Hi Ihor, Last charges in the first section. I’ve moved on to font configuration.
/PA Enviado desde mi iPhone > El 17 oct 2025, a las 18:53, Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> escribió: > > Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <[email protected]> writes: > >>> What about also moving LATEX_MULTI_LANG = nil below babel/polyglossia? >> >> I’d leave it like it is now: we start describing the default value at the >> beginning and then show what other settings there are and what they imply. > > Ok. My concern is that people may be confused when we present more > manual setup before what we actually recommend, but I will not insist. > >>>> Anyhow, I don't want to open Pandora's box until someone asks what >>>> about setting the language in the document class, which is also >>>> possible... >>> >>> We do not have to support this other than by setting LATEX_MULTI_LANG >>> to nil and letting user do whatever they want to. >> >> We do when we describe the default value. > > You mean AUTO? Maybe, but it is not something people asked for in the > past. I see no reason to bother unless someone asks for such a feature. > >>>> :properties: >>>> #+LABEL: LaTeX languages and character sets >>>> :end: >>> >>> This incorrect syntax is still there. >> >> Right. (Adding a suggestion in the patch would be useful next time ;-) ) > > Well. I am not 100% sure what you wanted there, which is why I had no > idea what would be an appropriate fix. > >>>> Consult the package manuals to get the language name[fn:50] for the >>>> LaTeX markup. >>> >>> Should we also refer to `org-latex-language-alist'? Otherwise, people >>> may not know how to link between Org mode's abbreviations and >>> babel/polyglossia language names. >> >> Isn't that already a part of the LANGUAGE keyword description? > > When we talk about LANGUAGE setting, we only refer to Org abbreviation > vs. language name (human-readable name). Language name in LaTeX is a > slightly different beast. > >>> I also moved a note that polyglossia does not work with pdflatex to a >>> footnote. >> >> This is important enough to keep it in the main text IMHO. > > Maybe. But I also felt that the paragraph talking about it was > misplaced. So, came up with a footnote. Maybe put inside parenthesis? Or > some other way. > >>> - Finally, remember that ~polyglossia~ does not work with =pdflatex= >>> - compiler. We recommend using =lualatex= or =xelatex= for reliable >>> - non-Latin language support. >>> + context (header, figure, table names and typesetting options will be >>> + set for American English). ~fontspec~ will only configure the fonts >>> + used in the document. It distinguishes between the Roman (=main=), >>> + Sans-serif (=sans=) and monotype (=mono=) fonts, and can provide >>> + fallbacks for character sets (for example, ~emoji~, ~han~, ~kana~, >>> + etc.) not supported by the default fonts. See >>> + [[#lualatex-fontspec]] for more details. Note that ~fontspec~ does >>> + not work with =pdflatex= compiler. We recommend using =lualatex= or >>> + =xelatex= for reliable non-Latin language support. >> >> What you add here is already in other parts of the text. > > I think a removed those other parts. But please check how things read. > >>> Modern, UTF-8 enabled LaTeX compilers (i.e. =lualatex= and >>> =xelatex=) handle font configuration using the package >>> - =fontspec=. We recommend to choose Unicode fonts that include the >>> + =fontspec=. We recommend choosing Unicode fonts that include the >>> non-Latin character sets you use to simplify the configuration >>> (cf. [[#nonpdflatex-fonts]]). >> >> Last time I went through the prep exercises for the C2 certification, this >> was more style than grammar. Maybe it has changed now… > > You may be mixing it with structure like "recommend <you> to choose". > Check > https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/140163/recommend-to-have-vs-recommend-having > and > https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/308043/correct-verb-patterns-for-the-verb-recommend > > > -- > Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, > Org mode maintainer, > Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. > Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, > or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
