On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 05:30:36AM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> > 
> > On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 07:17:08PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > > Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:06:52 +0200
> > > > From: Patrice Dumas <[email protected]>
> > > > 
> > > > Regarding how those informations are provided, my preference is still
> > > > 
> > > > @documentlanguage lang_REGION_variant1_variant2...
> > > > @documentscript script
> > > 
> > > What will @documentscript be used for, again?
> > 
> > For the manual alphabet.  The recommendation would be to have the user
> > specify something only if different from the usual language alphabet.
> 
> What will Texinfo use that for?

In texi2any and Texinfo TeX, to select the right translated strings in
output and to select the right lang attributes in output formats.  More
generally, it is probably useful when translating manuals from one
language + script to another  for the process of translation itself when
there are multiple possible scripts for a language.

-- 
Pat

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