[XeTeX] problem with the package polyglossia arabic and perpage

[Jens Bakker]

Dear Herbert Schulz, dear Peter Dyballa,

Thank you very much for your fast and very helpful replies. I have chosen the solution of Herbert Schulz, because, for the time being, such a file can also run on a computer that has the updated version of bidi.

Thanks al lot again,
with best wishes and best regards,
Jens Bakker



Am 16.11.2012 um 00:56 schrieb Herbert Schulz:

> 
> On Nov 15, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Nov 15, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Jens Bakker <jbakker at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
>>> 
>>> I would like to ask you for help, please: I have just updated TeX Live by TeX Live Utility, and suddenly all my files that I have written with polyglossia using the language Arabic and the package perpage do not compile, while they just compiled a few minutes ago correctly.
>>> 
>>> The attached minimal example seems to prove that it does not compile when the package perpage is used, because if \usepacke{perpage} is outcommented, the text compiles.
>>> 
>>> What can I do?
>>> 
>>> Thank you very much for your interest,
>>> Jens Bakker
>> 
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> The console error message should tell you all you need to know:
>> 
>> \usepackage{polyglossia}
>> \setmainlanguage{arabic}
>> \newfontfamily\arabicfont{Scheherazade}
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Sorry, I forgot to uncomment the \usepackage{perpage} and that gave an error message. However, If I moved the perpage package after the font commands it seems to work fine.
> 
> %%!TEX TS-program = xelatexmk
> \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside]{article}
> 
> \usepackage{polyglossia}
> \setmainlanguage{arabic}
> \newfontfamily\arabicfont{Geeza Pro}
> 
> \usepackage{perpage}
> 
> \begin{document}
> جاء زيد إلى عمرو
> \end{document}
> 
> (I don't have Scheherazade so I am using Geeza Pro on my Mac.)
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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