From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: [RFC] Introduce ox-i18n.el Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:29:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87sizxorhr.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87fvw1ovtm.fsf@gmail.com> <87li5p1n7i.fsf@gmail.com> <871u7hq8cj.fsf@gmail.com> <87ip0thqzi.fsf@pank.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50765) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uu3fN-0001uj-Km for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:42:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uu3WL-0006jW-QI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:33:47 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::22c]:38131) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uu3Rm-000509-3Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:28:54 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f172.google.com with SMTP id q56so4460218wes.17 for ; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:28:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ip0thqzi.fsf@pank.eu> (rasmus@gmx.us's message of "Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:21:53 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello, Rasmus writes: >> Because it is not meant to be changed by the user nor let-bound. IOW, >> it's a constant. > > But perhaps it should not be. > > Consider org-export-smart-quotes-alist. > In Danish, according to the 'official' guidance, all of the following > are appropriate > > (*) ,,.'', ``.'', `.', >>.<<, >.<. > > Basically, only the french <<.>> is not appropriate. A similar > situation exists in Norwegian, to the best of my knowledge. Why > should I (submitting a patch) be able to actively force which of forms > in (*) should be used? > > One remedy /in LaTeX/ would be to let quote-characters be selected by > csquote, but I don't really know if I'd want to go that way. . . > > Alternatively, we can populate the various language variables and > provide easy means to alter them, a la: > > (org-alter-language "da" :left-latex "``" :right-latex "''" :table > "tabel"). Even though it is a defconst, you can still change it. You are not forced to anything. But you're on your own. By the way, it is a defconst because of the keys, which shouldn't be altered, not the values. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou