[XeTeX] bidi etc

peter wilson herries.press at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 15 00:22:05 CEST 2009


Vafa,

     Where do I find bidimemoir? It doesn't appear to be on CTAN.

Thanks
Peter W.

Vafa Khalighi wrote:
> 
> Hi Father
> 
>     Hi Vafa:
> 
>     Thanks for the update for your various packages ... and I'm sorry to
>     hear that you're ill. I will ask the monks here to pray for your
>     recovery.
> 
> 
> Thanks heaps. I appreciate your kindness.
>  
> 
> 
> 
>     One question I have, although it's not a pressing need: will bidi
>     work in tables with the memoir class? There's usually a warning
>     message that says:
> 
>         Package bidi Warning: You are using the package array (or the
>         memoir class).
>          Unfortunately right-to-left tabular environments are not
>          yet supported with the array package..
> 
> 
> The current version of bidi package will support all tabular packages 
> such as standard latex tabular, tabulary, tabularx, array, stabular, 
> supertabular and a few others. The warning has been removed. But if you 
> typeset a table in RTL mode, you might get a warning saying \overfull 
> hbox or something like that when you are using array package with the 
> bidi package. Please note that bidi should be the last package you load. 
> Now I also have written a modified version of the memoir class 
> (bidimemoir). So if your intention is to write a full document in RTL, 
> you should use bidimemoir class but if you just want to write some 
> pieces of texts RTL and not the whole document, you can use memoir class.
>  
> 
> 
> 
>     At present, I'm not trying to use RTL (Arabic) in a table ... but
>     I'd like to in future.
> 
> 
> That is ok. You can use RTL in tables any time. We support all tabular 
> packages in this version of bidi. But due to xetex limitations, if you 
> use longtable in RTL mode, unfortunately your table can not be broken 
> when you have reached end of the page.
> 
> 
> 
>     Thanks for all your assistance.
> 
> 
> No worries.
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Vafa  Khalighi
> 
>      
> 
> 



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