Hi Ihor, OK, I have reshuffled the sections contents... I hope the flow is more understandable now. I have always been reluctant because there are too many things intertwined here. I felt using LATEX_MULTI_LANG as a keyword would introduce less confusion...
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... My feeling is that the current flow is not optimal for that, but let's cross fingers... Best, /PA On Sun, 12 Oct 2025 at 20:55, Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <[email protected]> writes: > > >> >> More general comments: > >> >> 1. Do you have specific objections to discussing babel and polyglossia > >> >> first, and moving fontspec/nil to the end? > >> > In the scope of font definitions: polyglossia can be used for the > >> > secondary languages, while keeping the main language handled by > >> > fontspec... still experimenting with babel, but I haven't seen > >> > anywhere that it couldn't... > >> > >> This does not sound right. I think you are mixing font configuration and > >> localization. fontspec cannot set localization. So, even for > >> single-language document, you may need to load polyglossia or babel > >> simply to setup correct pagination, punctuation, etc. > >> As a simple example, consider a document written in British > >> English. There will be 0 problems with fonts, but you still need > >> babel/polyglossia to setup for subtle differences in punctuation rules. > > > > No, I'm not, I'm talking about font management only. > > What I'm saying is that fontspec will control the fonts used for the > > main language while polyglossia will control the fonts for the > > secondary language(s). > > You are right in saying that in a BE document, I can use lualatex, > > fontspec to set the fonts and polyglossia for the localisation only, > > but I was only talking about fonts here. > > I reckon it is a fluid frontier there and that is the difficulty here. > > I feel that the main focus of the section should go to localization, > mostly deferring the discussion about font setup to dedicated > sections. In this view, fontspec option is mostly for the cases when > localization is not necessary. That's why I suggested putting it later > in the section, after discussing babel and polyglossia. > > -- > 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> -- Fragen sind nicht da, um beantwortet zu werden, Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden Georg Kreisler Sagen's Paradeiser, write BE! Year 1 of the New Koprocracy
