the  
translation is not avaiable to make the controls to change it....
I would appreciate it if someone could show me how to beautify the  
piece of code above...



On 20-apr-2006, at 11:29  , 20-apr-2006, Gerard de Brieder wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just sharing my findings in the mean while...
>
> I did find out that the object will have an attributed called  
> <field_name>_not_base so you could make a condition like :
> <%="(Translated)" if @text.body_not_base  rescue
"(Translation not
> available...)"%>
>
>
>
> On 20-apr-2006, at 10:39  , 20-apr-2006, Gerard de Brieder wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering how one can detect if a translated text is  
>> available when using the globalize plugin.
>> If this is possible , then I would like to make the following :
>>
>> For example, in your view you have :
>> <%@menu.each { | item | %>
>> <%=item.t%>
>> <%}%>
>>
>> Now what I would like to happen is , when the menu item has no  
>> translation available , and when a admin is logged in (by checking  
>> the session vars) it shows a little icon which will be clickable  
>> to insert the translation of that item.
>>
>>
>> Please share your thoughts on this,
>>
>> Gerard de Brieder.
>>
>>
>> Govannon.
>> tel : +31624739047
>> http://www.govannon.nl
>> info@govannon.nl
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Rails mailing list
>> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
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