[latex3-commits] [latex3/babel] docs: Extend home page. (5935a26)

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Repository : https://github.com/latex3/babel
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Link       : https://github.com/latex3/babel/commit/5935a2661a775eae6f0bcef573e29841ec78ccd4

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commit 5935a2661a775eae6f0bcef573e29841ec78ccd4
Author: Javier <email at localhost>
Date:   Thu Oct 3 17:32:18 2024 +0200

    Extend home page.


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 </p>
 
 This is the home page for Babel, the multilingual environment for
-[LaTeX](https://www.latex-project.org/)
-(and sometimes Plain) with the three basic engines (pdfTeX, LuaTeX and
-XeTeX). Its aim is to provide a localization framework for different
-languages, scripts, and cultures based on the latest advances in
-[Unicode](https://home.unicode.org/) (including the
-[CLDR](http://cldr.unicode.org/)), the
+[LaTeX](https://www.latex-project.org/) (and sometimes Plain) with the
+three basic engines (pdfTeX, LuaTeX and XeTeX). Its aim is to provide a
+localization framework for different languages, scripts, and cultures
+based on the latest advances in [Unicode](https://home.unicode.org/)
+(including the [CLDR](http://cldr.unicode.org/)), the
 [W3C](https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/i18n-core/publications) (where
-applicable) and other technologies.
+applicable) and other technologies, as well as on international
+standards for better compatibility and consistency.
+
+Babel currently supports approximately 300 languages (with various
+levels of coverage) across about 45 scripts, including complex and RTL
+scripts like Arabic, Chinese, Tibetan and Devanagari. Its high-level
+interface with `fontspec` allows for seamless integration with OpenType
+technologies in `xetex` and `luatex`, enabling effortless use of
+advanced typographic features, and fine-grained control and
+customization. Additionally, lazy locale and font loading facilitate
+integration into automated document generation workflows, and makes it
+adept at handling complex documents with multiple languages.
+
+Many locales in Babel are built on a modern core that utilizes
+descriptive `ini` files. This design simplifies the customization of
+hyphenation and line breaking, captions, date formats (across various
+calendars), spacing and other language-specific typographical rules,
+and so on.
 
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