[XeTeX] sectioning commands with arabxetex

Wed Mar 16 09:33:09 CET 2011

fair enough. Is it a long hack to change that Persian case in Bidi to the
Arabic case? And are your sure it is something to do with Bidi not with
polyglossia? Thanks.

On 16 March 2011 11:43, Vafa Khalighi <vafakhlgh at gmail.com> wrote:

> bidi is developed from a Persian perspective and it may not be what other
> languages use. In Persian sectioning is RTL. At least I know that Khaled
> Hosny also agrees on this.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Try this ...
>>
>> \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
>>
>> \usepackage{polyglossia}
>>
>> \setmainlanguage{arabic}
>>
>> \setotherlanguage{english}
>>
>> \newfontfamily\arabicfont[Scale=1.5,Script=Arabic]{Scheherazade}
>>
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> \section{واحد}
>>
>> \subsection{واحد . واحد}
>>
>> \section{اثنان}
>>
>> \subsection{اثنان . واحد}
>>
>> \section{ثلاثة}
>>
>> \subsection{ثلاثة . واحد}
>>
>> \end{document}
>>
>>
>> It shows clearly that subsection numbering is typeset *right to left* as
>> opposed to the normal direction *left to right*.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> On 15 March 2011 15:03, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
>> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> documentclass[a4paper]{article}
>>> \usepackage{polyglossia}
>>> \setmainlanguage{arabic}
>>> \setotherlanguage{english}
>>> \newfontfamily\arabicfont[Scale=1.5,Script=Arabic]{Scheherazade}
>>>
>>> \begin{document}
>>> ...
>>> \section{أسس الطباعه الحديثة}
>>> ...
>>> \subsection{الخطوط الرقمية  \textenglish{(Fonts)}}
>>> ...
>>> \end{document}
>>>
>>> Thanks?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 March 2011 14:45, Vafa Khalighi <vafakhlgh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is your minimal example?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
>>>> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>
>>>>> Now with polyglossia I can typeset arabic in sectioning commands,
>>>>> however, I still have Arabic-indic numbering typeset from right to left
>>>>> (i.e. 3.1 is show 1.3). Is this something to do with the internal code of
>>>>> \section command?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15 March 2011 10:32, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
>>>>> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank Vafa. I refrained from using Arabxetex and rather discovered
>>>>>> polyglossia
>>>>>> which solved the problem for now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15 March 2011 09:55, Vafa Khalighi <vafakhlgh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do not put your sectioning commands inside RTL environment (arab).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2011/3/15 Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am preparing a manuscript with arabxetex and facing a problem with
>>>>>>>> sectioning commands (\section,\subsec...),
>>>>>>>> basically the problem is that I get Arabic digits instead of
>>>>>>>> Arabic-indic and also the numbering is typeset right to
>>>>>>>> left (i.e. 1.3 for 3.1) the code snippet looks as follows:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> \begin{arab}
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> \subsection{\textarab{الخطوط الرقمية} \textLR{(Fonts)}}
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> \end{arab}
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am also planning to include figures with captions and presume the
>>>>>>>> same problem.
>>>>>>>> Any advice is appreciated.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>>>>>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>>>>>>> College of Applied Science
>>>>>>>> P.O. Box 699
>>>>>>>> Nizwa, 611
>>>>>>>> Oman
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> If some one say: "You divide ten into two parts: multiply the one by
>>>>>>> itself; it will be equal to the other taken eighty-one times." Computation:
>>>>>>> You say, ten less thing, multiplied by itself, is a hundred plus a square
>>>>>>> less twenty things, and this is equal to eighty-one things. Separate the
>>>>>>> twenty things from a hundred and a square, and add them to eighty-one. It
>>>>>>> will then be a hundred plus a square, which is equal to a hundred and one
>>>>>>> roots. Halve the roots; the moiety is fifty and a half. Multiply this by
>>>>>>> itself, it is two thousand five hundred and fifty and a quarter. Subtract
>>>>>>> from this one hundred; the remainder is two thousand four hundred and fifty
>>>>>>> and a quarter. Extract the root from this; it is forty-nine and a half.
>>>>>>> Subtract this from the moiety of the roots, which is fifty and a half. There
>>>>>>> remains one, and this is one of the two parts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>>>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>>>>> College of Applied Science
>>>>>> P.O. Box 699
>>>>>> Nizwa, 611
>>>>>> Oman
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>>>> College of Applied Science
>>>>> P.O. Box 699
>>>>> Nizwa, 611
>>>>> Oman
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> If some one say: "You divide ten into two parts: multiply the one by
>>>> itself; it will be equal to the other taken eighty-one times." Computation:
>>>> You say, ten less thing, multiplied by itself, is a hundred plus a square
>>>> less twenty things, and this is equal to eighty-one things. Separate the
>>>> twenty things from a hundred and a square, and add them to eighty-one. It
>>>> will then be a hundred plus a square, which is equal to a hundred and one
>>>> roots. Halve the roots; the moiety is fifty and a half. Multiply this by
>>>> itself, it is two thousand five hundred and fifty and a quarter. Subtract
>>>> from this one hundred; the remainder is two thousand four hundred and fifty
>>>> and a quarter. Extract the root from this; it is forty-nine and a half.
>>>> Subtract this from the moiety of the roots, which is fifty and a half. There
>>>> remains one, and this is one of the two parts.
>>>>
>>>> *Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>> College of Applied Science
>>> P.O. Box 699
>>> Nizwa, 611
>>> Oman
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>> College of Applied Science
>> P.O. Box 699
>> Nizwa, 611
>> Oman
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> If some one say: "You divide ten into two parts: multiply the one by
> itself; it will be equal to the other taken eighty-one times." Computation:
> You say, ten less thing, multiplied by itself, is a hundred plus a square
> less twenty things, and this is equal to eighty-one things. Separate the
> twenty things from a hundred and a square, and add them to eighty-one. It
> will then be a hundred plus a square, which is equal to a hundred and one
> roots. Halve the roots; the moiety is fifty and a half. Multiply this by
> itself, it is two thousand five hundred and fifty and a quarter. Subtract
> from this one hundred; the remainder is two thousand four hundred and fifty
> and a quarter. Extract the root from this; it is forty-nine and a half.
> Subtract this from the moiety of the roots, which is fifty and a half. There
> remains one, and this is one of the two parts.
>
> *Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī*
>
>

-- 
Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
College of Applied Science
P.O. Box 699
Nizwa, 611
Oman
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