From 9f888659f77866cd0e5efe454a1c66ac8ec580cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:03:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] MANUAL.txt: clarify otherlangs in LaTeX.
Closes #4072.
---
MANUAL.txt | 19 +++++--------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index 933a5e8f1..766094a94 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -1350,21 +1350,12 @@ Language variables
format stored in the additional variables `babel-lang`,
`polyglossia-lang` (LaTeX) and `context-lang` (ConTeXt).
- Native pandoc `span`s and `div`s with the lang attribute
+ Native pandoc Spans and Divs with the lang attribute
(value in BCP 47) can be used to switch the language in
- that range.
-
-`otherlangs`
-: a list of other languages used in the document
- in the YAML metadata, according to [BCP 47]. For example:
- `otherlangs: [en-GB, fr]`.
- This is automatically generated from the `lang` attributes
- in all `span`s and `div`s but can be overridden.
- Currently only used by LaTeX through the generated
- `babel-otherlangs` and `polyglossia-otherlangs` variables.
- The LaTeX writer outputs polyglossia commands in the text but
- the `babel-newcommands` variable contains mappings for them
- to the corresponding babel.
+ that range. In LaTeX output, `babel-otherlangs` and
+ `polyglossia-otherlangs` variables will be generated
+ automatically based on the `lang` attributes of Spans
+ and Divs in the document.
`dir`
: the base direction of the document, either `rtl` (right-to-left)