[OS X TeX] Re: arabi

[B. Ludvigsen]

Recent versions of ArabTeX respect UTF-8 allowing you mix both Klaus's
transliteration scheme AND native UTF-8 Arabic. I use emacs on a Mac
which doesn't support Arabic very well, so my Arabic text is typed in
Text Edit and then inserted into the LaTeX document. However, if you
use a native OS X editor which is UTF-8 aware, such as TeXShop you
will be able to type Arabic directly into your document. (I just made
a small test now and it works fine.)

- Børre

PS I use a Norwegian keyboard, so "ø" is ø, but on a US keyboard it is
   <option>+. See your "Keyboard Viewer" for the rest. If you do a lot
   of international characterset typing it's a good idea to have the
   input menu visible in the menu bar. That way you can pick and
   choose the occaisional character from the Character Palette or
   Keyboard viewer.



On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:34:36AM +0100, Manuel Souto Pico wrote:
> Thanks Børre,
> 
> I have ArabTeX installed and it works ok for me (at least last time it
> did). It is a great package (they do nice things at Stuttgart :), but
> the problem I have with this system is that I'd like to type directly
> in Arabic script and, if I'm not mistaken, you can only type a
> transliteration in Latin characters (that  ArabTeX transforms into
> Arabic script as well as the transliteration, if you want it).
> 
> Thanks a lot for your help!
> 
> Manuel
> 
> PS Any keyboard combination to print the ø letter ? :)
> 
> 2007/1/22, B. Ludvigsen <b at hiof.no>:
> >I would recommend Klaus Lagally's ArabTeX. It works ver well for
> >me. The URL is: 
> >http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ifi/bs/research/arab_e.html
> >
> >If you have problems I'll be happy to try to help you out.
> >
> >- Børre
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 01:53:09AM +0100, Manuel Souto Pico wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'd like to know if anyone in the list has ever used or installed the
> >> package arabi, which is used to include text in Arabic in LaTeX
> >> documents.
> >>
> >> Any indication as to how I can get to install this package will be 
> >welcome.
> >>
> >> Regards, Manuel
> >>
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