language "german"

[hvoss49]

+++ ../postnotes.sty	2022-11-12 21:47:46
@@ -1175,6 +1175,18 @@
 \__postnotes_set_babel_language:nn { francais } { french }
 \__postnotes_set_babel_language:nn { frenchb }  { french }
 \__postnotes_set_polyglossia_language:nn { french } { french }
+\__postnotes_define_language:nn { german }
+  {
+    \tl_set:Nn \pntitle     { Endnoten }
+    \tl_set:Nn \pnhdnotes   { Endnoten }
+    \tl_set:Nn \pnhdtopage  { zu~Seite }
+    \tl_set:Nn \pnhdtopages { zu~Seiten }
+  }
+\__postnotes_set_babel_language:nn { german }    { german }
+\__postnotes_set_babel_language:nn { ngerman }   { german }
+\__postnotes_set_babel_language:nn { austrian }  { german }
+\__postnotes_set_polyglossia_language:nn { german } { german }
+
 %% 
 %%
 %% End of file `postnotes.sty'.

[gusbrs]

Hi @hvoss49 ,

thank you very much! I'll be glad to add them.

But, before I do so, let me ask you something. I took a look at babel's variants for german and, besides the ones you included, there are still germanb, ngermanb, naustrian, swissgerman, and nswissgerman. Do you see any reason not to include them as well?

[hvoss49]

Only naustrian, swissgerman, and nswissgerman should be added. The other two are not used or at least I never saw a document with germanb or ngermanb

[gusbrs]

The .ldfs exist, but I'm not really acquainted with babel-german's structure or history. So, I'll follow your advice. Thanks!

[hvoss49]

gusbrs,
you are correct, but german.ldf simply loads germanb.ldf. And as long I remember (and that are some decades of years ... :-), everybody uses german. However, it doesn't hurt, if you prefer to use all babel definitions.
greetings from Germanys captitol
Herbert

[gusbrs]

Hi Herbert,
I was taking a look at it, and indeed it seems germanb.ldf and ngermanb.ldf are the "working" files which the other variants load, and also that they once existed as package options, but this is deprecated (I presume since forever, given your memory of it). What I was trying to figure out was what would happen if these deprecated options were actually used (as we know, despite the efforts with documentation and what not, there's always some user). And it turns out that babel-german makes it behave as though the supported option were used. So, if one does \usepackage[ngermanb]{babel}, one gets \languagename ngerman. And, since postnotes uses the language hook, that's what matters. So, as far as I can tell, adding germanb and ngermanb would be harmless, but also pointless, in which case, better not. So, I'm sticking to your good advice.
Cheers!

[gusbrs]

Hi Herbert,
I've just added support for German, according to your recommendations. Thank you very much once again!
I'll prepare a release so that you can enjoy this soon. :-)