Re: new (LaTeX) exporter and date formatting

["Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>]

Hello Nicolas,

Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Andreas Leha <andreas.leha-A1rZ2h3LdSKGMSlLMZIubhS11BummzK+@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>>>
>>>> Ideally, in my opinion, the LaTeX-exporter would honor the
>>>> "#+LANGUAGE: XX"
>>>> setting and change the babel-settings accordingly
>>>
>>> That seems reasonable. Is there any translation table between language
>>> symbols and Babel options?
>>
>> Not that I am aware of. But we could start one quite easily. I got this
>> list of LaTeX-babel supported languages from
>> http://www.tug.org/texlive/Contents/live/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel/babel.pdf:
>> (just a quick hack...)
>
> The following patch should add the language option according to LANGUAGE
> keywords if babel package is explicitly loaded in preamble.

I think this will be a great addition!

> Is it what you had in mind? I'm a bit reluctant to load babel package if
> not present.

At first sight, I had no particular opinion about whether it's better to load
or not Babel by default.

After thinking about it, I think you're right NOT loading it by default. Babel
plays with cat codes for `:' among others, and can conflict with isodate IIRC.
Hence, better let the user decide to really include it or not.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban