From 95326e21e6502612ddfcadb59714825aead8a70e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:25:07 +0200
Subject: Add `shorthands` variable for LaTeX output.

If true, pandoc will allow language-specific shorthands
when loading babel.

Closes #11160.
---
 MANUAL.txt                      | 5 +++++
 data/templates/common.latex     | 4 ++--
 test/command/9472.md            | 4 ++--
 test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index af7a573c3..4bff32e2a 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -3056,6 +3056,11 @@ Pandoc uses these variables when [creating a PDF] with a LaTeX engine.
         - heightrounded
         ...
 
+`shorthands`
+:   Enable language-specific shorthands when loading `babel`.
+    (By default, pandoc includes `shorthands=off` when loading
+    `babel`, disabling language-specific shorthands.)
+
 `hyperrefoptions`
 :   option for [`hyperref`] package, e.g. `linktoc=all`;
     repeat for multiple options:
diff --git a/data/templates/common.latex b/data/templates/common.latex
index 5f32758ed..46c32823f 100644
--- a/data/templates/common.latex
+++ b/data/templates/common.latex
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ $-- Babel language support
 $--
 $if(lang)$
 \ifLuaTeX
-\usepackage[bidi=basic,shorthands=off,$for(babeloptions)$,$babeloptions$$endfor$]{babel}
+\usepackage[bidi=basic$if(shorthands)$$else$,shorthands=off$endif$$for(babeloptions)$,$babeloptions$$endfor$]{babel}
 \else
-\usepackage[bidi=default,shorthands=off,$for(babeloptions)$,$babeloptions$$endfor$]{babel}
+\usepackage[bidi=default$if(shorthands)$$else$,shorthands=off$endif$$for(babeloptions)$,$babeloptions$$endfor$]{babel}
 \fi
 $if(babel-lang)$
 $if(mainfont)$
diff --git a/test/command/9472.md b/test/command/9472.md
index dffd103fc..f40e63bc1 100644
--- a/test/command/9472.md
+++ b/test/command/9472.md
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ More text in English. ['Zitat auf Deutsch.']{lang=de}
   \KOMAoptions{parskip=half}}
 \makeatother
 \ifLuaTeX
-\usepackage[bidi=basic,shorthands=off,]{babel}
+\usepackage[bidi=basic,shorthands=off]{babel}
 \else
-\usepackage[bidi=default,shorthands=off,]{babel}
+\usepackage[bidi=default,shorthands=off]{babel}
 \fi
 \ifLuaTeX
   \usepackage{selnolig} % disable illegal ligatures
diff --git a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
index 842ca98a6..0d6b003bf 100644
--- a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
+++ b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
   \KOMAoptions{parskip=half}}
 \makeatother
 \ifLuaTeX
-\usepackage[bidi=basic,shorthands=off,]{babel}
+\usepackage[bidi=basic,shorthands=off]{babel}
 \else
-\usepackage[bidi=default,shorthands=off,]{babel}
+\usepackage[bidi=default,shorthands=off]{babel}
 \fi
 \ifLuaTeX
   \usepackage{selnolig} % disable illegal ligatures
-- 
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