Thanks. Your suggestion worked, after changing the primary keyboard
map to null. It works with both the mini-buffer command and through
the Text style -> Customize dialog box.
One more question, is the issue of the options for fontenc and babel
addressed in version 1.5.2?
On 10/4/07, Dov Feldstern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Ernesto Posse wrote:
> > On 9/29/07, Dov Feldstern <dfeldstern-rhxOsnTko2JWk0Htik3J/[EMAIL
> > PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Ernesto Posse wrote:
> >>> I think the arabi package was installed correctly, since MiKTeX didn't
> >>> give me any errors. I don't know how else to check if it is correctly
> >>> installed (it has about 207 files.) I tried reinstalling it, but I
> >>> obtain the same results.
> >>>
> >> One way to check would be to see if you can "compile" a regular latex
> >> (non-LyX) file with Farsi, maybe arabi includes some Farsi examples you
> >> could test with. If you are able to do that, then it means that
> >> arabi/latex are set up correctly, and the problem is getting LyX to work
> >> with it. Otherwise, it means the problem is with your latex/arabi setup,
> >> and there's not too much point in trying to get LyX to work before you
> >> fix that.
> >
> >
> > I didn't find any examples in the arabi package, but I wrote my own.
> > Apparently the error occurs when using the babel package:
> >
> > This compiles fine:
> >
> > \documentclass[farsi,english]{article}
> > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> > \usepackage[utf8,latin9]{inputenc}
> > \begin{document}
> > hello
> > \end{document}
> >
> > But if I try to use a command from farsi, such as \alefhamza, I get a
> > babel error: (even if I don't use babel, which is odd:)
> > Package babel Error: You haven't loaded the option english yet.
> >
> > If I add
> >
> > \usepackage{babel}
> >
> > I get
> >
> > LaTeX Error: Encoding scheme `LAE' unknown.
> >
> > But apparently the solution is to modify the options for fontenc and
> > babel as follows:
> >
> > \usepackage[LFE,LAE,OT1]{fontenc}
> > \usepackage[farsi,english]{babel}
> >
> > So LyX should generate these instead of the default
> >
> > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> > \usepackage{babel}
> >
>
> Uwe, I believe you worked on this at some point? I may have thwarted
> your efforts then...? Do you know what the current situation is?
>
> > Nevertheless, LaTeX does give some warnings:
> > "LaTeX Font Warning: Encoding `LFE' has changed to `OT1' for symbol font.
> >
> >
> >
> >>> Furthermore, I spoke too soon when I said that just typing worked
> >>> fine. When I switch languages, it does seem to correctly switch the
> >>> script, except for punctuation symbols. Only latin letters and digits
> >>> seem to be correctly rendered, but the rest of the keyboard seems
> >>> "stuck" with the other keyboard map. Only when I switch off keybord
> >>> maps do I get the correct symbols.
> >>>
> >> Hmm, this is strange. What have you set your primary and secondary
> >> keymaps to? What is your default language (Tools -> Preferences ->
> >> Language settings -> Language) and what is the document language
> >> (Document -> Settings... -> Language)? Which language seems to be
> >> working correctly, and which does not? Can you give an exact recipe for
> >> reproducing (e.g.: open a new document, set language to xxxx, type
> >> "abc"...)?
> >
>
> It's working for me (with a few slight variations on your setup and
> recipe -- see below --- perhaps those will help).
>
> > Primary: american
>
> Try switching this (primary) to "null" --- I think that means that your
> default language will be used.
>
> > Secondary: farsi
> >
> > Default language: English
> >
> > Things seem to go awry when the language is switched, regardless of
> > whether keyboard maps are on or off.
> >
> (this seems to indicate that the problem is not with the keymaps, but
> elsewhere in your system. Could it be that by accident you also switched
> the language at the OS-keyboard-level?)
>
> > Here's the recipe:
> >
> > 1. Open new document
> > 2. type some text, including punctuation symbols
> > 3. Set language to Farsi (Edit->Test Style->Customize->Language set to
> > Farsi)
>
> Try switching languages by typing "language farsi" in the minibuffer
> (Alt-x).
>
> > 4. Type some text.
> > 5. Set language to English or American (Edit->Test
> > Style->Customize->Language set to English)
>
> Again, try the same command as above (still with "farsi"! this will
> toggle farsi off).
>
> > 6. Type text. Punctuation symbols are now wrong.
>
> Does this help?
>
> If it does, you can bind the "language farsi" command to a key, see,
> e.g., the suggestions here:
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.devel/88941 .
>
> Dov
>
>
>
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Ernesto Posse
Modelling, Simulation and Design Lab - School of Computer Science
McGill University - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
url: http://moncs.cs.mcgill.ca/people/eposse
