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CTAN update: babel

Datum: 17. Oktober 2013 12:56:19 MESZ
The daemon reports: > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: babel > Author's name: Javier Bezos > Package version: 3.9g > Location on CTAN: macros/latex/required/babel/ > Summary description: Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > What's new > ---------- > > - (With \fontspec) A tentative way to select font features depending > on the language is provided, with a couple of macros. > - bbplain.dtx has been included in babel.dtx. > > The rest of changes are some minor fixes and tools for ldf developers: > - A new mechanism to force \StartBabelCommands even > without the 'strings' key (\UseStrings didn't work at all). > - With \AfterBabelCommands macros can be defined in the global scope. > - A tool for readjusting lccodes for hyphenation (\SetHyphenMap > and a package option). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Announcement required: Yes > > Uploader's additional comments: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > bbplain.dtx is not included any longer, because it has been merged with babel.dtx > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel > or they may browse the package directory at > http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/ thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the catalogue repository. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

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.

Paketbabel
Version25.11 2025-07-13
Copyright1989–2012 Johannes Braams et al.
2012–2025 Javier Bezos and Johannes L. Braams
BetreuerJavier Bezos López
Johannes L. Braams (inaktiv)

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