[LyX/master] Support new German babelshorthand ".

commit 60d634110e41a182c778436a3b474f476dabc30e
Author: Juergen Spitzmueller <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Apr 18 09:19:32 2026 +0200

    Support new German babelshorthand ".
---
 development/FORMAT     |  4 +--
 lib/languages          | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_6.py | 19 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/development/FORMAT b/development/FORMAT
index 4b23733887..36c75337c8 100644
--- a/development/FORMAT
+++ b/development/FORMAT
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ changes happened in particular if possible. A good example would be
 
 2026-02-18 Jürgen Spitzmüller <[email protected]>
 	* Format incremented to 649:
-	  New (language-specific) SpecialChars gendermark,
+	  New (language-specific) SpecialChars gendermark, abbrvdot,
 	  thinspacebreakpoint and splithyphen that are supported in some languages
-	  via babelshorthands ("x, ", and "=).
+	  via babelshorthands ("x, "., ", and "=).
 
 2025-11-25 Jürgen Spitzmüller <[email protected]>
 	* Format incremented to 648:
diff --git a/lib/languages b/lib/languages
index 3567063e3f..ab30e767ed 100644
--- a/lib/languages
+++ b/lib/languages
@@ -431,6 +431,19 @@ Language austrian
 	    LaTeXOutput  \"|
 	    LaTeXOutputUTF8 \"|
 	End
+	SpecialChar abbrvdot
+	    Type	specialchar
+	    MenuString	"Abbreviation Dot|o"
+	    Tooltip     "Abbreviation punctuation with appropriate ensuing space"
+	    LyXOutput	"0x002e 0x2009"
+	    LatexOutput	\".
+	    IsLetter	1
+	    PlaintextOutput "0x002e 0x2009"
+	    XHTMLOutput	.&#x2009;
+	    Font
+	      Color		latex
+	    EndFont
+	End
 	SpecialChar gendermark
 	    Type	specialchar
 	    MenuString	"Gender Mark|G"
@@ -511,6 +524,19 @@ Language naustrian
 	    LaTeXOutput  \"|
 	    LaTeXOutputUTF8 \"|
 	End
+	SpecialChar abbrvdot
+	    Type	specialchar
+	    MenuString	"Abbreviation Dot|o"
+	    Tooltip     "Abbreviation punctuation with appropriate ensuing space"
+	    LyXOutput	"0x002e 0x2009"
+	    LatexOutput	\".
+	    IsLetter	1
+	    PlaintextOutput "0x002e 0x2009"
+	    XHTMLOutput	.&#x2009;
+	    Font
+	      Color		latex
+	    EndFont
+	End
 	SpecialChar gendermark
 	    Type	specialchar
 	    MenuString	"Gender Mark|G"
@@ -1310,6 +1336,19 @@ Language german
 	    LaTeXOutput  \"|
 	    LaTeXOutputUTF8 \"|
 	End
+	SpecialChar abbrvdot
+	    Type	specialchar
+	    MenuString	"Abbreviation Dot|o"
+	    Tooltip     "Abbreviation punctuation with appropriate ensuing space"
+	    LyXOutput	"0x002e 0x2009"
+	    LatexOutput	\".
+	    IsLetter	1
+	    PlaintextOutput "0x002e 0x2009"
+	    XHTMLOutput	.&#x2009;
+	    Font
+	      Color		latex
+	    EndFont
+	End
 	SpecialChar gendermark
 	    Type	specialchar
 	    MenuString	"Gender Mark|G"
@@ -1391,6 +1430,19 @@ Language ngerman
 	    LaTeXOutput  \"|
 	    LaTeXOutputUTF8 \"|
 	End
+	SpecialChar abbrvdot
+	    Type	specialchar
+	    MenuString	"Abbreviation Dot|o"
+	    Tooltip     "Abbreviation punctuation with appropriate ensuing space"
+	    LyXOutput	"0x002e 0x2009"
+	    LatexOutput	\".
+	    IsLetter	1
+	    PlaintextOutput "0x002e 0x2009"
+	    XHTMLOutput	.&#x2009;
+	    Font
+	      Color		latex
+	    EndFont
+	End
 	SpecialChar gendermark
 	    Type	specialchar
 	    MenuString	"Gender Mark|G"
@@ -1474,6 +1526,19 @@ Language german-ch
 	    LaTeXOutput  \"|
 	    LaTeXOutputUTF8 \"|
 	End
+	SpecialChar abbrvdot
+	    Type	specialchar
+	    MenuString	"Abbreviation Dot|o"
+	    Tooltip     "Abbreviation punctuation with appropriate ensuing space"
+	    LyXOutput	"0x002e 0x2009"
+	    LatexOutput	\".
+	    IsLetter	1
+	    PlaintextOutput "0x002e 0x2009"
+	    XHTMLOutput	.&#x2009;
+	    Font
+	      Color		latex
+	    EndFont
+	End
 	SpecialChar gendermark
 	    Type	specialchar
 	    MenuString	"Gender Mark|G"
@@ -1556,6 +1621,19 @@ Language german-ch-old
 	    LaTeXOutput  \"|
 	    LaTeXOutputUTF8 \"|
 	End
+	SpecialChar abbrvdot
+	    Type	specialchar
+	    MenuString	"Abbreviation Dot|o"
+	    Tooltip     "Abbreviation punctuation with appropriate ensuing space"
+	    LyXOutput	"0x002e 0x2009"
+	    LatexOutput	\".
+	    IsLetter	1
+	    PlaintextOutput "0x002e 0x2009"
+	    XHTMLOutput	.&#x2009;
+	    Font
+	      Color		latex
+	    EndFont
+	End
 	SpecialChar gendermark
 	    Type	specialchar
 	    MenuString	"Gender Mark|G"
diff --git a/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_6.py b/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_6.py
index 9c9b52699c..507086648f 100644
--- a/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_6.py
+++ b/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_6.py
@@ -805,6 +805,25 @@ def revert_shorthands2(document):
         i += 1
         continue
 
+    i = 0
+    while True:
+        i = find_substring(document.body, "\\SpecialChar abbrvdot", i)
+        if i == -1:
+            break
+        document.body[i] = document.body[i].replace("\\SpecialChar abbrvdot", "")
+        lang = mainlang
+        l = find_token_backwards(document.body, "\\lang", i) != -1
+        if l > 0:
+            line = document.body[l]
+            tokenend = len("\\lang ")
+            lang = line[tokenend:].strip()
+        # abbrvdot and gendermark are featured by the same langs (german)
+        if lang in langs_gendermark:
+            cmd = put_cmd_in_ert("\".")
+            document.body[i + 1 : i + 1] = cmd
+        i += 1
+        continue
+
     i = 0
     while True:
         i = find_substring(document.body, "\\SpecialChar thinspacebreakpoint", i)
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