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babel is the multilingual framework for localizing documents in
LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX. It manages culturally-determined
typographical (and other) rules for about 170 to 300 languages,
depending on the engine, with several levels of coverage. A few
languages even work with Plain formats.
The latest stable version is available on https://ctan.org/pkg/babel.
Changes in version 24.5 are described in:
https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.5.html
Apart from the manual, you can find information on some aspects of babel at:
https://latex3.github.io/babel/
The best way to install and/or update it is with the help of package managers.
If you wish to report a problem or bug in any of these packages please
use the
Issue Tracker for LaTeX2e on GitHub
and follow the guidelines that pop up if you press the New issue
button.
In particular, to check that you are really seeing a bug, please write
a short, self-contained document that shows the problem. This should
include the latexbug package, which will warn if your test file is
not suitable for one or the other reason. See the
CONTRIBUTING guide
for further details, or if you need to obtain the latexbug package.
If the bug turns out to be with third-party software then please contact the developer, and not us!
You may also report them to the current maintainer more informally on:
https://latex3.github.io/babel/contact.html
Bugs related to specific languages are best reported to their respective authors.
25.6 (dev)
* New keys in transforms: kern, node, after.
24.5 2024-05-18
* Change the first item in `abjad` and `maghrebi.abjad` counters
in `ar-DZ`, `ar-MA` and `ar-TN`), from ا to أ. Suggested by
@seloumi.
* Fixed an error when a locale is loaded on the fly and there are empty
captions in another language (#294)
* Fix in transforms (lua): negative values in `space` and `spacefactor`
raised and error.