[XeTeX] Translation commands for package dramatist to put in the marathi.ldf file

[Ross Moore]

Hi Phil, Zdeněk and others.

On 12 Apr 2020, at 7:46 pm, Philip Taylor <P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk<mailto:P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk>> wrote:

Zdeněk Wagner wrote:


I would not do it. Of course, you cannot use \renewcommand because
\scenename is not used in any *.ldf. You could use \def\scenename{दरश्य} […]


LaTeX has  \providecommand  with the same syntax as \newcommand  and  \renewcommand .

It makes the definition *only* if the c-s is not already known.
This means that you can always use:

  \providecommand\mycs{}
  \renewcommand\mycs{ what I really want }

to get around such issues.


A thought — if \scenename is not known at the point that the last line of [gloss-]marathi.ldf is read, would there be any point in using \def \scenename {दरश्य}, since such definition would either get over-ridden by whatever subsequent definition of \scename is causing the problem (\def, \renewcommand), or would prevent a subsequent \newcommand from working as \scenename would already be defined.  Is this not the case (he asked, as someone who barely understands anything that LaTeX does ...) ?

There is always a way to get what you want,
whether using Plain TeX or LaTeX or whatever other high-level macro structures.

Thus the important thing is how to make it resistant to updates, as Zdeněk said.


Philip Taylor

Hope this helps.
Stay safe.

Ross


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