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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
Re: [O] [RFC] Introduce ox-i18n.el, Rasmus, 2013/07/02