! Package babel Error: I cannot switch `"' on or off--not a shorthand.

[Paolo Cavallini]

I consistently get this error when make latexpdf, sphinx 1.2.2 and 1.2.3
Any hint?
All the best.

[Paolo Cavallini]

I have:
python-docutils 0.12+dfsg-1
texlive-latex-base 2014.20140821-1
I found that for Italian there is in fact a problem with quotes and shorthand[0], but it is not clear to me how to fix it from the Sphinx side.

[0] http://www.guitex.org/home/en/forum/5-tex-e-latex/94145-problema-con-shorthandoffq

[Takayuki Shimizukawa]

Hi Paolo,

Thanks for a reporting.

Can you create a small sample to reproduce it? I read the linked page
you mentioned, but it is difficult to understand the case even if I
used google translator :(
And if possible, can you report it to the sphinx issue tracker and
attach the small sample?

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[Paolo Cavallini]

I found that this is related to my custom Makefile, to do translations:

latexpdf:
    @for lang in $(LANGUAGES);\
    do \
        mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/latex/$(SOURCE)/$$lang $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees/$(SOURCE)/$$lang;\
        echo "$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(SOURCE) $(BUILDDIR)/latex/$(SOURCE)/$$lang";\
        $(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(SOURCE) $(BUILDDIR)/latex/$(SOURCE)/$$lang;\
        echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex...";\
        $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex/$(SOURCE)/$$lang all-pdf;\
    done
    @echo
    @echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex/<language>.";\

I'll try with the mainstream approach (sphinx-intl). Or better try with Sphinx 1.3, which ASAIK has a better supoport for internationalization?

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[Paolo Cavallini]

If I can get some advice, I'll be happy of testing Sphinx development version, if this is useful.

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi all.
Restarted from scratch, followinf sphinx-intl suggestions.
Now I get (for italian and english as well):

! Package babel Error: Unknown language `italian'. Either you have
(babel)                misspelled its name, it has not been installed,
(babel)                or you requested it in a previous run. Fix its name,
(babel)                install it or just rerun the file, respectively.

[Paolo Cavallini]

Small test project attached.
The command:

make -e SPHINXOPTS="-D language='it'" latexpd

triggers the error above. However, the pdf is produced.
Thanks.

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[Takayuki Shimizukawa]

Hi Paolo,

I tried to build your small project "test.tar.gz".

> ! Package babel Error: Unknown language `italian'. Either you have
> (babel) misspelled its name, it has not been installed,
> (babel) or you requested it in a previous run. Fix its name,
> (babel) install it or just rerun the file, respectively.

I didn't get this message but I got a another warning as:

Package babel Warning: No hyphenation patterns were loaded for
(babel) the language `Italian'
(babel) I will use the patterns loaded for \language=0 instead.

My full console log is here:
https://gist.github.com/shimizukawa/690ce8e7e1bb6de3b05e

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar to LaTeX and babel the I don't say
anything why that happen. My testing environment is:

* Ubuntu-12.04 LTS
* TeXLive 2012
* Sphinx-1.2.3
* make latexpdf SPHINXOPTS="-D language=it"

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[Paolo Cavallini]

Now, after an upgrade (debian sid) the error has disappeared, so I assume it was a latex bug.

Sorry for the noise.

[Takayuki Shimizukawa]

2014-09-16 15:30 GMT+09:00 Paolo Cavallini <paolo.c...@gmail.com>:
> Now, after an upgrade (debian sid) the error has disappeared, so I assume it
> was a latex bug.
> Sorry for the noise.

No problem, it's a good news ;)
Let's use newer version!

[Ivan Cerato]

Hi,
I have the same problem with Xubuntu 15.10 (Latex default installation and Sphinx last version) and I find a solution about this:

You add this lines in files: conf.py

latex_elements = {
         'babel':'\\usepackage[shorthands=off]{babel}'
}

And now italian language setting is ok.

Bye

Ivan Cerato