Re: translated manuals output file and directory name/location

On Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 05:50:36PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 03:10:46PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> 
> In my opinion this should be "latin" or "cyrillic" (or other long name),
> not ISO code (ISO 15924).

Ok, this is done.

> I have in mind to review the documentation of @documentscript in
> texinfo.texi to give the names "latin" and "cyrillic" primacy over
> the "Latn" and "Cyrl" codes as the current draft implies the former
> are merely "aliases" for the latter:
> 
>        @documentscript [SCRIPT]
>   
>      Include a script name, either a four letter ISO 15924 script code
>   name, such as ‘Latn’ or a well-known alias, such as ‘latin’ or
>   ‘cyrillic’ following the command name.  An empty argument unsets the
>   script.
> 
> The common usage in locale names appears to be to use "latin" and "cyrillic",

Indeed, but this is usage, those names are not specified anywhere except
in the bcp47 gnulib module, which is kind of authoritative, but not like
the standard.  So, it seems fit to me to describe these names as aliases
of the standardized four letter ISO 15924 script code names.

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Pat