[XeTeX] RTL Standard LaTeX2e classes

[Mehdi Omidali]

Maybe an alternate is that we contact various class  writers to add an
option like direction=RTL to their calsses but we need some xetex
primitive with which we can make classes suitable for RTL or even
horizontal typesetting.

On 1/1/09, وفا خلیقی <vafakh9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear, Jonathan, Ross Moore, François Charette and others
>
> As you might know the standard LaTeX2e classes are not suitable for RTL
> documents and we need to change heaps of things and fix a lot of issues for
> bidirectional texts. I was wondering if It is a good idea if I and anyone
> who is interested work and make some LaTeX2e classes that are suitable for
> bidirectional typesetting so we do not have to spend lots of time and fix
> the issues with bidirectional typesetting in normal LaTeX2e classes. Then
> these files can be placed on /tex-archive/macro/xetex/latex/ and me and
> François Charette then do not have to fix things for bidirectional
> typesetting? any thoughts on this?
>