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Can I change the language the commands are written in to British English?
Hi basically I am a newbie to this software, just getting the hang of the basics but I found that all the commands are in american english. Is there something I can use, download or one of these ...
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Handle currencies correctly depending on language conventions
Is there a standard way of handling currencies?
Example:
in American, you'd say "$2 a piece"
in French, you'd say "2$ pièce"
I'd like to be able to write \somecommand{dollars}{2}, that would ...
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Creating multiple language versions from single latex source by fetching translation from file
I could not really find anything matching, maysome someone got an idea or a starting point:
I want to maintain a collection of documents written in Kile, Using LaTeX converted by xetex into pdf ...
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What is the deal about these semantic vs syntactic commands?
I keep hearing people on this site talking about "semantic" vs "syntactic" commands and that the "semantic" ones are somehow better. I don't really get what they are talking about, could you explain ...
