I just recognized, that after setting the $KCODE to "u", either via command line ([ruby|irb] -Ku) or within the script, international method names are allowed in Ruby. Examples for these are available at Ruby-Mine, a German Ruby blog I just found at the [Ruby|Rails] User Group Berlin. I really have to show up there on their next meeting
International Methods
Posted by Gregor Schmidt
(2007-03-24)