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Re: [O] [RFC] Introduce ox-i18n.el


From: Nicolas Goaziou
Subject: Re: [O] [RFC] Introduce ox-i18n.el
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:29:04 +0200

Hello,

Rasmus <address@hidden> writes:

>> Because it is not meant to be changed by the user nor let-bound. IOW,
>> it's a constant.
>
> But perhaps it should not be.
>
> Consider org-export-smart-quotes-alist.
> In Danish, according to the 'official' guidance, all of the following
> are appropriate
>
> (*)       ,,.'', ``.'', `.', >>.<<, >.<.
>
> Basically, only the french <<.>> is not appropriate.  A similar
> situation exists in Norwegian, to the best of my knowledge.  Why
> should I (submitting a patch) be able to actively force which of forms
> in (*) should be used?
>
> One remedy /in LaTeX/ would be to let quote-characters be selected by
> csquote, but I don't really know if I'd want to go that way. . .
>
> Alternatively, we can populate the various language variables and
> provide easy means to alter them, a la:
>
>   (org-alter-language "da" :left-latex "``" :right-latex "''" :table
>   "tabel").

Even though it is a defconst, you can still change it. You are not
forced to anything. But you're on your own.

By the way, it is a defconst because of the keys, which shouldn't be
altered, not the values.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou



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