On 18/05/15 19:11, Alexis Ballier wrote:
> On Mon, 18 May 2015 18:25:35 +0200
> "Justin (jlec)" <jlec@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am in trouble about he meaning of LINGUAS in a certain context.
>>
>> The program supports
>>
>> a) different interface languages
>>
>> and
>>
>> b) different languages for the content text, like hyphenation,
>> localized loremipsum and so.
>>
>> If you are setting LINGUAS="fr_FR en_GB fi", what do you expect to
>> see in the end?
>>
>> a, b or a+b honouring LINGUAS?
> 
> I'd say a+b, with a) selectable by classical LC_* or LANG variables and
> b) selectable by some interface probably.
> 
> that's what is done for texlive: LINGUAS pulls related packages that
> install localized docs when applicable but also give you support for
> hyphenations & co; however, no default is changed and you still have to
> ask for babel to get proper hyphenations when compiling your .tex.
> 

Thanks for the input. That solution was also what I had in mind.

Justin