LaTeX template: babel changes. #10596
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Previously we used the `.ini` files for every language, but for European languages these tend to provide inferior results to the `.ldf` files used by classic Babel. Currently Babel documentation recommends using the classic system for European languages written in Latin and Cyrillic scripts and Vietnamese. So the LaTeX writer and template now follow this guidance. Main languages in the list of languages with good "classic" support are added to global documentclass options and will be automatically handled by Babel using the `.ldf` files. If the main language is not in this list, the `babeloptions` variable will be set to `provide=*`, which will cause support to be loaded from the `.ini` file rather than an `.ldf`. So, for example, setting `-V babeloptions=''` with a polytonic Greek document will cause the `.ldf` support to be used instead of the `.ini`. The default setting of this variable can be overwritten, but in most cases the default should give good results. Closes #8283.
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Closes #8283.
\usepackage{babel}.\babelprovidecommands.babeloptionsvariable.The LaTeX writer will give a default
babeloptionsthat makes sense given the main language. If the main language is not well supported in "traditional" babel (i.e., via an .ldx file) thenprovide=*will be added to the babel package options, which will load the .ini file.This should give better results for the mostly European languages that are supported by .ldx files, while working about the same as current pandoc for other languages.
Untested and perhaps not working without manually setting
babeloptions: main language English, secondary language Arabic.Credit to @mxpiotrowski for the template changes.