On 2010-11-09, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Am 08.11.2010 23:22, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes:
>> Are we sure that it is needed on a document basis?
> Yes.
>> Now that I think of it, what is the exact effect of "use babel"? Just
>> the usepackage, or more?
> It adds \usepackage{babel} but also adds the used languages as option
> list for the \documentclass command.
or the babel package, depending on the "global" check-box setting.
> The last language in this option
> list is the document language. When turning off-babel the document
> language is English and the \documentclass command has no language
> options.
... unless you add them via Document>Settings>Class Options>Custom
Günter