From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/5205 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Efraim Yawitz Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: right-to-left typesetting Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:48:07 +0300 (IDT) Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: References: <5.1.0.14.1.20010806104952.02ac83c8@server-1> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395809 32073 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:56:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:56:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.1.20010806104952.02ac83c8@server-1> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:5205 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:5205 Thanks very much. On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Hans Hagen wrote: > > There are two files that run on top of arabtex, > > \setupbodyfont[heb] will give you \starthebrew .. \stophebrew > > another way is Omega, but this is not yet stable, is under reconstruction, > etc. > > There is a some crude low level awareness of direction, but o have to pop > that into the hebrew handler. [one has for instance to reverse a couple of > things] I'm not sure what you mean about awareness of direction. As I mentioned, etex already has primitives for this. > > With regards to the otr, columns already can go right -> left, and more > will follow; the more precise the demands are written down, the better i > can act upon them, I'll try to think about it. > > i have to pick up the chinese / farsi / hebrew thread anyway -) > > Hans > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >