I've now added Fabrice's support files for French to the CVS, together
with French hyphenation patterns. Please test. From the NEWS file:
Fabrice Ménard contributed locales support. In particular, it is
now possible to get French localization of the main macro packages
(-ms, -mm, -me, an
> Perhaps it helps to sort them alphabetically...
Ok
> Nice! Have you actually tested the French hyphenation patterns I've
> sent?
Well, I don't know how I can really test it. All my texts don't hyphenate
whatever the length.
> Finally, can you write a small documentation file, say, README.fr?
> > . I would define *all* strings of general importance as
> > `french-xxx', for example `french-references' or
> > `french-monday', even if only a single package uses them.
>
> Done.
Perhaps it helps to sort them alphabetically...
> > . To read the French hyphenation patterns you have to s
> . I would define *all* strings of general importance as `french-xxx',
> for example `french-references' or `french-monday', even if only a
> single package uses them.
Done.
> . I prefer lowercase variable names in the `french-xxx' names (e.g.,
> `french-abstract' instead of `french-ABSTRAC
> Here it is. Hope it will be useful.
Thanks! Some comments.
. I would define *all* strings of general importance as `french-xxx',
for example `french-references' or `french-monday', even if only a
single package uses them.
. I prefer lowercase variable names in the `french-xxx' names (e.
Here it is. Hope it will be useful.
I've also joigned frhyph.tex (taken from CTAN) but I don't know if it works as
is.
(I just commented out what I was thinking out of interest and dropped the
escape mecanism for some accented letters, but I really don't know anything
about these hyphenation st
> Is there a clean way to know which package is in use ?
No, besides of testing the existence of specific registers, strings,
or macros.
> Actually I found that the package ms looks for a number register GS
> and mm for a string register PH in order to know if they have been
> already loaded. Ma
