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ID	317🔗
Submitted by:	Nicola Talbot 🦜
Date:	2026-05-17 19:40:27
Last update:	2026-05-18 07:55:21
Status	Open Sign in if you want to bump this report.
Category	tracklang
Version	1.6.6
Summary	Package options processed in order of option definition
Cross Ref	316

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Description

Options picked up through the document class are processed in the order the option was defined instead of the listed order.

The example lists options in the order french, german, english, spanish but the dialect list is in the order: english, french, german, spanish.

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% arara: pdflatex
\documentclass[french,german,english,spanish]{article}

\usepackage{tracklang}

\begin{document}
 \ForEachTrackedDialect{\thisdialect}{\thisdialect. }
\end{document}

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🔗Comment from Denis Bitouzé
Date: 2026-05-18 07:45:38

> but the dialect list is in the order: english, french, german, spanish.

So in the alphabetic order?

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🔗Comment from Nicola Talbot 🦜
Date: 2026-05-18 07:55:21
Repying to: Denis Bitouzé 2026-05-18 07:45:38

It’s the order in which the tracklang package options are defined which happens to be in alphabetical order.

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