CTAN Update: babel

[CTAN Announcements]

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the

                babel

package.

Version:  3.42 2020-03-22
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX

Announcement text:
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 Changes are described in:

   https://github.com/latex3/babel/wiki/What's-new-in-babel-3.42

 Here is a summary:

  - \getlocaleproperty, to get the value of a field from the loaded
    ini files.

  - Added ini files for Syriac, Coptic and Church Slavic. Improved
    some others (Armenian, Sanskrit).

  - Added a new field tag.bcp47.likely to many files.

  - Improved line breaking with xetex.

  - Fixes:
    - Remove extra space with languages loaded on the fly (bug
      introduced in 3.41).
    - Line breaking was no always correct with languages loaded on
      the fly.
    - Avoid a harmless warning about redefining a protected command
      (#52).
    - Locale was not switched correctly with COMBINING characters
      (#54).

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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
   https://ctan.org/pkg/babel

The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/base/

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   Thanks for the upload.

     For the CTAN Team
    Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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