Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <[email protected]> writes:

> Please feel free to forward. Answers directly to me or through the orgmode 
> mailing list welcome.
>
> This is the second part of the survey regarding font control. First an 
> introduction to put us all in the same page
>
> * Background:
>
> When exporting to Emacs, there are two layers:
> - language dependencies
> - font management
>
> ** Regarding language management:
> Unless configured through the document class or using babel or polyglossia, 
> the default language for dates, hyphenation, section
> headings, etc. is American English. Depending on the underlying or imported 
> language management package, language names vary.
> Additionally, language management includes functions like left-to-right vs. 
> right-to-left text layout.
>
> ** Regarding font management:
> When dealing with modern (utf8) LaTeX compilers, the underlying font 
> management package is fontspec. In addition to it, polyglossia
> and babel provide a layer around fontspec that allows per-language fonts. 
> Each of these packages has their own font definition
> macros, font family names, etc. 
>
> * The survey proper
> Please tick the option that applies to you best in each of the sections.
>
> Basics:
> [x] I understand emacs-lisp and can write my configs from the
> documentation provided

  I prefer not to, though. Double this when I don't know the
  backend well either, and I don't know LaTeX well.
  
> [x] I copy and paste (emacs-lisp) configs and could slightly modify them to 
> adapt them to my needs
> [] emacs-lisp, no please
> General font config:
> [] I want my configurations match the manual(s) of the package(s) I use as 
> much as possible.
> [] I prefer to have an abstraction that can be used independently of the 
> font/language package I use.
> Language codes:
> [] I'm comfortable enough with the language codes used by org-mode
> [] I'd rather use the language names/codes from my font/language package of 
> choice.
>
> Thanks for any input.
> /PA
>
> PS: A third survey will be following shortly for people who have dared to try 
> out the feature branch.

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