Why no i18n in views?

[tmaier]

Is there any reason why the views at

• https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/tree/master/app/views/devise
• https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/tree/master/lib/generators/templates/simple_form_for

do not use any calls to i18n?

Else I would sit down and add all of them to devise.en.yml.

[josevalim]

Because it is unnecessary complexity for those not using I18n.

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How is changing <h2>Sign in</h2> to <h2><%= t :sign_in, :default => 'Sign in' %></h2> (or even just <h2><%= t :sign_in %></h2> if you provide English translation in the gem) going to complicate anything?

You have made devise the go-to authentication gem, and Rails is not only used in America, so this is kind of dickish to the rest of the world, wouldn't you agree?

[josevalim]

You have made devise ...

You are welcome!

... and Rails is not only used in America, so this is kind of dickish to the rest of the world, wouldn't you agree?

@Kallikanzarid, LOL. I am one of the I18n gem maintainers and I am a brazilian, living in Poland. I work for @plataformatec and we build apps both in english and portuguese.

In our experience, if your app is used in just one language (which is the majority), it is easier to copy the views to your application and translate it (rails g devise:views) than fiddling with a yaml file. This is our preference. So no, I don't agree. If you want to re-use views in a multi-language app, there is already a gem that does it.

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LOL. I am one of the I18n gem maintainers and I am a brazilian, living in Poland.
@josevalim Please forgive me, then :(

If you want to re-use views in a multi-language app, there is already a gem that does it.
Can you point me to it, please?

[josevalim]

There are many here:

https://github.com/search?langOverride=&language=&q=devise+i18n&repo=&start_value=1&type=Repositories

[tillmo]

It took me some effort to understand how to proceed, so here for those in a similar situation:

• Install the gems devise-i18n and devise-i18n-views (add them to your Gemile)
• rails g devise:views:locale <your locale>
• rails g devise:views:i18n_templates