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Date:         Wed, 2 Feb 1994 10:55:24 +0100
From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl>
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Subject:      Re: Language numbers
Status: R

On Wednesday, February 2 Richard.Walker@CS.ANU.EDU.AU wrote:

> Is there an `official' numbering of \languages for use
  No, there is not
> with 2e?  E.g. 0=US English, etc.  If not, isn't it
> time we decided on one?  Maybe one of the working groups
  No.
> is already working on this and would like to comment?
  It has been tried in the past a few times to propose a standard
  numbering for languages, but is not necessary and besides, there
  are more then 256 languages, so it is impossible (at least for the
  current version of TeX).

  Currently the TUG Working Group on Multiple Language Coordination
  (TWG-MLC) is working with the babel system as a base to work from.
  If one uses babel you only need to agree on the names of the
  languages, not on the hyphenation bin in which the patterns for
  that language are stored. The ideas behind babel will also be used
  in LaTeX3. The LaTeX3 project is working closely together with
  TWG-MLC on this subject.

        Johannes Braams
        (member of the LaTeX3 project and TWG-MLC)

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