[XeTeX] problem with the package polyglossia arabic and perpage

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 15, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Jens Bakker <jbakker at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> 
> I would like to ask you for help, please: I have just updated TeX Live by TeX Live Utility, and suddenly all my files that I have written with polyglossia using the language Arabic and the package perpage do not compile, while they just compiled a few minutes ago correctly.
> 
> The attached minimal example seems to prove that it does not compile when the package perpage is used, because if \usepacke{perpage} is outcommented, the text compiles.
> 
> What can I do?
> 
> Thank you very much for your interest,
> Jens Bakker


Howdy,

The console error message should tell you all you need to know:

\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{arabic}
\newfontfamily\arabicfont{Scheherazade}

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)