The babel-french package (formerly known as `frenchb') ====================================================== Description ----------- This package provides support for the French language for the babel multilingual system. It is designed to work with the following engines: pdfTeX, XeTeX and LuaTeX. Plain and LaTeX formats are supported. ## Contents The bundle consists of the following files: * frenchb.dtx: packed language definition files and documentation, * frenchb.pdf: unpacked documentation for babel-french, * frenchb-doc.pdf: comprehensive documentation in French, * frenchb-doc.tex: source file of frenchb-doc.pdf, * README.md (this file). License ------- Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c or later See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt ## Installation If the latest version of this package is not included in your LaTeX distribution, do the following: * execute the command "luatex frenchb.dtx" in a terminal to unpack the language definition files; * copy the files frenchb.lua, french.ldf, frenchb.ldf, francais.ldf, acadian.ldf and canadien.ldf to a location where TeX can find them (default location: $TEXMF/tex/generic/babel-french/); * rebuild the database (mktexlsr or so). Documentation ------------- See the included manuals for usage instructions: frenchb.pdf in English or the French documentation frenchb-doc.pdf. Changes ------- See the included manual frenchb.pdf, section "Change History". --- Copyright 1996--2024 Daniel Flipo E-mail: daniel (dot) flipo (at) free (dot) fr