Hmm, I’ve tried this :
```markdown
---
mainfont: Linux Libertine O
lang: en
---
The Markdown for the span is: This is Hebrew text [בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃]{dir=rtl}.
The Markdown for the div is:
::: {dir=rtl}
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
:::
```
But I’m getting the same error. Looking at the template it seems that there are some definitions to make \RL work with pdftex, but not with lualatex or xelatex.
I can however use this :
```markdown
---
mainfont: Linux Libertine O
lang: en
---
The Markdown for the span is: This is Hebrew text
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃.
The Markdown for the div is:
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
```
i.e., no spans or divs at all !
This gives okish results with
pandoc input.md -o output.pdf --pdf-engine=lualatex
(Apart from the missing characters, probably cantilation marks.
A font with better hebrew support might give better results.)
This works with lualatex because babel’s built-in bidi algorithm is activated in that case. It won’t work with xelatex, though.
If you add the language variables for these pieces you will also be able to change the fonts for these pieces.
```markdown
---
mainfont: Linux Libertine O
lang: en
header-includes: \babelfont[hebrew]{rm}{SBL Hebrew}
---
The Markdown for the span is: This is Hebrew text
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃.
The Markdown for the div is:
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
[בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃]{lang=he}
```
pandoc input.md -o output.pdf --pdf-engine=lualatex
Denis
Von: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org <pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
Im Auftrag von BPJ
Gesendet: Montag, 7. März 2022 21:38
An: pandoc-discuss <pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
Betreff: Re: Bidirectional Markdown documents to PDF
Sorry for late reply. Busy day!
From a quick glance at Pandoc's default LaTeX template it seems like activation of bidi support requires you to set the `lang` variable (usually in a Pandoc defaults file or the document metadata) for the main language
of the document (I would guess in your case to it-IT, it-CH, en-GB or en-US) because only then is the babel package, and with it bidi support. I hope this helps.
You should probably also set the `lang=he` variable on the spans and divs containing the Hebrew text. (Strictly speaking the language code for Ancient Hebrew is hbo, but it seems Pandoc doesn't support it. You might want
to open an issue for that.)
Here is a lua filter which will save you some typing and make upgrading easier if and when Pandoc supports the hbo tag.
``````lua
-- he-lang.lua
-- Pandoc filter which sets the proper dir and lang tags for Hebrew on spans and divs with a class `.he`:
--
-- [Hebrew text]{.he}
--
-- :::he
-- Hebrew paragraph.
-- :::
--
-- If and when Pandoc supports the hbo language tag for Ancient Hebrew
-- you may want to change `elem.attributes.lang = 'he'` into
-- `elem.attributes.lang = 'hbo'`.
local function handler (elem)
if elem.classes:includes('he') then
elem.attributes.dir = 'rtl'
elem.attributes.lang = 'he'
return elem
end
return nil
end
return {
{ Span = handler, Div = handler }
}
``````
Den mån 7 mars 2022 11:31Emiliano <gattulli.emiliano-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> skrev: