CTAN update: babel
Changes in version 3.44 are described in: https://github.com/latex3/babel/wiki/What's-new-in-babel-3.44 Here is a summary: - WARNING. If you need the Portuguese style you must update babel-portuges. - \localedate, to print date with the current locale. - [|] syntax in dates, to represent a value with any counter defined in the ini files. - Amharic: line breaking (modern and traditional), counters. - Improvements in French, Portuguese. - Optional argument in \foreignlanguage and otherlanguage*, to switch date and/or captions. - Preliminary code for \babelprehyphenation. - Fixes: - \babelcharproperty{..}{linebreak]{..} raised an error. - \babelposthyphenation raised an error if the last char in the pattern was ]. - \babelposthyphenation is now deactivated in math.
This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/base More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel
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babel – Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX
Babel is the multilingual environment for LaTeX (tailored for LuaTeX, pdfTeX and XeTeX), and sometimes Plain. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive localization framework for different languages, scripts and cultures based on the latest advances on international standards (Unicode, W3C, OpenType). It supports about 300 languages (with various levels of coverage) across about 45 scripts, including complex (like CJK, Indic) and RTL ones.
Besides the traditional .ldf files, there are many locales built on a modern core that utilizes descriptive .ini files, with tools providing precise control over hyphenation and line breaking, captions, date formats (across various calendars), spacing, transliteration, numbering and other locale-specific typographical rules.
| Package | babel |
| Version | 25.11 2025-07-13 |
| Copyright | 1989–2012 Johannes Braams et al. 2012–2025 Javier Bezos and Johannes L. Braams |
| Maintainer | Javier Bezos López Johannes L. Braams (inactive) |