Question

I found today this definition in my .erb files:

<%=t '.title', :default => model_class.model_name.human.pluralize %>

or

<%=l post.created_at, :format => "%d %b. %Y" %>

I was able to figure out, that <%=t has something to do with translations. However I was unable to find any explanation of <%=l.

You can answer what <%=l is for. But what I’m looking for is a comprehensive list of all ERB tags available in RoR 3.1. I searched hard, but I was unable to find list like this.

Answer 1

l is shorthand for localize

• Read the Rails Guide on this
• Read the API
• View the source

<%=l is not an ERB “tag” it’s simply <%= (print) + l(post.created_at, :format => "%d %b. %Y) (localized format of :created_at attribute of post.