[texworks] ArabTeX and TeXworks

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 20 mai 2010 à 02:16, Juan Acevedo a écrit :

> I am using ArabTeX, with the utf8 package so that it can use Unicode Arabic input. If I run the file from TeXShop, things look alright, but if I compile from TeXworks, my Unicode Arabic comes out as black boxes.
> 
> Binary preferences seem to be the same for both editors, using TL2009 files system-wide. TW is v.0.2.3 (r.466), running under Mac OSX 10.6.3.
> 
> I wonder what is happening, and if there is a fix for this behaviour.
> 
> Here is a minimal file:
> --------------------------
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> \usepackage{arabtex,utf8}
> \begin{document}
> \setcode{utf8}
> \RL{salAm}
> 
> \RL{سلام عليكم}
> \end{document}
> --------------------------

You need to make sure both TeXShop and TeXworks use UTF-8 encoding in their editor, and the same typesetting engine (ie pdfLaTeX).

Regarding the editor encoding, see

- For TeXShop: Preferences > Source > Encoding

- For TeXworks: Preferences > Editor > Encoding

Regarding the typesetting engine:

- For TeXShop: LaTeX in the toolbar, Pdftex in the Typeset menu

- For TeXworks: pdfLaTeX in the toolbar

Here's what I'm getting with these settings (Mac OS X 10.6.3, TeXShop 2.33, TeXworks 0.3 r567):

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Another possibility is to switch to XeLaTeX instead of pdfLaTeX. Then you must switch to the arabxetex package IIRC, and not call the utf8 package since XeLaTeX deals with Unicode input natively.

Bruno Voisin