[latex3-commits] [git/LaTeX3-latex3-babel] master: Start new guide for Plain. (3050476)

[Javier]

Repository : https://github.com/latex3/babel
On branch  : master
Link       : https://github.com/latex3/babel/commit/305047616cf59c2db35919bc6e9a2b6f1e78bf40

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commit 305047616cf59c2db35919bc6e9a2b6f1e78bf40
Author: Javier <email at localhost>
Date:   Wed Mar 10 17:49:56 2021 +0100

    Start new guide for Plain.


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305047616cf59c2db35919bc6e9a2b6f1e78bf40
 news-guides/guides/using-babel-with-plain.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 news-guides/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.56.md  |  2 +-
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diff --git a/news-guides/guides/using-babel-with-plain.md b/news-guides/guides/using-babel-with-plain.md
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+# Using babel with Plain
+
+(*Under development*)
+
+As explained in the manual, not all languages provide a `sty` file and
+some of them are not compatible with Plain. This document will explain
+how to use `babel` with Plain, because the information in the manual
+(for LaTeX) is almost non-existent (just a few lines).
+
+Currently, support for Plain is mostly in a maintenance mode, which
+means **many of the features added in the last few months (well, years)
+won't work**.
+
+It is worth noting Babel is *not* compatible with the original Plain,
+but rather with a format named `blplain` (admittedly, the manual is
+somewhat misleading in this regard). Apparently this format has never
+found its way into most of distributions. Version 3.9 added support for
+e-Plain, because the changes to achieve it were minimal. **When the
+manual refers to Plain, it actually means e-Plain and pdf-Plain**, which
+are the formats used *de facto* in most cases. 
+
+
diff --git a/news-guides/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.56.md b/news-guides/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.56.md
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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ necessary when a space is added.
 ## Fixes
 
 * When writing the previous feature, some anomalous behavior when
-  inserting items was detecte, either with a multi-letter `string` or
+  inserting items were detected, either with a multi-letter `string` or
   with `insert`. In these cases, `data` was somewhat unpredictable,
   too.