1 The babel_ package introduces the concept of "shorthands": additional
2 characters that introduce a latex macro. Most common is the active double
3 quote ("). Problematic is the tilde character (~) which is regularely used
4 for no-break spaces but redefined by some language definition files:
6 English: 'an' "active"-quote, ^circumflex, and no-break spaces
10 Basque: 'an' "active"-quote, ^circumflex, and no-break spaces
12 .. class:: language-eo
14 Esperanto: 'an' "active"-quote, ^circumflex, and no-break spaces
16 .. class:: language-et
18 Estonian: 'an' "active"-quote, ^circumflex, and no-break spaces
20 .. class:: language-gl
22 Galician: 'an' "active"-quote, ^circumflex, and no-break spaces
24 .. class:: language-de
26 German: 'an' "active"-quote, ^circumflex, and no-break spaces
28 Spanish: option clash with Galician!
31 .. class:: language-es
33 Spanish: 'an' "active"-quote, ^circumflex, and no-break spaces
36 .. _babel: http://www.ctan.org/packages/babel