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CTAN update: babel

Date: June 27, 2023 9:29:50 PM CEST
Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the babel package. Version number: 3.90 2023-06-26 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX Announcement text:
Changes in version 3.90 are described in: https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.90.html Here is a summary: * Main language selected at begindocument/before (#240). * Option to limit the number of inserted tatweel. * New macros \BabelUppercaseMapping and \BabelLowercaseMapping. * Fix: line breaking was sometimes prevented when switching the text direction (#213). * Locale names (in ini files): - `classicallatin` and `ecclesiasticallatin` now preferred to `classiclatin` and `ecclesiasticlatin`. - `farsi` is a synonymous for `persian`. - `vietnam` removed - use `vietnamese`.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/base More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun
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babel – Multilingual support for , Lua, XeLaTeX, and Plain

Babel is the multilingual environment for (tailored for Lua, pdf and ), and sometimes Plain. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive localization framework for different languages, scripts and cultures based on the latest advances on international standards (Unicode, W3C, OpenType). It supports about 300 languages (with various levels of coverage) across about 45 scripts, including complex (like CJK, Indic) and RTL ones.

Besides the traditional .ldf files, there are many locales built on a modern core that utilizes descriptive .ini files, with tools providing precise control over hyphenation and line breaking, captions, date formats (across various calendars), spacing, transliteration, numbering and other locale-specific typographical rules.

Packagebabel
Version25.11 2025-07-13
Copyright1989–2012 Johannes Braams et al.
2012–2025 Javier Bezos and Johannes L. Braams
MaintainerJavier Bezos López
Johannes L. Braams (inactive)

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