babel (29mar24)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@70809 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

16 files changed, 173 insertions, 108 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/README.md b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/README.md
index 1469c5b7f16..aee528f60cf 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/README.md
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/README.md
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-## Babel 24.2
+## Babel 24.3
 
-2024-02-07
+2024-03-29
 
-This package manages culturally-determined typographical (and other)
-rules, and hyphenation patterns for a wide range of languages. Many
-language styles work with pdflatex, as well as with xelatex and
-lualatex out of the box. A few even work with plain formats. Included
-is a set of ini files for about 300 languages.
+`babel` is the multilingual framework for localizing documents in
+LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX. It manages culturally-determined
+typographical (and other) rules for about 170 to 300 languages,
+depending on the engine, with several levels of coverage. A few
+languages even work with Plain formats.
 
 The latest stable version is available on <https://ctan.org/pkg/babel>.
 
-Changes in version 24.2 are described in:
+Changes in version 24.3 are described in:
 
-https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.2.html
+https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.3.html
 
 Apart from the manual, you can find information on some aspects of babel at:
 
@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ respective authors.
 
 ### Summary of latest changes
 ```
-24.2 2024-02-07
-     * Cleaned up some language names.
-     * Mosty internal changes and minor fixes.
+24.3 2024-03-29
+     * A silly mistake in the French locales: the interchar
+       'punctuation.space' was named 'puntuation.space' (xetex)
+     * New setting 'interchar.disable' in \babeladjust (xetex)
+     * Experimental macro '\localebox' (luatex)
+     * Alphabetic counter for Bodo (lua/xe)
 ```
 
 ### Previous changes
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/babel-code.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/babel-code.pdf
index fa0a7983077..de968014b29 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/babel-code.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/babel-code.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/babel.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/babel.pdf
index 21d664d5bbf..7c263bf3eaa 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/babel.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/babel/babel.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/babel.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/babel.dtx
index ea14d382bbe..11b73fef9b8 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/babel.dtx
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/babel.dtx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 %
 % \iffalse
 %<*filedriver>
-\ProvidesFile{babel.dtx}[2024/02/07 v24.2 The Babel package]
+\ProvidesFile{babel.dtx}[2024/03/29 v24.3 The Babel package]
 \documentclass{ltxdoc}
 \GetFileInfo{babel.dtx}
 \usepackage{fontspec}
@@ -748,7 +748,9 @@ for the language chosen:
 \selectlanguage{german}
 \end{verbatim}
 
-This command can be used as environment, too.
+This command can be used as environment, too, in case there are
+relatively short texts and you do not want to reset the language with a
+hardcode value.
 
 \begin{note}
   For ``historical reasons'', a macro name is converted to a language
@@ -785,15 +787,18 @@ This command can be used as environment, too.
     rarely happens, but if it were the case, you must use
     |otherlanguage| instead.
   \item In addition, this macro inserts a |\write| in vertical mode,
-  which may break the vertical spacing in some cases (for example,
-  between lists). \New{3.64} The behavior can be adjusted with
-  |\babeladjust{select.write=|\m{mode}|}|, where \m{mode} is |shift|
-  (which shifts the skips down and adds a |\penalty|); |keep| (the
-  default -- with it the |\write| and the skips are kept in the order
-  they are written), and |omit| (which may seem a too drastic solution,
-  because nothing is written, but more often than not this command is
-  applied to more or less shorts texts with no sectioning or similar
-  commands and therefore no language synchronization is necessary).
+    which may break the vertical spacing in some cases (for example,
+    between lists or at the beginning of a table cell). \New{3.64} The
+    behavior can be adjusted with
+    |\babeladjust{select.write=|\m{mode}|}|, where \m{mode} is |shift|
+    (which shifts the skips down and adds a |\penalty|); |keep| (the
+    default -- with it the |\write| and the skips are kept in the order
+    they are written), and |omit| (which may seem a too drastic
+    solution, because nothing is written, but more often than not this
+    command is applied to more or less shorts texts with no sectioning
+    or similar commands, and therefore no language synchronization is
+    necessary). In a table cell, a |\leavevmode| just before the
+    selector may be enough.
 \end{itemize}
 \end{warning}
 
@@ -851,7 +856,17 @@ is roughly equivalent to:
 If you want a change which is really local, you must enclose this
 environment with an additional grouping, like braces |{}|.
 
-Spaces after the environment are ignored.
+Spaces after the environment are ignored.\footnote{Very likely, and
+because of the limitations of many old editors with bidi text, the idea
+was \cs{end}\texttt{\{otherlanguage\}} had to be a line by itself.} If this
+behavior is not desired, you may use the environment
+\texttt{selectlanguage}.
+
+\begin{warning}
+  Being similar to |\selectlanguage|, the warning above about the
+  internal |\write| also applies here. The current mode (vertical or
+  horizonal) is also not changed.
+\end{warning}
 
 \Describe{\begin\menv{otherlanguage*}}%
 {\oarg{option-list}\marg{language}\Eenv{otherlanguage*}}
@@ -889,9 +904,10 @@ group.
   |\textcolor| and many others). The same applies to environments,
   because |arabic| conflicts with |\arabic|. Furthermore, and because of
   this overloading, detecting the language of a chunk of text by
-  external tools can become unfeasible. Except if there is a reason for
+  external tools can become unfeasible (is |\textga| the locale for the
+  African language Gã or something else?). Except if there is a reason for
   this ‘syntactical sugar’, the best option is to stick to the default
-  selectors or to define your own alternatives.
+  selectors or even to define your own alternatives.
 \end{warning}
 
 \begin{example}
@@ -2258,19 +2274,11 @@ to select fonts in addition to the three basic families.
 \babelfont[hindi]{rm}{Shobhika}
 \end{verbatim}
   This makes sure the OpenType script for Devanagari is |deva| and not
-  |dev2|, in case it is not detected correctly. You may also pass some
-  options to \textsf{fontspec}: with |silent|, the warnings about
-  unavailable scripts or languages are not shown (they are only really
-  useful when the document format is being set up).
-\end{note}
-
-\begin{note}
-  Directionality is a property affecting margins, indentation, column
-  order, etc., not just text. Therefore, it is under the direct control
-  of the language, which applies both the script and the direction to
-  the text. As a consequence, there is no need to set \texttt{Script}
-  when declaring a font with |\babelfont| (nor \texttt{Language}). In
-  fact, it is even discouraged.
+  |dev2|, in case it is not detected correctly.
+%   You may also pass some
+%   options to \textsf{fontspec}: with |silent|, the warnings about
+%   unavailable scripts or languages are not shown (they are only really
+%   useful when the document format is being set up).
 \end{note}
 
 \begin{note}
@@ -2285,6 +2293,15 @@ to select fonts in addition to the three basic families.
 \end{note}
 
 \begin{note}
+  Directionality is a property affecting margins, indentation, column
+  order, etc., not just text. Therefore, it is under the direct control
+  of the language, which applies both the script and the direction to
+  the text. As a consequence, there is no need to set \texttt{Script}
+  when declaring a font with |\babelfont| (nor \texttt{Language}). In
+  fact, it is even discouraged.
+\end{note}
+
+\begin{note}
   The keys |Language| and |Script| just pass these values to the
   \textit{font}, and do \textit{not} set the script for the
   \textit{language} (and therefore the writing direction). In other
@@ -3679,6 +3696,11 @@ the ‘provided’ locale. Currently there is a set of rules for French
 named |punctuation.space|, which applies proper spacing with characters
 \textit{;:!?«»}.
 
+\begin{note}
+  You can use |transforms| and |interchar| at the same time. Only the
+  relevant key for the current engine is taken into account.
+\end{note}
+
 \subsection{Selection based on BCP 47 tags}
 \label{bcp47}
 
@@ -4461,15 +4483,17 @@ autoload.options\\
 autoload.bcp47.prefix\\
 autoload.bcp47.options\\
 prehyphenation.disable\\
+interchar.disable\\
 select.write\\
 select.encoding\\
 \end{multicols}
 Most of them are documented elsewhere. With |select.encoding=off|, the
 encoding is not set when loading a language on the fly with \pdftex{}
 (only |off|). |prehyphenation.disable| is by default |nohyphenation|,
-which means prehyphenation transforms are not applied if the current
+which means \luatex{} prehyphenation transforms are not applied if the current
 hyphenation rules are |nohyphenation|; with |off| they are never
-disabled.
+disabled. |interchar.disable| takes the same values, but for the
+\xetex{} interchar mechanism.
 
 For example, you can set |\babeladjust{bidi.text=off}| if you are using
 an alternative algorithm or with large sections not requiring it. Use
@@ -5427,8 +5451,8 @@ wouldn’t exist.
 % \section{Tools}
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-%<<version=24.2>>
-%<<date=2024/02/07>>
+%<<version=24.3>>
+%<<date=2024/03/29>>
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % \textbf{Do not use the following macros in \texttt{ldf} files. They
@@ -6588,7 +6612,8 @@ wouldn’t exist.
     \chardef\localeid\bbl@cl{id@}}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
-% The unprotected part of |\selectlanguage|.
+% The unprotected part of |\selectlanguage|. In case it is used as
+% environment, declare |\endselectlaguage|, just for safety.
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \expandafter\def\csname selectlanguage \endcsname#1{%
@@ -6596,6 +6621,7 @@ wouldn’t exist.
   \bbl@push@language
   \aftergroup\bbl@pop@language
   \bbl@set@language{#1}}
+\let\endselectlanguage\relax
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 %  \end{macro}
@@ -6814,14 +6840,10 @@ wouldn’t exist.
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % \begin{environment}{otherlanguage}
-% The \Lenv{otherlanguage} environment can be used as an
-% alternative to using the |\selectlanguage| declarative
-% command. When you are typesetting a document which mixes
-% left-to-right and right-to-left typesetting you have to use this
-% environment in order to let things work as you expect them to.
-%
-% The |\ignorespaces| command is necessary to hide the environment
-% when it is entered in horizontal mode.
+% The \Lenv{otherlanguage} environment can be used as an alternative to
+% using the |\selectlanguage| declarative command. The |\ignorespaces|
+% command is necessary to hide the environment when it is entered in
+% horizontal mode.
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \long\def\otherlanguage#1{%
@@ -6835,8 +6857,7 @@ wouldn’t exist.
 % itself when it is called in horizontal mode.
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\long\def\endotherlanguage{%
-  \global\@ignoretrue\ignorespaces}
+\long\def\endotherlanguage{\@ignoretrue\ignorespaces}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 %  \end{environment}
@@ -11585,6 +11606,15 @@ wouldn’t exist.
   \directlua{ Babel.ignore_pre_char = function(node)
       return false
     end }}
+\@namedef{bbl@ADJ@interchar.disable@nohyphenation}{%
+  \def\bbl@ignoreinterchar{%
+    \ifnum\language=\l@nohyphenation
+      \expandafter\@gobble
+    \else
+      \expandafter\@firstofone
+    \fi}}
+\@namedef{bbl@ADJ@interchar.disable@off}{%
+  \let\bbl@ignoreinterchar\@firstofone}
 \@namedef{bbl@ADJ@select.write@shift}{%
   \let\bbl@restorelastskip\relax
   \def\bbl@savelastskip{%
@@ -13598,7 +13628,7 @@ wouldn’t exist.
     \let\\\bbl@tempfs@nxx\<__fontspec_warning:nxx>%
     \let\<__fontspec_warning:nxx>\\\bbl@fs@warn@nxx
     \\\renewfontfamily\\#4%
-      [\bbl@cl{lsys},%
+      [\bbl@cl{lsys},% xetex removes unknown features :-(
        \ifcase\bbl@engine\or RawFeature={family=\bbl@tempb},\fi
        #2]}{#3}% ie \bbl@exp{..}{#3}
   \bbl@exp{%
@@ -13878,16 +13908,17 @@ wouldn’t exist.
 % ‘disabled’ with |\bbl@ic@<label>@<lang>|.
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
+\def\bbl@ignoreinterchar{%
+  \ifnum\language=\l@nohyphenation
+    \expandafter\@gobble
+  \else
+    \expandafter\@firstofone
+  \fi}
 \newcommand\babelinterchar[5][]{%
   \let\bbl@kv@label\@empty
   \bbl@forkv{#1}{\bbl@csarg\edef{kv@##1}{##2}}%
   \@namedef{\zap@space bbl@xeinter@\bbl@kv@label @#3@#4@#2 \@empty}%
-    {\ifnum\language=\l@nohyphenation
-       \expandafter\@gobble
-     \else
-       \expandafter\@firstofone
-     \fi
-     {#5}}%
+    {\bbl@ignoreinterchar{#5}}%
   \bbl@csarg\let{ic@\bbl@kv@label @#2}\@firstofone
   \bbl@exp{\\\bbl@for\\\bbl@tempa{\zap@space#3 \@empty}}{%
     \bbl@exp{\\\bbl@for\\\bbl@tempb{\zap@space#4 \@empty}}{%     
@@ -15540,9 +15571,14 @@ end
             local d = node.new(node.id'dir')
             d.dir = '+TRT'
             node.insert_before(head, node.has_glyph(head), d)
+            local inmath = false
             for item in node.traverse(head) do
-              node.set_attribute(item,
-                Babel.attr_dir, token.get_macro('bbl@thedir'))
+              if item.id == 11 then
+                inmath = (item.subtype == 0)
+              elseif not inmath then
+                node.set_attribute(item,
+                  Babel.attr_dir, token.get_macro('bbl@thedir'))
+              end
             end
           end
         end
@@ -15554,6 +15590,14 @@ end
 \fi
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
+% Experimental. Tentative name.
+%
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\DeclareRobustCommand\localebox[1]{%
+  {\def\bbl@insidemath{0}%
+   \mbox{\foreignlanguage{\languagename}{#1}}}}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+%
 % \subsection{Layout}
 %
 % Unlike \xetex{}, \luatex{} requires only minimal changes for
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/babel.ins b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/babel.ins
index 4b857314cbb..d498b8ff4f1 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/babel.ins
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/babel.ins
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 %% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with
 %% extension .ins) which are part of the distribution.
 %%
-\def\filedate{2024/02/07}
+\def\filedate{2024/03/29}
 \def\batchfile{babel.ins}
 \input docstrip.tex
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/bbcompat.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/bbcompat.dtx
index 8d458823607..9c1856b9982 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/bbcompat.dtx
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/bbcompat.dtx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 %
 % \iffalse
 %<*dtx>
-\ProvidesFile{bbcompat.dtx}[2024/02/07 v24.2]
+\ProvidesFile{bbcompat.dtx}[2024/03/29 v24.3]
 %</dtx>
 %
 %% File 'bbcompat.dtx'
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/locale.zip b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/locale.zip
index bbc0ace01f6..5a90571a6bc 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/locale.zip
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/babel/locale.zip
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
index 3a1f99d2e7c..a76f7f47b11 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     \wlog{File: #1 #4 #3 <#2>}%
     \let\ProvidesFile\@undefined}
 \fi
-\ProvidesFile{babel.def}[2024/02/07 v24.2 Babel common definitions]
+\ProvidesFile{babel.def}[2024/03/29 v24.3 Babel common definitions]
 \ifx\AtBeginDocument\@undefined  % TODO. change test.
   \def\@empty{}
 \def\loadlocalcfg#1{%
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@
     \toks@\expandafter{\bbl@tempc#3}%
     \expandafter\edef\csname extras\languagename\endcsname{\the\toks@}%
   \fi}
-\def\bbl@version{24.2}
-\def\bbl@date{2024/02/07}
+\def\bbl@version{24.3}
+\def\bbl@date{2024/03/29}
 \ifx\language\@undefined
   \csname newcount\endcsname\language
 \fi
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@
   \bbl@push@language
   \aftergroup\bbl@pop@language
   \bbl@set@language{#1}}
+\let\endselectlanguage\relax
 \def\BabelContentsFiles{toc,lof,lot}
 \def\bbl@set@language#1{% from selectlanguage, pop@
   % The old buggy way. Preserved for compatibility.
@@ -890,8 +891,7 @@
   \ifnum\bbl@hymapsel=\@cclv\let\bbl@hymapsel\thr@@\fi
   \csname selectlanguage \endcsname{#1}%
   \ignorespaces}
-\long\def\endotherlanguage{%
-  \global\@ignoretrue\ignorespaces}
+\long\def\endotherlanguage{\@ignoretrue\ignorespaces}
 \expandafter\def\csname otherlanguage*\endcsname{%
   \@ifnextchar[\bbl@otherlanguage@s{\bbl@otherlanguage@s[]}}
 \def\bbl@otherlanguage@s[#1]#2{%
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
index 0eb07150d03..35fa58deff0 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 %%
 
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2005/12/01]
-\ProvidesPackage{babel}[2024/02/07 v24.2 The Babel package]
+\ProvidesPackage{babel}[2024/03/29 v24.3 The Babel package]
 \@ifpackagewith{babel}{debug}
   {\providecommand\bbl@trace[1]{\message{^^J[ #1 ]}}%
    \let\bbl@debug\@firstofone
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@
       \expandafter\@secondoftwo
     \fi}
 \fi
-\def\bbl@version{24.2}
-\def\bbl@date{2024/02/07}
+\def\bbl@version{24.3}
+\def\bbl@date{2024/03/29}
 \ifx\language\@undefined
   \csname newcount\endcsname\language
 \fi
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@
   \bbl@push@language
   \aftergroup\bbl@pop@language
   \bbl@set@language{#1}}
+\let\endselectlanguage\relax
 \def\BabelContentsFiles{toc,lof,lot}
 \def\bbl@set@language#1{% from selectlanguage, pop@
   % The old buggy way. Preserved for compatibility.
@@ -788,8 +789,7 @@
   \ifnum\bbl@hymapsel=\@cclv\let\bbl@hymapsel\thr@@\fi
   \csname selectlanguage \endcsname{#1}%
   \ignorespaces}
-\long\def\endotherlanguage{%
-  \global\@ignoretrue\ignorespaces}
+\long\def\endotherlanguage{\@ignoretrue\ignorespaces}
 \expandafter\def\csname otherlanguage*\endcsname{%
   \@ifnextchar[\bbl@otherlanguage@s{\bbl@otherlanguage@s[]}}
 \def\bbl@otherlanguage@s[#1]#2{%
@@ -3630,6 +3630,15 @@
   \directlua{ Babel.ignore_pre_char = function(node)
       return false
     end }}
+\@namedef{bbl@ADJ@interchar.disable@nohyphenation}{%
+  \def\bbl@ignoreinterchar{%
+    \ifnum\language=\l@nohyphenation
+      \expandafter\@gobble
+    \else
+      \expandafter\@firstofone
+    \fi}}
+\@namedef{bbl@ADJ@interchar.disable@off}{%
+  \let\bbl@ignoreinterchar\@firstofone}
 \@namedef{bbl@ADJ@select.write@shift}{%
   \let\bbl@restorelastskip\relax
   \def\bbl@savelastskip{%
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg
index 9b356af30fe..b667ec61a93 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
     \wlog{File: #1 #4 #3 <#2>}%
     \let\ProvidesFile\@undefined}
 \fi
-\ProvidesFile{hyphen.cfg}[2024/02/07 v24.2 Babel hyphens]
+\ProvidesFile{hyphen.cfg}[2024/03/29 v24.3 Babel hyphens]
 \xdef\bbl@format{\jobname}
-\def\bbl@version{24.2}
-\def\bbl@date{2024/02/07}
+\def\bbl@version{24.3}
+\def\bbl@date{2024/03/29}
 \ifx\AtBeginDocument\@undefined
   \def\@empty{}
 \fi
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/brx/babel-brx.ini b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/brx/babel-brx.ini
index e95f7fdb714..acffcff76ee 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/brx/babel-brx.ini
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/brx/babel-brx.ini
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 [identification]
 charset = utf8
-version = 1.5
-date = 2022-06-14
+version = 1.6
+date = 2024-03-18
 name.local = बर’
 name.english = Bodo
 name.babel = bodo
@@ -171,3 +171,4 @@ plusSign = +
 superscriptingExponent = ×
 
 [counters]
+alphabetic = क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ ट ठ ड ढ ण त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व श ष स ह 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/fr/babel-french-canada.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/fr/babel-french-canada.tex
index 43351e1d342..c12481ca1c1 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/fr/babel-french-canada.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/fr/babel-french-canada.tex
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@
 \BabelBeforeIni{fr-CA}{%
 }
 
-
 \ifcase\bbl@engine\or\or % XeTeX
 
 % Partly based on babel-french, by Daniel Flipo
-\IfBabelIntercharT{puntuation.space}{%
+\IfBabelIntercharT{punctuation.space}{%
   \providecommand{\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace}{%
     \leavevmode\nobreak\hskip.8\fontdimen2\font
       plus.3\fontdimen3\font
@@ -26,19 +25,19 @@
   \babelcharclass{\CurrentOption}{rightguillemet}{»}%
   \babelcharclass{\CurrentOption}{opening}{([\{}% just make != default
 %
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {default, rightguillemet}{colon}{\BabelFrenchColonSpace}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {leftguillemet}{default}{\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {default}{rightguillemet}{\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace}%
 %
 % Here boundary means essentialy space:
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {boundary}{colon}{\ifhmode\unskip\nobreak\fi\BabelFrenchColonSpace}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {leftguillemet}{boundary}{\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace\ignorespaces}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {boundary}{rightguillemet}{\ifhmode\unskip\fi\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace}%
 }
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/fr/babel-french.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/fr/babel-french.tex
index a53769ba554..56502534242 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/fr/babel-french.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/locale/fr/babel-french.tex
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 \ifcase\bbl@engine\or\or % XeTeX
 
 % Partly based on babel-french, by Daniel Flipo
-\IfBabelIntercharT{puntuation.space}{%
+\IfBabelIntercharT{punctuation.space}{%
   \providecommand{\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace}{%
     \leavevmode\nobreak\hskip.8\fontdimen2\font
       plus.3\fontdimen3\font
@@ -28,23 +28,23 @@
   \babelcharclass{\CurrentOption}{rightguillemet}{»}%
   \babelcharclass{\CurrentOption}{opening}{([\{}% just make != default
 %
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {default, rightguillemet, high, colon}{high}{\BabelFrenchHighSpace}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {default, rightguillemet, high}{colon}{\BabelFrenchColonSpace}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {leftguillemet}{default}{\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {default, high}{rightguillemet}{\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace}%
 %
 % Here boundary means essentialy space:
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {boundary}{high}{\ifhmode\unskip\nobreak\fi\BabelFrenchHighSpace}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {boundary}{colon}{\ifhmode\unskip\nobreak\fi\BabelFrenchColonSpace}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {leftguillemet}{boundary}{\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace\ignorespaces}%
-  \babelinterchar[label=puntuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
+  \babelinterchar[label=punctuation.space]{\CurrentOption}%
     {boundary}{rightguillemet}{\ifhmode\unskip\fi\BabelFrenchGuillemetSpace}%
 }
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/luababel.def b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/luababel.def
index 78272358244..b531bcdeb3d 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/luababel.def
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/luababel.def
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ end
     \let\\\bbl@tempfs@nxx\<__fontspec_warning:nxx>%
     \let\<__fontspec_warning:nxx>\\\bbl@fs@warn@nxx
     \\\renewfontfamily\\#4%
-      [\bbl@cl{lsys},%
+      [\bbl@cl{lsys},% xetex removes unknown features :-(
        \ifcase\bbl@engine\or RawFeature={family=\bbl@tempb},\fi
        #2]}{#3}% ie \bbl@exp{..}{#3}
   \bbl@exp{%
@@ -1466,9 +1466,14 @@ end
             local d = node.new(node.id'dir')
             d.dir = '+TRT'
             node.insert_before(head, node.has_glyph(head), d)
+            local inmath = false
             for item in node.traverse(head) do
-              node.set_attribute(item,
-                Babel.attr_dir, token.get_macro('bbl@thedir'))
+              if item.id == 11 then
+                inmath = (item.subtype == 0)
+              elseif not inmath then
+                node.set_attribute(item,
+                  Babel.attr_dir, token.get_macro('bbl@thedir'))
+              end
             end
           end
         end
@@ -1478,6 +1483,9 @@ end
         "Babel.math_box_dir", 0)
   }}%
 \fi
+\DeclareRobustCommand\localebox[1]{%
+  {\def\bbl@insidemath{0}%
+   \mbox{\foreignlanguage{\languagename}{#1}}}}
 \bbl@trace{Redefinitions for bidi layout}
 \ifnum\bbl@bidimode>\z@ % Any bidi=
   \matheqdirmode\@ne % A luatex primitive
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/nil.ldf b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/nil.ldf
index 434542c8e9f..987796efd1e 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/nil.ldf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/nil.ldf
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 %% extension |.ins|) which are part of the distribution.
 %%
 
-\ProvidesLanguage{nil}[2024/02/07 v24.2 Nil language]
+\ProvidesLanguage{nil}[2024/03/29 v24.3 Nil language]
 \LdfInit{nil}{datenil}
 \ifx\l@nil\@undefined
   \newlanguage\l@nil
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/xebabel.def b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/xebabel.def
index 4da5bc3949a..e1f5387a0ef 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/xebabel.def
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/xebabel.def
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
     \let\\\bbl@tempfs@nxx\<__fontspec_warning:nxx>%
     \let\<__fontspec_warning:nxx>\\\bbl@fs@warn@nxx
     \\\renewfontfamily\\#4%
-      [\bbl@cl{lsys},%
+      [\bbl@cl{lsys},% xetex removes unknown features :-(
        \ifcase\bbl@engine\or RawFeature={family=\bbl@tempb},\fi
        #2]}{#3}% ie \bbl@exp{..}{#3}
   \bbl@exp{%
@@ -348,16 +348,17 @@
   \else
     \bbl@error{double-hyphens-class}{}{}{}%
   \fi\fi}
+\def\bbl@ignoreinterchar{%
+  \ifnum\language=\l@nohyphenation
+    \expandafter\@gobble
+  \else
+    \expandafter\@firstofone
+  \fi}
 \newcommand\babelinterchar[5][]{%
   \let\bbl@kv@label\@empty
   \bbl@forkv{#1}{\bbl@csarg\edef{kv@##1}{##2}}%
   \@namedef{\zap@space bbl@xeinter@\bbl@kv@label @#3@#4@#2 \@empty}%
-    {\ifnum\language=\l@nohyphenation
-       \expandafter\@gobble
-     \else
-       \expandafter\@firstofone
-     \fi
-     {#5}}%
+    {\bbl@ignoreinterchar{#5}}%
   \bbl@csarg\let{ic@\bbl@kv@label @#2}\@firstofone
   \bbl@exp{\\\bbl@for\\\bbl@tempa{\zap@space#3 \@empty}}{%
     \bbl@exp{\\\bbl@for\\\bbl@tempb{\zap@space#4 \@empty}}{%