[XeTeX] Malayalam typesetting using XeLaTeX

[Zdenek Wagner]

2013/11/14 NMPOST7 <nmpost7 at gmail.com>:
> On 14/11/2013 22:25, Zdenek Wagner wrote:
>> No, see my example. I have added Mapping=malayalamnumerals to the font
>> definition. Whenever you switch to Malayalam, all Arabic digits will
>> be converted automatically. They will be converted just before they
>> are printed, not in the aux files. For instance, the .toc file of our
>> book contains:
>>
>> \contentsline {chapter}{ज़्देन्येक वाग्नेर\,:\hspace {.5em}ताजमहल}{14}
>> \contentsline {chapter}{अरुणा राय\,:\hspace {.5em}चुंबन}{18}
>> \contentsline {chapter}{ज़्देन्येक वाग्नेर\,:\hspace {.5em}हे मकड़ी}{22}
>> \contentsline {chapter}{अरुणा राय\,:\hspace {.5em}जो मिरा इक महबूब है}{24}
>> \contentsline {chapter}{ज़्देन्येक वाग्नेर\,:\hspace {.5em}मेघ}{26}
>> \contentsline {chapter}{अरुणा राय\,:\hspace {.5em}मेरे सपनों का राजकुमार}{28}
>> \contentsline {chapter}{ज़्देन्येक वाग्नेर\,:\hspace {.5em}स्वर}{30}
>> \contentsline {chapter}{अरुणा राय\,:\hspace {.5em}मौन का हाथ}{32}
>>
>> You see that the page numbers are Arabic but they will be converted to
>> Devanagari because this part of the table of contents is printed in
>> the Hindi environment.
>>
>> If you do not wish to convert all numbers, do not add the mapping to
>> the font definition and only at the places where conversion should
>> occur, use within a group \addfontfeatures{Mapping=malayalamnumerals}.
>>>
>
> Thank you. I prefer all the numbers to be in Malayalam.
> I tried to compile the document (attachment) with the line I mentioned
>
> \renewcommand{\thesection}{\malayalamnumerals{section}}
>
> the compiler came me an error message
>
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> \thesection ->\malayalamnumerals
>                                  {section}
> l.51 \section{പ്രാരംഭഃ }
>
No, such command makes no sense. Just define the font as in my
example. I repeat it below:

\newfontfamily\malayalamfont[Script=Malayalam,Mapping=malayalamnumerals]{Rachana}

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