> From: Vincent Belaïche <[email protected]> > CC: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:20:35 +0000 > > - this fix would not work for non latin script (eg. Russian or Japanese)
Why not? > PS-1: reacting to Eli > > > This assumption is incorrect, because it ignores the possibility that > > the manual is generated as part of building Emacs, in which case the > > locale in which this is done could have nothing to do with French. > > You are right, to cover this case one would need the configuration step > to filter out manuals with languages for which there is no installed > locale. With this, the patch I proposed would suffice for people > compiling Emacs from the source to have the manuals in their languages, > assuming that they have their language corresponding locale installed. No. We want a solution that will enable generation of all the manuals on any system, provided that it has the necessary txi-LL.tex files installed. Forcing users who produce manuals to install locales they don't need for anything else is a solution with a significant disadvantage, so I would prefer not to adopt it if possible. At least with UTF-8 encoding of the document, this should be possible without installing additional locales.
