On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:35:33 +1000 (GMT+1000) wrote Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Yann Collete wrote:
> > We can also use the standard Latex syntax and wrote
> > (somewhere in the document where the language is french) :
> >
> > \renewcommand{\labelitemi}{\textemdash}
>
> So this now works in the preamble.
As far as I see, not but
> > (somewhere in the document where the language is french) :
The probabely misleading part was
> > This definition will be available for the whole document,
[starting from the point of definition, of course, GM]
> > even if you switch
> > from french to another language and then came back to french.
On the other hand,
> > (In the preamble).
> > %% The command \FrenchLabelItem can be used to set the `labelitems'
> > %% for all levels in French. For instance, to get long dashes, use:
> > %%
> > %%\renewcommand{\FrenchLabelItem}{\textemdash}
> > %%
> > %% You can also have different `labelitems' for each level in French:
> > %%
> > %%\renewcommand{\Frlabelitemi}{\textemdash}
> > %%\renewcommand{\Frlabelitemii}{\bfseries\textendash}
> > %%\renewcommand{\Frlabelitemiii}{\textbullet}
> > %%\renewcommand{\Frlabelitemiv}{}
> Hmmm... Now I'm getting confused.
>
> The \AtBeginDocument{...} wrapper around the bullet settings was added
> so the bullet settings worked with frenchb a couple of years ago.
> If I've understood this thread it seems you are now saying that we
> should get rid of this wrapper in order to get it to work with
> frenchb.
This will not do.
> Hmmm... perhaps the authors of frenchb have fixed their previous
> problem and broken our workaround.
Seems so.
As far as I see it, we would need a "\AfterBeginDocument{...}" wrapper,
or a logic that renews \Frlabelitem.. instead of \labelitem in case the
document language is french...
GM
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