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> >
> >> Hello, I'm using the 2000 stable ConTeXt, english interface, and I have
a
> >> small problem: \sp doesn't work to switch to spanish: it gives a
"missing $
> >> inserted" error, and the output is a superscript rather than normal
text.
> >Probably it means superscript!? (I cannot find the definition).
> >> So I need \SP to switch to spanish (at least, \SP does not give any
error
> >> message); is this "feature" signaled somewhere?
> >I'm not sure whether \SP does it.
>
> \show\SP
>

Ok, \SP expand to \language [\s!sp ] so I guess that's it; now, I wonder:
shouldn't the spanish tag have been "es" rather than "sp"?

> >> (Btw, \sp for spanish doesn't work, \it is obviously kept for "italic"
> >> rather than italian ... what's wrong with us italic-languages-speakers?
:->
> >And with German speakers and \ss vs. \SS
> >> Anyway, maybe some coherence in the language selection
scheme ---everybody
> >> using UpperCase, that is--- could be nice)
> >
> >Well using \language[it] works always. There are simply too many nice
> >two letter commands \it, \em, \bf and simply to many languages to make
> >it work consistently :-(
>
> from lang-ini:
>
> \def\dodoinstalllanguage#1#2% #2 added
>   {\doifundefined{#1}{\setvalue{#1}{\language[#2]}}%
>    \expanded{\noexpand\uppercase{\noexpand\edef\noexpand\ascii{#1}}}%
>    \doifundefined{\ascii}{\setvalue{\ascii}{\language[#2]}}}
>
> So, the lowercase one is defined if yet undefined, the uppercase is
> defined, unless you redefine it for instance being an abbreviation, and as
> tobias explained, the \language and \mainlanguage commands accept the
> lowercase, of full name.
>

Giuseppe Bilotta