[XeTeX] sectioning commands with arabxetex

Wed Mar 16 09:57:21 CET 2011

thanks works like magic!

On 16 March 2011 12:41, Vafa Khalighi <vafakhlgh at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/10589/fix-nested-section-numbers-in-rtl-languages-with-polyglossia/10650#10650
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>
>>
>> fair enough. Is it a long hack to change that Persian case in Bidi to the
>> Arabic case? And are your sure it is something to do with Bidi not with
>> polyglossia? Thanks.
>>
>>
>> On 16 March 2011 11:43, Vafa Khalighi <vafakhlgh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> bidi is developed from a Persian perspective and it may not be what other
>>> languages use. In Persian sectioning is RTL. At least I know that Khaled
>>> Hosny also agrees on this.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
>>> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Try this ...
>>>>
>>>> \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
>>>>
>>>> \usepackage{polyglossia}
>>>>
>>>> \setmainlanguage{arabic}
>>>>
>>>> \setotherlanguage{english}
>>>>
>>>> \newfontfamily\arabicfont[Scale=1.5,Script=Arabic]{Scheherazade}
>>>>
>>>> \begin{document}
>>>>
>>>> \section{واحد}
>>>>
>>>> \subsection{واحد . واحد}
>>>>
>>>> \section{اثنان}
>>>>
>>>> \subsection{اثنان . واحد}
>>>>
>>>> \section{ثلاثة}
>>>>
>>>> \subsection{ثلاثة . واحد}
>>>>
>>>> \end{document}
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It shows clearly that subsection numbering is typeset *right to left* as
>>>> opposed to the normal direction *left to right*.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 15 March 2011 15:03, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
>>>> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> documentclass[a4paper]{article}
>>>>> \usepackage{polyglossia}
>>>>> \setmainlanguage{arabic}
>>>>> \setotherlanguage{english}
>>>>> \newfontfamily\arabicfont[Scale=1.5,Script=Arabic]{Scheherazade}
>>>>>
>>>>> \begin{document}
>>>>> ...
>>>>> \section{أسس الطباعه الحديثة}
>>>>> ...
>>>>> \subsection{الخطوط الرقمية  \textenglish{(Fonts)}}
>>>>> ...
>>>>> \end{document}
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15 March 2011 14:45, Vafa Khalighi <vafakhlgh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What is your minimal example?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
>>>>>> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now with polyglossia I can typeset arabic in sectioning commands,
>>>>>>> however, I still have Arabic-indic numbering typeset from right to left
>>>>>>> (i.e. 3.1 is show 1.3). Is this something to do with the internal code of
>>>>>>> \section command?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15 March 2011 10:32, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <
>>>>>>> abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank Vafa. I refrained from using Arabxetex and rather discovered
>>>>>>>> polyglossia
>>>>>>>> which solved the problem for now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 15 March 2011 09:55, Vafa Khalighi <vafakhlgh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Do not put your sectioning commands inside RTL environment (arab).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2011/3/15 Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm <abdulrhman.niz at cas.edu.om>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am preparing a manuscript with arabxetex and facing a problem
>>>>>>>>>> with sectioning commands (\section,\subsec...),
>>>>>>>>>> basically the problem is that I get Arabic digits instead of
>>>>>>>>>> Arabic-indic and also the numbering is typeset right to
>>>>>>>>>> left (i.e. 1.3 for 3.1) the code snippet looks as follows:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> \begin{arab}
>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> \subsection{\textarab{الخطوط الرقمية} \textLR{(Fonts)}}
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>> \end{arab}
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am also planning to include figures with captions and presume
>>>>>>>>>> the same problem.
>>>>>>>>>> Any advice is appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>>>>>>>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>>>>>>>>> College of Applied Science
>>>>>>>>>> P.O. Box 699
>>>>>>>>>> Nizwa, 611
>>>>>>>>>> Oman
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> If some one say: "You divide ten into two parts: multiply the one
>>>>>>>>> by itself; it will be equal to the other taken eighty-one times."
>>>>>>>>> Computation: You say, ten less thing, multiplied by itself, is a hundred
>>>>>>>>> plus a square less twenty things, and this is equal to eighty-one things.
>>>>>>>>> Separate the twenty things from a hundred and a square, and add them to
>>>>>>>>> eighty-one. It will then be a hundred plus a square, which is equal to a
>>>>>>>>> hundred and one roots. Halve the roots; the moiety is fifty and a half.
>>>>>>>>> Multiply this by itself, it is two thousand five hundred and fifty and a
>>>>>>>>> quarter. Subtract from this one hundred; the remainder is two thousand four
>>>>>>>>> hundred and fifty and a quarter. Extract the root from this; it is
>>>>>>>>> forty-nine and a half. Subtract this from the moiety of the roots, which is
>>>>>>>>> fifty and a half. There remains one, and this is one of the two parts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>>>>>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>>>>>>> College of Applied Science
>>>>>>>> P.O. Box 699
>>>>>>>> Nizwa, 611
>>>>>>>> Oman
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>>>>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>>>>>> College of Applied Science
>>>>>>> P.O. Box 699
>>>>>>> Nizwa, 611
>>>>>>> Oman
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> If some one say: "You divide ten into two parts: multiply the one by
>>>>>> itself; it will be equal to the other taken eighty-one times." Computation:
>>>>>> You say, ten less thing, multiplied by itself, is a hundred plus a square
>>>>>> less twenty things, and this is equal to eighty-one things. Separate the
>>>>>> twenty things from a hundred and a square, and add them to eighty-one. It
>>>>>> will then be a hundred plus a square, which is equal to a hundred and one
>>>>>> roots. Halve the roots; the moiety is fifty and a half. Multiply this by
>>>>>> itself, it is two thousand five hundred and fifty and a quarter. Subtract
>>>>>> from this one hundred; the remainder is two thousand four hundred and fifty
>>>>>> and a quarter. Extract the root from this; it is forty-nine and a half.
>>>>>> Subtract this from the moiety of the roots, which is fifty and a half. There
>>>>>> remains one, and this is one of the two parts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>>>> College of Applied Science
>>>>> P.O. Box 699
>>>>> Nizwa, 611
>>>>> Oman
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>>>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>>>> College of Applied Science
>>>> P.O. Box 699
>>>> Nizwa, 611
>>>> Oman
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> If some one say: "You divide ten into two parts: multiply the one by
>>> itself; it will be equal to the other taken eighty-one times." Computation:
>>> You say, ten less thing, multiplied by itself, is a hundred plus a square
>>> less twenty things, and this is equal to eighty-one things. Separate the
>>> twenty things from a hundred and a square, and add them to eighty-one. It
>>> will then be a hundred plus a square, which is equal to a hundred and one
>>> roots. Halve the roots; the moiety is fifty and a half. Multiply this by
>>> itself, it is two thousand five hundred and fifty and a quarter. Subtract
>>> from this one hundred; the remainder is two thousand four hundred and fifty
>>> and a quarter. Extract the root from this; it is forty-nine and a half.
>>> Subtract this from the moiety of the roots, which is fifty and a half. There
>>> remains one, and this is one of the two parts.
>>>
>>> *Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī*
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
>> Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
>> College of Applied Science
>> P.O. Box 699
>> Nizwa, 611
>> Oman
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> If some one say: "You divide ten into two parts: multiply the one by
> itself; it will be equal to the other taken eighty-one times." Computation:
> You say, ten less thing, multiplied by itself, is a hundred plus a square
> less twenty things, and this is equal to eighty-one things. Separate the
> twenty things from a hundred and a square, and add them to eighty-one. It
> will then be a hundred plus a square, which is equal to a hundred and one
> roots. Halve the roots; the moiety is fifty and a half. Multiply this by
> itself, it is two thousand five hundred and fifty and a quarter. Subtract
> from this one hundred; the remainder is two thousand four hundred and fifty
> and a quarter. Extract the root from this; it is forty-nine and a half.
> Subtract this from the moiety of the roots, which is fifty and a half. There
> remains one, and this is one of the two parts.
>
> *Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī*
>
>

-- 
Abdulrahman AAl Abdulsalam
Assistant Lecturer - IT Department
College of Applied Science
P.O. Box 699
Nizwa, 611
Oman
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