* New List: SemiTeX (*Tex for the Semitic Languages)
@ 2005-03-24 14:08 Frederick Hoyt
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From: Frederick Hoyt @ 2005-03-24 14:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
(My apologies for cross-postings)
I would like to announce a new mailing list that I have created called
"SemiTeX."
This is intended to be a forum for people concerned with typesetting
Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic/Syriac, Amharic, and any other Semitic and/or
right-to-left languages using the various flavors of *TeX (LaTeX,
XeTeX, ConTeXt, etc).
Issues that I foresee being relevant include (but are not limited to):
- Font issues related to the Semitic languages
- Formatting issues related to formatting right-to-left text
- Issues related to editors useful for right-to-left languages
I have created the list because I thought it would be useful to have a
forum in which people can feel free to ask detailed questions specific
to typesetting Semitic without having to worry about boring others, and
in the hope that having a forum like this might help create some
critical mass of interest for creating an coherent approach to using
the Semitic languages in TeX.
The list is currently configured as "closed" (the list owner - myself -
adds subscribers, in order to eliminate spam as much as possible),
"unmoderated" (postings go straight out to subscribers), "digested"
(you can get messages in daily digest form if you choose), and
"archived" (the archives are currently available only to subscribers).
If you wish to join, please send me an email including the email
address you wish to be subscribed under, as well as the name you wish
to have used.
Thanks,
Fred Hoyt
Frederick M. Hoyt
Linguistics Department
University of Texas at Austin
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* RE: New List: SemiTeX (*Tex for the Semitic Languages)
@ 2005-03-24 16:13 ishamid
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From: ishamid @ 2005-03-24 16:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi Fred,
This is very interesting and, certainly, I'd like to join (though your email
address in hidden in this particular posting->)
Also consider merging this with the aleph list, because the aleph list was
also intended to discuss most of the same issues, even multilingual TeX issues
that do not pertain to aleph directly. I hope that the XeTeX people (Hi Adam!)
will post their bidi developments to the aleph list as well, so we can all be
in better sync in the future:-) The aleph list is low volume and can certainly
easily handle the issues you mention without boring anyone;-)
I'm also working on an advanced replacement to ArabTeX, scheduled for release
later this year. I can send you some samples (just send me your email address)
Eventually I'd like to see the aleph capabilities merged into pdfetex, which
will make my ConTeXt life much easier (Hi Hans;->)
We live pretty close to one another; I'd be happy to stay in touch, talk, or
even meet sometime.
Take care
Idris
>===== Original Message From mailing list for ConTeXt users
<ntg-context@ntg.nl> =====
>Hi,
>
>(My apologies for cross-postings)
>
>I would like to announce a new mailing list that I have created called
>"SemiTeX."
>
>This is intended to be a forum for people concerned with typesetting
>Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic/Syriac, Amharic, and any other Semitic and/or
>right-to-left languages using the various flavors of *TeX (LaTeX,
>XeTeX, ConTeXt, etc).
============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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