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