[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.
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> 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:
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> 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..
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> 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.
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> At present, I'm not trying to use RTL (Arabic) in a table ... but
> I'd like to in future.
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> 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.
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> Thanks for all your assistance.
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> No worries.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Vafa Khalighi
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