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Better document Language options

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Description

In Quarto, some part of a document or project can be tweaked using Language options as documented in https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/language.html

Though in this doc we say:

You can discover all of the language values that can be customized by referencing this file: https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/blob/main/src/resources/language/_language.yml.

It would probably be easier user experience to have those option listed in quarto.org in this page, or a specific page.

We could have

  • something simple like a table of existing keys, and what they will modify (or their english default)
  • Or something more complex with a dynamic content where language can be selected, and default for this language shown for each key.

Anyhow, improving this part could help users IMO.

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the language options page at quarto.org/docs/authoring/language.html and compare it with src/resources/language/_language.yml. Read the related discussion to determine whether the project wants a key/default table or a dynamic presentation. Done means the supported language options are documented on the site with their effect or English default.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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