Re: New try at multi-lingual export to latex/pdf using pdflatex and babel

[Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com>]

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Thanks for the feedback, attached is a new version

Best, /PA

On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 at 13:59, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > hopefully this is more informative. It complements the =polyglossia=
> > example with some =babel= that can be compiled with pdflatex.
>
> Thanks!
> Several minor comments.
>
> > From 4d0dcde4f8f149d3d028164c3cd3c8e9bff2a060 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: "Pedro A. Aranda" <paaguti@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 09:39:35 +0100
> > Subject: [PATCH] Add multi-language babel example
>
> Please indicate that the patch deals with the manual in the first line:
>
>   org-manual: Add multi-language babel example
>
> And add the changelog entry.
>
> > +Another example using ~pdflatex~ and ~babel~ and mixing Latin and
>
> =pdflatex= and =babel= I think - we use ~...~ mostly for Elisp code.
>
> > +Greek fonts in the document using the =\PassOptionsToPackage= command
> > +from =babel= would be:
> > +
> > +#+begin_example
> > +,#+latex_class_options: [greek,spanish,oneside]
> > +,#+language: es
> > +,#+latex_header: \PassOptionsToPackage{main=spanish}{babel}
> > +,#+latex_header: \usepackage{alphabeta} % to support greek script
> > +#+end_example
> > +
> > +Note that you can add more options to the ~latex_class_options~.
>
> =#+latex_class_options:=
>
> > +The important thing is that you include the *translated* name
>
> Maybe just /translated/? Bold is usually considered too strong
> typographically.
>
> Also, I do not really understand what you mean by "translated" here.
>
> > +for the =#+language:# you specify in the other commands for
>
> =#+language:=
>
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From d540ad65d228bfb31a672cc1f7a771504cb3f58c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Pedro A. Aranda" <paaguti@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 18:06:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] org-manual: Add multi-language babel example

org-manual.org: Add multi-language babel example

* doc/org-manual.org: Add an example for the LaTeX header commands
needed to export multi-language documents to pdflatex. In this case
we need to use and configure the babel package appropriately.

---
 doc/org-manual.org | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index acc6d07ff..71cc8b1a1 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -13925,6 +13925,10 @@ general options (see [[*Export Settings]]).
                '("AUTO" "polyglossia" t ("xelatex" "lualatex")))
   #+end_src
 
+  The value used for =babel= or =polyglossia= is set in
+  ~org-export-default-language~. The default value is ~"en"~, which
+  means American English.
+
 - =LATEX_CLASS= ::
 
   #+cindex: @samp{LATEX_CLASS}, keyword
@@ -14079,6 +14083,37 @@ the =\babelprovide= command:
 ,#+LATEX_HEADER: \babelprovide[import, main]{AUTO}
 #+end_example
 
+Another example using =pdflatex= and =babel= and mixing Latin and
+Greek fonts in the document using the =\PassOptionsToPackage= command
+from =babel= would be:
+
+#+begin_example
+,#+latex_class_options: [greek,spanish,oneside]
+,#+language: es
+,#+latex_header: \PassOptionsToPackage{main=spanish}{babel}
+,#+latex_header: \usepackage{alphabeta} % to support greek script
+#+end_example
+
+Note that you can add more options to the ~latex_class_options~.
+You need to include the language resulting from translating the
+=#+language:= statement in the other commands in your LaTeX header.
+In the previous example
+
+#+begin_example
+,#+language: es
+#+end_example
+
+is translated to
+
+#+begin_example
+\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
+#+end_example
+
+and =spanish= is used for the other header commands and in the
+=#+latex_class_options=.
+
+
+
 =Polyglossia=, for this procedure to be effective, must be loaded
 using the same =babel= classic syntax (but note that /this is not/
 the actual polyglossia syntax).  For example, suppose a document
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