From 44d9f806cb96f70aaf0c58058aa95d6a5147c7b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Barber <danbee@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:02:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added basic transliteration with IConv.

---
 lib/slugtastic.rb       | 6 +++++-
 spec/slugtastic_spec.rb | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/slugtastic.rb b/lib/slugtastic.rb
index 88928d7..f690c8d 100644
--- a/lib/slugtastic.rb
+++ b/lib/slugtastic.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ require "slugtastic/version"
 require "slugtastic/model_additions"
 require "slugtastic/railtie" if defined? Rails
 
+# TODO: iconv will be deprecated in the future.
+require 'iconv'
+
 module Slugtastic
   def self.generate_slug(string)
-    string.downcase.gsub(/ /, '_').gsub(/[^a-z0-9\-_]/, '') unless string.nil?
+    return if string.nil?
+    Iconv.iconv("ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE", "UTF-8", string).join.downcase.gsub(/ /, '_').gsub(/[^a-z0-9\-_]/, '')
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/slugtastic_spec.rb b/spec/slugtastic_spec.rb
index e90b274..c802e46 100644
--- a/spec/slugtastic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/slugtastic_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Slugtastic do
   describe ".generate_slug" do
+    it "returns empty if the input string is empty" do
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("").should eq ""
+    end
+
     it "generates a slug from a simple string" do
       Slugtastic.generate_slug("A simple string.").should eq "a_simple_string"
     end
@@ -14,5 +18,10 @@ describe Slugtastic do
     it "handles strings with other characters in them" do
       Slugtastic.generate_slug("A string, with /All sorts!").should eq "a_string_with_all_sorts"
     end
+
+    it "handles basic transliteration" do
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("Un été À la maison.").should eq "un_ete_a_la_maison"
+      Slugtastic.generate_slug("Ātri brūna lapsa").should eq "atri_bruna_lapsa"
+    end
   end
 end