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+The babel-french package (formerly known as `frenchb')
+======================================================
+
+## Description
+
+This package provides support for the French language for the babel
+multilingual system.
+
+It is designed to work with the following engines: pdfTeX, XeTeX and LuaTeX.
+Plain and LaTeX formats are supported.
+
+## Contents
+
+The bundle consists of the following files:
+
+* frenchb.ins: installation file to unpack the language definition files,
+* frenchb.dtx: packed language definition files and documentation,
+* frenchb.pdf: unpacked documentation for babel-french,
+* frenchb-doc.pdf: comprehensive documentation in French,
+* frenchb-doc.tex: source file of frenchb-doc.pdf,
+* README.md (this file).
+
+## License
+
+Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3 or later
+See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+
+## Installation
+
+If the latest version of this package is not included in your LaTeX
+distribution, do the following:
+
+* issue "luatex frenchb.ins" to unpack the language definition files;
+* copy the files frenchb.lua, french.ldf, frenchb.ldf, francais.ldf,
+ acadian.ldf and canadien.ldf to a location where TeX can find them
+ (default location: $TEXMF/tex/generic/babel-french/);
+* rebuild the database (mktexlsr or so).
+
+## Documentation
+
+See the included manuals for usage instructions: frenchb.pdf in English or
+the French documentation frenchb-doc.pdf.
+
+## Changes
+
+See the included manual frenchb.pdf, section "Change History".
+
+---
+Copyright 1996--2020 Daniel Flipo
+E-mail: daniel (dot) flipo (at) free (dot) fr