Limited usefulness

[vemv]

Hi,

I just ran i15r on an inherited project, and it runs mostly fine. Thanks for the good work!

However, I'm not sure of why would I want to run a tool that doesn't generate any yml file.

• If I don't use --no-default, I get e.g. 1000 entries like I18n.t("users.new.name", :default => 'Name'), and I still will have to manually create 1000 entries in en.yml. Even if I do that, then I'd have to manually remove (default: 'foo') from each t call, for ensuring DRY/correctness.
• If I use --no-default, any app will become empty/broken until you manually create 1000 entries in en.yml.

Either option is undesirable. As I see it, this gem would be only be useful if it generates a yml file as well.

Probably overwriting en.yml would be obstrusive/error-prone. However, generating a separate yml file could allow the developer to adapt it as he wishes.

Do you think you can make this happen?

For now I will be giving it a try, in my fork.

Cheers - Victor

[balinterdi]

Hey Victor,

I haven't really touched this gem for ~2 years now and I'm overwhelmed with other stuff.

I agree that creating an output yml file would make it more useful, so if you add this feature, I'll happily accept a PR and release a new gem version (if I can recall how to do that :) ).

Thank you.

[vemv]

No worries and thanks again for the gem. Let's see if I can implement the thing!

[balinterdi]

@ACPK Well, I wrote missing_t so I tried it but as I'd said I no longer have the ambition of implementing new features myself.

However, I'd happily review/merge in PRs.