h1. The flags of the world as a sprite for use with Rails 

Includes css files for size 16 and 32 pixels and have all the worlds' flags.

h2. Configuration

In you asset application config:

require flags/flags16

h2. Example usage:

Note that the ruby examples uses HAML syntax

In the head of your view or layout file:

= stylesheet_link_tag 'flags16'

or using a helper

= use_flags(16)

Flags will be rendered in HTML as:

<pre>
<ul class="f32">
  <li class="flag ar">Argentina</li>
  <li class="flag au">Australia</li>
  <li class="flag at">Austria</li>
...
</ul>
</pre>

The countries corresponding to the codes can be found at "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2

You can also use built in helper methods:

= flags_list 16 do
	= flags :ar => 'Argentina', :en => 'England'

Alternatively

= flags_list 32 do
	= flag :ar, 'Argentina'

See "the cheese wiki":http://www.cheesewiki.com/ for an example