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All rights reserved. -% -% This file is part of the Babel system. -% -------------------------------------- -% -% It may be distributed and/or modified under the -% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 -% of this license or (at your option) any later version. -% The latest version of this license is in -% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt -% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX -% version 2003/12/01 or later. -% -% This work has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". -% -% The Current Maintainer of this work is Johannes Braams. -% -% The list of all files belonging to the Babel system is -% given in the file `manifest.bbl. See also `legal.bbl' for additional -% information. -% -% The list of derived (unpacked) files belonging to the distribution -% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with -% extension .ins) which are part of the distribution. -% \fi -%%% ==================================================================== -%%% @TeX-file{ -%%% author = "Johannes L. Braams", -%%% version = "1.02", -%%% date = "06 January 1997", -%%% time = "23:18:11 MET", -%%% filename = "tb1401.tex", -%%% address = "TeXniek, -%%% Kersengaarde 33 -%%% 2723 BP Zoetermeer -%%% The Netherlands", -%%% telephone = "+31 79 352 28 19", -%%% FAX = "+31 70 343 23 95", -%%% checksum = "33086 238 1209 9472", -%%% email = "babel@braams.cistron.nl (Internet)", -%%% codetable = "ISO/ASCII", -%%% keywords = "", -%%% supported = "yes", -%%% abstract = "", -%%% docstring = "The update article on babel that appeared -%%% in TUGboat Volume 14 No 1. -%%% -%%% The checksum field above contains a CRC-16 -%%% checksum as the first value, followed by the -%%% equivalent of the standard UNIX wc (word -%%% count) utility output of lines, words, and -%%% characters. This is produced by Robert -%%% Solovay's checksum utility.", -%%% } -%%% ==================================================================== -\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} -\IfFileExists{ltugboat.cls}{% - \documentclass{ltugboat} - \def\rtitlex{TUGboat, Volume 14 (1993), No. 1} - \def\midrtitle{} - \def\PrelimDraftfooter{} - \let\TBmaketitle\maketitle - \setcounter{page}{60} - }{% - \documentclass{article} - \newcommand\address[1]{} - \newcommand\netaddress[1]{} - \newcommand\TUB{\textsl{TUGboat\/}} - \newcommand\TeXhax{\TeX hax} - \newcommand{\plain}{\texttt{plain}}} -\usepackage{shortvrb} -\MakeShortVerb{\|} -% -\newcommand{\file}[1]{\texttt{#1}} -\newcommand{\Lopt}[1]{\textsf{#1}} -\newcommand{\babel}{\textsf{babel}} -\makeatletter -% ------------------------------------------------- -% Definitions copied from doc.sty by FMi -% ------------------------------------------------- -{\obeyspaces% -\gdef\meta{\begingroup\obeyspaces% -\def {\egroup\space\hbox\bgroup\it}\m@ta}} -\def\m@ta#1{\hbox\bgroup$\langle$\it#1\/$\rangle$\egroup\endgroup} -% -{\catcode`\|=\z@ \catcode`\\=12|gdef|bslash{\}} -% -\makeatother -\newcommand{\bsl}{\protect\bslash} - - -\begin{document} -\title{An update on the \babel\ system} -\author{Johannes Braams} -\address{% - \TeX niek\\ - Kersengaarde 33\\ - 2723 BP Zoetermeer\\ - The Netherlands} -\netaddress{babel@braams.cistron.nl} -\date{06 January 1997 \\ - Version 1.02} -\maketitle - -\begin{abstract} - This article describes the changes that have been made to the - \babel\ system, since the article describing the system appeared in - \TUB\ Volume 12, number 2. This article announces the release of a - new version of the \babel\ system. -\end{abstract} - -\section{Introduction} - -Since the publication of the \babel\ system in \TUB~\cite{bab} several -changes have occurred. With the new release of \LaTeX\ -- which -appeared at the end of 1991 -- the internationalised version I\LaTeX, -prepared by Joachim Schrod~\cite{ilatex} was withdrawn. But some of -its functionality was still needed, so a modification of the \babel\ -system was necessary. - -Besides this a couple of bugs were reported and had to be fixed. The -major problem was that the language changing commands were not -`local', they contained global definitions. In the current version -these commands obey grouping correctly. - -Some macros that formerly were in language-specific files have been -moved to the core of the system, because they are being used in -several language-specific files. - -\section{Changes to the core of \babel} - -The changes to the core of the \babel\ system are the most extensive. - -\subsection*{{\tt\bsl selectlanguage}} -The \babel\ user-command |\selectlanguage| now also accepts a control -sequence as its argument. This was included to provide compatibility -for users who were used to the syntax of the original -\file{german.tex}, but wanted to switch to \babel. The escape -character is `peeled off' and the name of the control sequence is then -used as the name of the language to select. - -Another change to the |\selectlanguage| macro is that it now stores -the name of the current language in the control sequence -|\languagename|. The contents of this control sequence could be tested -in the following way: - -\begin{verbatim} - \edef\tmp{\string english} - \ifx\languagename\tmp - ... - \else - ... - \fi -\end{verbatim} - -The construction with |\string| is necessary because -|\languagename| returns the name with characters of category code -\texttt{12} (other). - -\subsection*{Saving macro definitions} - -A new way of handling macros that are temporarily \emph{re}defined was -developed by Bernd Raichle and included in the core of the \babel\ -system. Two new macros, for use in the language-specific files have -been introduced.\\ -These macros, |\babel@savevariable|\meta{register} and -|\babel@save|\meta{macro}, append code to |\originalTeX|. This code -restores the value (or meaning) of what was saved when |\originalTeX| -was executed. - -\subsection*{Special characters} - -Some of the language-specific files introduce one or more characters -that are special in some way. Such characters have to be added to -|\dospecials| (and |\@sanitize| too for \LaTeX) whenever their special -meaning is activated. But, they may have to be removed again when -another language, which doesn't use them, is in effect. - -To this end two new control sequences, that are meant to be used in -the language-specific files are introduced. They are -|\babel@add@special| and |\babel@remove@special| and perform the -necessary tasks. - -\subsection*{Additional facilities} - -A specific request from Joachim Schrod for \babel, was the possibility -to extend the definition of a control sequence on the fly. It should, -for instance, be possible that the user adds a macro of his own to the -definition of |\extrasenglish|. - -This feature is now provided by the macro\\ - |\addto{|\meta{control sequence}|}{|\meta{\TeX\ code}|}|. - It is now used throughout the -language-specific files to build the macros |\extras|\meta{lang} and -|\noextras|\meta{lang}. - -The support macros |\allowhyphens|,\\ |\set@low@box| and |\save@sf@q| -have been moved from the language-specific files to the core of the -\babel\ system. - -\subsection{The files} - -In the previous release a file called \file{latexhax.com} was -provided. This was needed to provide some macros normally defined by -\LaTeX, to \plain~\TeX\ users. The need for this file has been removed -in the current release of the \babel\ system. - -In the previous release of the system, four different files were -provided (all derived from \file{hyphen.doc} that were needed for -different combinations of versions of \TeX\ and \file{plain.tex} or -\file{lplain.tex}. This has been changed. In the current version only -two different files are derived from \file{hyphen.doc}. They are -\file{babel.switch} and \file{babel.hyphen}.\\ -The file \file{babel.switch} is needed for people who can't build a -new format or don't have \TeX\ version 3. The file \file{babel.hyphen} -should be loaded into the format by ini\TeX. It provides the macros -from \file{babel.switch}, but additionally it reads the file -\file{language.dat}, which specifies the languages for which -hyphenation patterns should be loaded. - -In the previous release the file \file{babel.com} contained -redefinitions for a lot of \LaTeX\ macros to replace texts with -control sequences. This has been removed, because it is no longer -necessary for releases of \LaTeX\ dated december 1991 or later. Those -who still have an older release of \LaTeX\ can produce a special -version of \file{babel.com} by including the docstrip option -\meta{names} when stripping the file \file{babel.doc}. - -With the release of the new version of Frank Mittelbach's \texttt{doc} -package the stripped files are no longer distributed. The distribution -of babel now includes a file \file{install.babel} with which you can -produce them (give the command \file{tex install.babel}). - -\section{Changes to the language specific files} - -Bernd Raichle has invented a solution for things like |\char"45| -when the |"| is active. His solution (from german 2.3e) has been -included in germanb and is copied for other language specific files -that have an active |"|. - -A few terms have been added to the |\captions|\meta{...} macros, -again following \file{german.tex}. These terms are |\prefacename|, -|\seename| and |\seealsoname|. I don't have the correct -translations for all languages yet, but that will be repaired as soon -as someone provides them to me. - -For the dutch language the behaviour of the active double quote has -been slightly modified. It has been noted that there is a difference -between |"e|, where a `trema' should be produced and |\"u|, where we -should get an `umlaut'. The difference between the two is that the -`trema' should disappear at a hyphenation point, whereas the `umlaut' -should not. - -\begin{thebibliography}{9} - \bibitem{bab} Johannes Braams, - \emph{Babel, a multilingual style-option system for use with - \LaTeX's standard document styles}, - \emph{TUGboat} 12 (1991) \#2, p.~291--301. - \bibitem{ilatex}Joachim Schrod, - \emph{International \LaTeX\ is ready to use}, - \emph{TUGboat} 11 (1990) \#1, p.~87--90. -\end{thebibliography} -\end{document} |