[XeTeX] XeLatex/Polyglossia/Bigfoot/Hebrew

[sjo]

I forgot to attach the example. Here it is.



On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 8:51 PM, sjo <sjo222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I am wondering if anyone has any experience with using bigfoot with Hebrew.
>
> (1) In an english document I can have many levels of footnotes, I can
> label the footnotes in the standard way, and reference them both in the
> main text and footnotes.
>
> However, in a Hebrew document, the footnotes references (whether in the
> main text or referred to in a footnote) seem to always refer to the last
> footnote number. Especially where we use "alh", i.e. the footnote number is
> in the Hebrew alphabet.
>
>     \DeclareNewFootnote[para]{A}[alph]
>
>
> An example is provided below where
>
>
> (\ref{fa1})
>
>
> (\ref{fa2})
>
>
> (\ref{fa3})
>
>
> are all typeset as (ג) -- i.e. as the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
>
>
> (2) I also note that the apparatus
>
>
>   \DeclareNewFootnote[para]{B}[arabic]
>
>
> prints in a right to left order, rather than a left to right order.
>
>
> What I am hoping to have is three levels of footnotes, each with a
> different marker (e.g. alph, arabic, roman) so that they are easily
> distinguishable.
>
>
> I imagine that I am not using polyglossia or bigfoot properly.  Any help
> would be appreciated.
>
>
> If there is an alternative package that works with polyglossia/Hebrew that
> would also be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Jon
>
>
>
>
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