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README.md

The babel-french package (formerly known as frenchb')

Bundle Release date: 2025-07-02

Description

This package provides support for the French language for the babel multilingual system.

The package is now split into two parts: file frenchb3.dtx for pdf and engines and file frenchb.dtx for Lua only. Plain and formats are supported; for the end-user nothing changes: usepackagefrench{babel} automatically loads either french.ldf if the file is compiled with Lua, or french3.ldf if the file is compiled with pdf or .

Please be aware that frenchb3.dtx is frozen (except eventually for bug corrections), further development will be restricted to frenchb.dtx (Lua). For new documents, consider switching to Lua as recommended by the Team (see ltnews40.pdf).

Contents

The bundle consists of the following files:

  • frenchb.dtx, frenchb3.dtx: source files with documentation in English,
  • frenchb.pdf, frenchb3.pdf: unpacked documentation in English,
  • frenchb-doc.pdf and frenchb3-doc.pdf: comprehensive documentation in French,
  • frenchb-doc.tex, frenchb-doc3.tex: source files of frenchb-doc.pdf and frenchb-doc.pdf
  • README.md (this file).

License

Released under the Project Public License v1.3c or later See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt

Installation

If the latest version of this package is not included in your distribution, you can do the following:

  • execute the commands "luatex frenchb.dtx" and "luatex frenchb3.dtx" in a terminal to unpack the language definition files;
  • move the files frenchb.lua, french.ldf, french3.ldf, frenchb.ldf, francais.ldf, acadian.ldf and canadien.ldf to a location where can find them (default location: $TEXMF/tex/generic/babel-french/);
  • files frenchb.pdf, frenchb3.pdf, frenchb-doc.pdf and frenchb3-doc.pdf are documentation (default location: $TEXMF/doc/generic/babel-french/);
  • rebuild the database (mktexlsr or so).

Documentation

See the included manuals for usage instructions: frenchb.pdf in English or the French documentation frenchb-doc.pdf (LuaTex only) or frenchb3.pdf in English or frenchb3-doc.pdf in French (pdfTex and XeTex).

Changes

See the included manuals in English frenchb.pdf (LuaTex) and frenchb3.pdf (pdfTex and XeTex), section "Change History".


Copyright 1996–2025 Daniel Flipo E-mail: daniel (dot) flipo (at) free (dot) fr

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babel-french – Babel contributed support for French

The package, formerly known as frenchb, establishes French conventions in a document (or a subset of the conventions, if French is not the main language of the document).

Packagebabel-french
Home pagehttp://daniel.flipo.free.fr/babel-french
Version 2025-07-02
LicensesThe Project Public License 1.3c
Copyright1996–2025 Daniel Flipo
MaintainerDaniel Flipo
Contained inTeX Live as babel
MiKTeX as babel
TopicsFrench
Multi-lingual addon
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