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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-italian/README.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-italian/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..11598a8e32a --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-italian/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +The italian.dtx file has version number 1.4.01 dated 2019-01-05. +It is and update of a series fo files stating with the first one in 1990 +Copyright (C) 1990-2019 Claudio Beccari +Maintainer Claudio Beccari +Contact: claudio dot beccari at gmail dot com + +Description +This file contain the necessary and supplementary data for typesetting documents in Italiana with babel as the manager of the language management. +It defines the infix words, the date in various formats. Optionally lets the user activate a number of shorthands to performe 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 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, even if the gloss-italian.ldf for polyglossia provides less facilities than the ones available with babel. + +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. + + |