Clean up generate_handle implementation and attempt to transliterate.

lib/handler.rb

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ def self.included(base)
     base.extend ClassMethods
   end
 
-
   module ClassMethods
 
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@@ -25,15 +24,16 @@ def handle_based_on(attribute, options = {})
 	    # Generate a URL-friendly name.
 	    #
       define_method :generate_handle do
+        str = send(attribute)
         return nil unless str.is_a?(String)
-        returning send(attribute) do |str|
-          str.downcase!
-          str.strip!
-          str.gsub!('&', ' and ') # add space for, e.g., "Y&T"
-          str.delete!('.\'"')     # no space
-          str.gsub!(/\W/, ' ')    # space
-          str.gsub!(/ +/, options[:separator])
-        end
+        #str = ActiveSupport::Inflector.transliterate(str).to_s
+        str = str.downcase
+        str = str.strip
+        str = str.gsub('&', ' and ') # add space for, e.g., "Y&T"
+        str = str.delete('.\'"')     # no space
+        str = str.gsub(/\W/, ' ')    # space
+        str = str.gsub(/ +/, options[:separator])
+        str
       end
 
       ##