[XeTeX] Fwd: Re: Overline in xetex using polyglossia

[Yusuf Mitha]

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From: Yusuf Mitha <tongaatdiscountworld at gmail.com>
Date: 14 July 2010 17:53
Subject: Re: Re: [XeTeX] Overline in xetex using polyglossia
To: Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org>


>> > I have just started using polyglosia last week. I dont know if it an
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>> > issue or there is a work around. In Englis text if I use {$\overline
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>> > {test}$}, the word gets overlines. However If I do it to Arabic texts.
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>> > It just dissapears.
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>> >
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>> > Is there a way to implement the \eamph command for overlining arabic
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>> > texts just like arabxetex?
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>> You can try this:
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>> \def\aemph#1{$\overline{\hbox{#1}}$}
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>> Basically, you have to set the text inside an hbox so that it is not
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>> treated as maths text.
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>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>  Khaled


Thanks a lot. That Has done the trick :)


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