[XeTeX] latin numerals in Russian

[Vadim Radionov]

Hi, Vladimir,

I'me using rather old TeX live, and I took the fresh polyglossia from CTAN
(it is v.1.1.1).
So I replaced the gloss-russian.ldf from github (it differs from the CTAN
distribution) and now it works fine, thank you!

Yours,
Vadim

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl at gmail.com> wrote:

> ** Vadim Radionov [2010-06-29 15:30:12 +0400]:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > What is the right way to change Russian numerals produced by
> > \alph{subsection} to latin?  I'm trying to do it with
> > \setdefaultlanguage[numerals=latin]{russian} with no effect.  This option
> is
> > not mentioned in the manual, but there's some code in gloss-russian.ldf
> that
> > is probably assumed to do the job.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Vadim
> >
> > % ----------------
> > \documentclass{book}
> >
> > \usepackage{polyglossia}
> > \setdefaultlanguage[numerals=latin]{russian}
> >
> > \def\russianfont{}
> > \setmainfont{CharterITC}
> >
> > \begin{document}
> > \makeatletter
> > \@alph{1}-\@alph{2}-\@alph{3}
> > \end{document}
>
> What TeX distro do you use? MiKTeX or TeX Live?
> Which version?
>
> Anyway, I tested your example with TeX Live 2010 with polyglossia v1.1.1
> dated 2010/03/23. The output numerals are in Russian.
>
> Then I tested with polyglossia files (polyglossia.sty and
> gloss-russian.ldf) taken from git repo. The output is with latin numerals.
>
> Sorry, but you have to grab[1] these files from git repo to get desire
> result. I don't know when François Charrette will release new version of
> polyglossia. And actually you don't have to specify option
> 'numerals=latin' as is it default in new polyglossia.
>
>
> [1] Or you could use this approach:
> ----------------------- 8< -------------------------
> \documentclass{book}
>
> \usepackage{polyglossia}
> \makeatletter
> \let\latin at alph\@alph
> \makeatother
> \setdefaultlanguage{russian}
>
> \setmainfont{DejaVu Serif}
>
> \begin{document}
> \makeatletter
> \latin at alph{1}-\latin at alph{2}-\latin at alph(3)
> \makeatother
> \end{document}
> ----------------------- 8< -------------------------
>
> P.S. Always use pair: '\makeatletter' - '\makeatother' !
>
> --
> WBW, Vladimir Lomov
>
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