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Language Support
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   Some parts of RefTeX are language dependent.  The default settings
work well for English.  If you are writing in a different language, the
following hints may be useful:

   * The mechanism to derive a label from context includes the
     abbreviation of words and omission of unimportant words.  These
     mechanisms may have to be changed for other languages.  See the
     variables `reftex-derive-label-parameters' and
     `reftex-abbrev-parameters'.

   * Also, when a label is derived from context, RefTeX clears the
     context string from non-ASCII characters in order to make a legal
     label.  If there should ever be a version of TeX which allows
     extended characters _in labels_, then we will have to look at the
     variables `reftex-translate-to-ascii-function' and
     `reftex-label-illegal-re'.

   * When a label is referenced, RefTeX looks at the word before point
     to guess which label type is required.  These _magic words_ are
     different in every language.  For an example of how to add magic
     words, see Note: Adding Magic Words.

   * RefTeX inserts "punctuation" for multiple references and for the
     author list in citations.  Some of this may be language dependent.
     See the variables `reftex-multiref-punctuation' and
     `reftex-cite-punctuation'.