aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/translation.rb
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/translation.rb')
-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/translation.rb15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/translation.rb b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/translation.rb
index 85a6b6ade1..db48022b9f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/translation.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/translation.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
module AbstractController
module Translation
- # Delegates to <tt>I18n#translate</tt> but also performs one additional function.
+ # Delegates to <tt>I18n.translate</tt>. Also aliased as <tt>t</tt>.
#
- # It'll scope the key by the current action if the key starts
- # with a period. So if you call <tt>translate(".foo")</tt> from the
- # <tt>PeopleController#index</tt> action, you'll actually be calling
+ # When the given key starts with a period, it will be scoped by the current
+ # controller and action. So if you call <tt>translate(".foo")</tt> from
+ # <tt>PeopleController#index</tt>, it will convert the call to
# <tt>I18n.translate("people.index.foo")</tt>. This makes it less repetitive
- # to translate many keys within the same controller / action and gives you a simple framework
- # for scoping them consistently. If you don't prepend the key with a period,
- # nothing is converted.
+ # to translate many keys within the same controller / action and gives you a
+ # simple framework for scoping them consistently.
def translate(*args)
key = args.first
if key.is_a?(String) && (key[0] == '.')
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ module AbstractController
end
alias :t :translate
- # Delegates to <tt>I18n.localize</tt> with no additional functionality.
+ # Delegates to <tt>I18n.localize</tt>. Also aliased as <tt>l</tt>.
def localize(*args)
I18n.localize(*args)
end