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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/italian/README.txt b/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/italian/README.txt index 9537d10159..4f00b6e963 100644 --- a/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/italian/README.txt +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/italian/README.txt @@ -1,17 +1,37 @@ -The italian.dtx file has version number 1.4.07 dated 2022-03-27. +The italian.dtx file has version number 1.5.00 dated 2024-01-03. It is and update of a series fo files starting with the first one in 1990 -Copyright (C) 1990-2022 Claudio Beccari +Copyright (C) 1990-2024 Claudio Beccari Maintainer Claudio Beccari -Contact: claudio dot beccari at gmail dot com +Contact: claudio.beccari at gmail.com -This bundle contains the source file italian.dtx and this README.txt file. By running pdfLaTeX on this italian.dtx file you obtain both the documentation italian.pdf and the language description file italian.ldf. +This bundle contains the source file italian.dtx and this +README.txt file. By running pdfLaTeX on this italian.dtx file +you obtain both the documentation italian.pdf and the language +description file italian.ldf. Description -This file contain the necessary and supplementary data for typesetting documents in Italian with babel as the language manager. -It defines the infix words, the date in various formats. Optionally lets the user activate a number of shorthands to perform routine frequent tasks by means of the active character " that can be freely activated and deactivated. -It defines an intelligent mathematical comma that recognises if it has to perform as a punctuation mark or as a decimal separator. Another user command activates or deactivates some commands to supply a minimum of the performance that is fully provided by the siunitx package. The file allows using babel also when a document is typeset with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, even if, according to the author, polyglossia is preferred when typesetting documents in Italian, in spite of the fact that gloss-italian.ldf for polyglossia provides less facilities than the ones available with babel. +This file contain the necessary and supplementary data for +typesetting documents in Italian with babel as the language +manager. +It defines the infix words, the date in various formats. +Optionally lets the user activate a number of shorthands to +perform routine frequent tasks by means of the active +character " that can be freely activated and deactivated. +It defines an intelligent mathematical comma that recognises +if it has to perform as a punctuation mark or as a decimal +separator. +It defines an 'english" environment that deactivates the +intelligent comma functionality, but it is the user +responsibility to use the decimal point in any fractional +numerical string. +Another user command activates or deactivates some commands +to supply a minimum of the performance that is fully provided +by the siunitx and similar packages. The file allows using +babel also when a document is typeset with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. -The documentation that is provided by running LaTeX on the italian.dtx file provides full documentation of every facility provided by the italian.ldf file. +The documentation that is provided by running LaTeX on the +italian.dtx file provides full documentation of every facility +provided by the italian.ldf file. The documentation contains the licence clauses. |