English

This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the English language using the Latin script.

Support with the traditional way (ldf)

The English language is supported in babel in the ‘classical’ way based on a ldf file. See babel-english for further details.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with english as the main language, with luatex.

\documentclass[english]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*]{babel}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ English

Chapter $=$ \chaptername

Today $=$ \today

\end{document}