Hans, running your example through (what I think is) the latest beta, does not produce any Arabic in the PDF, if that was intended. I've attached the PDF.
Kind regards, Talal
hansarabic.pdf
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On 5 Oct 2010, at 16:25, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 5-10-2010 5:07, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >>> Finally, so that I can start learning on my own without bothering you and >>> everyone else on the list, where would I have systematically found a >>> discussion of RtL feaures such as rule=right? >> >> Maybe in the list archive but often such things are discussed offline, i >> found it myself in the source. >> >>> Or are there any preexisting example files of complicated Arabic that I >>> could study and learn from? >> >> I guess the wiki page you already know is currently the only source. > > just a remark in addition to WS: > > all bidi related code is under construction, that is, we're trying to figure > out a decent (useable) model for complex mixed direction documents > > we implement this stepwise looking at each structure element and decide what > is needed, so best is just to notice what needs to be done and discuss it > > apart from lefttoright/righttoleft we also need to deal with consistent > positioning > > as we need to make manuals in due time we started with verbatim (there will > be several bidi models available; maybe Idris can send you the draft on bidi) > > anyhow, here's some more: in addition to align options we also will have > locations reflecting the direction: > > \definefont[MyMono][file:dejavusansmono sa 1] > > \setuptyping [style=\MyMono,numbering=line,start=1,step=1] > \definetyping [RLtyping] [align=r2l] > \definetyping [LRtyping] [align=l2r] > > \starttext > > \startbuffer[sample] > \startLRtyping > At the left! > أهلا > \stopLRtyping > > \startRLtyping > At the right! > أهلا > \stopRLtyping > > \startalignment[l2r] > \starttyping > At the left! > أهلا > \stoptyping > \stopalignment > > \startalignment[r2l] > \starttyping > At the right! > أهلا > \stoptyping > \stopalignment > \stopbuffer > > \typebuffer[sample] \page > > \startbuffer[settings] > \setuplinenumbering[typing][location=left] > \stopbuffer > > \typebuffer[settings] \getbuffer[settings,sample] \page > > \startbuffer[settings] > \setuplinenumbering[typing][location=right] > \stopbuffer > > \typebuffer[settings] \getbuffer[settings,sample] \page > > \startbuffer[settings] > \setuplinenumbering[typing][location=begin] > \stopbuffer > > \typebuffer[settings] \getbuffer[settings,sample] \page > > \startbuffer[settings] > \setuplinenumbering[typing][location=end] > \stopbuffer > > \typebuffer[settings] \getbuffer[settings,sample] \page > > \stoptext > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________
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