BXorigcapt Package

LaTeX: To retain the original caption names when using Babel

This package forces the caption names (\chaptername, \today, etc) declared by the document class in use to be used as the caption names for a specific language introduced by the Babel package.

Starting from version 0.3, this package also supports Polyglossia.

System requirement

• TeX format: LaTeX.
  • TeX engine: Anything.
  • Dependent packages:
    • babel or polyglossia

Installation

• *.sty → $TEXMF/tex/latex/BXorigcapt

License

This package is distributed under the MIT License.

The bxorigcapt Package

Introduction

Suppose you have designed a document class tailored for the Esperanto language. The class has the following definition of caption names and you like it:

\newcommand\contentsname{Tabelo de Enhavo}

If a document is written solely in Esperanto, then there is no need to employ the Babel package. (Yes, the document class should select the hyphenation rule for the language.) However, when you want to create document that contains Esperanto and German, then you have to utilize Babel, to have correct hyphenations for both languages.

\usepackage[ngerman,esperanto]{babel}

But unfortunately, this changes \contentsname from “Tabelo de Enhavo” (what you have chosen) to “Enhavo” (what is declared in the language definition file of Babel), which is unfavorable.

In fact, when using a document class for a specific language, the most suitable caption names for that language should be the ones provided by the class. The bxorigcapt package realizes this natual request, that is, it enables you to make the caption names declared in the current document class treated as the caption names for a specific language.

Package Loading

\usepackage[<language>]{bxorigcapt}

The package option specifies a Babel language, and requires that the caption names provided by the document class (actually the ones that are effective when this package is loaded) should be used as the caption names for that language.

The option can be omitted; in that case, the main language of Babel will be assumed.

Usage

For present, this package has no public commands. All the settings are done through the package option.

Revision History

• Version 0.3 〈2018/09/05〉
  • Add support for Polyglossia.
  • Version 0.2a 〈2017/05/03〉
    • Minor fix.
  • Version 0.2 〈2016/04/01〉
    • The first public version.

Takayuki YATO (aka. "ZR") https://github.com/zr-tex8r