Should be able to localize individual components in paths/url section

[Thomas Reynolds]

es:
  paths:
    hello: "hola"
    mister: "senor"

/hello/mister.html -> /hola/senor.html

[Michael Sigler]

Big thumbs up for this

[mikemee]

We do this with the existing 2.x version of MiddleMan using the config file here: https://github.com/agamz/FindBigMail-old/blob/master/config.rb. Note, I don't think this fully reflects the latest middleman-i18n goodness, but hopefully its enough to give you an idea.

The relevant parts are:

I18n.load_path += Dir[ File.join(Dir.getwd, 'locale', '*.{rb,yml}') ]

langs = Dir["locale/*.yml"].map { |file| File.basename(file).gsub(".yml", "") }
files = Dir["source/localizable/**"]

langs.each do |lang|
  I18n.locale = lang
  files.each do |file|
    src = file.split("source/").last.gsub(".haml", "")
    page_id = File.basename(src, File.extname(src))
    new_page = "/" + src.gsub("localizable", lang).
      gsub(page_id, I18n.t("paths.#{page_id}", :default => page_id))
    page new_page, :proxy => src, :ignore => true do
      I18n.locale = lang
      @lang = lang
      @page_id = page_id
    end
  end
end

We have a helper to simplify the pages themselves:

helpers do
  def path(page)
    t("paths.#{page}")
  end
end

Then we use path("hello") in our source files and it does the right thing in the generated files.

[Karl Freeman]

i18n is now built in to 3.0, feel free to transfer the issue if still applicable.

[Demostenes Garcia G.]

@karlfreeman I asked on the forum if there's a way to accomplish this on the current version of Middleman:

http://forum.middlemanapp.com/t/multilingual-sub-paths/1061

Basically we're trying to make, with no luck:
(en) services/painting
(es) servicios/pintura

Do you have any good idea on doing this?

[Karl Freeman]

@demogar Sorry for the delay (and lack of answer :(). Do you mind transferring your issue over to Middleman which should give it a bit more visibility.