Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-07-02 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
 Andre == Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Andre What does arabtex do if it encounters

Andre   asdasd some text% 
Andre  \end{...}

Andre Such a thing (the %) could be added without breaking too much.

arabtex will not see the break, since TeX eats it, I think.

JMarc


Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-07-02 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
 Andre == Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Andre What does arabtex do if it encounters

Andre   asdasd some text% 
Andre  \end{...}

Andre Such a thing (the %) could be added without breaking too much.

arabtex will not see the break, since TeX eats it, I think.

JMarc


Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-07-02 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Andre> What does arabtex do if it encounters

Andre>   asdasd some text% 
Andre>  \end{...}

Andre> Such a thing (the %) could be added without breaking too much.

arabtex will not see the break, since TeX eats it, I think.

JMarc


Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-06-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
 Munzir == Munzir Taha Obeid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Munzir I don't know why the first patch to ChangeLog failed but I
Munzir think I can ignore it safely, right?

Right. The patch failed because there have been changes in the file
since the 1.3.2 release.

Munzir QError.lo make[5]: *** No rule to make target `QERT.C', needed
Munzir by `QERT.lo'. Stop. make[5]: Leaving directory

Hmm, that's strange...

 Concerning the patch, I think that it should solve the problem of
 using arabic at the end of document, but it does not solve the
 general problem of using formatting inside an arabic context. This
 problem is due to the big constraints that arabtex puts on the
 latex code that we may use.
Munzir I am really sad to hear this. To add a newline at the end of
Munzir the document is something which could be done by hand for Arab
Munzir users but what about the general problem which is really
Munzir annoying. Please, if no one can do it, I hope one, at least,
Munzir specify guidelines in how it could be solved and what files
Munzir need to be modified, or whether a patch needed for arabtex
Munzir itself. May be someone at arabeyes.org could do something
Munzir here.

The problem is that this package implements something which is not
really latex, but a subset of latex. For example, I may want to write
te\TeX (name of a famous distribution). I arabic context, this is
forbidden, and I shall write te \TeX. This means that one should add
code in a lot of places to add spacing before _all_ macros. This is
not possible because:

- that's a lot of work
- in the non-arabic context, it will give bad output.

I think that this macro package is code that works 'by chance', when
you actually know what you do. It is very very difficult to use this
in LyX (I am sure that even if this particular problem was solved,
another one would crop up).

I think that someone (maybe the people at arabeye.org) should take a
look at this problem. I am willing to accept ``reasonable'' solutions.

JMarc


Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-06-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
 Munzir == Munzir Taha Obeid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Munzir I don't know why the first patch to ChangeLog failed but I
Munzir think I can ignore it safely, right?

Right. The patch failed because there have been changes in the file
since the 1.3.2 release.

Munzir QError.lo make[5]: *** No rule to make target `QERT.C', needed
Munzir by `QERT.lo'. Stop. make[5]: Leaving directory

Hmm, that's strange...

 Concerning the patch, I think that it should solve the problem of
 using arabic at the end of document, but it does not solve the
 general problem of using formatting inside an arabic context. This
 problem is due to the big constraints that arabtex puts on the
 latex code that we may use.
Munzir I am really sad to hear this. To add a newline at the end of
Munzir the document is something which could be done by hand for Arab
Munzir users but what about the general problem which is really
Munzir annoying. Please, if no one can do it, I hope one, at least,
Munzir specify guidelines in how it could be solved and what files
Munzir need to be modified, or whether a patch needed for arabtex
Munzir itself. May be someone at arabeyes.org could do something
Munzir here.

The problem is that this package implements something which is not
really latex, but a subset of latex. For example, I may want to write
te\TeX (name of a famous distribution). I arabic context, this is
forbidden, and I shall write te \TeX. This means that one should add
code in a lot of places to add spacing before _all_ macros. This is
not possible because:

- that's a lot of work
- in the non-arabic context, it will give bad output.

I think that this macro package is code that works 'by chance', when
you actually know what you do. It is very very difficult to use this
in LyX (I am sure that even if this particular problem was solved,
another one would crop up).

I think that someone (maybe the people at arabeye.org) should take a
look at this problem. I am willing to accept ``reasonable'' solutions.

JMarc


Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-06-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Munzir" == Munzir Taha Obeid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Munzir> I don't know why the first patch to ChangeLog failed but I
Munzir> think I can ignore it safely, right?

Right. The patch failed because there have been changes in the file
since the 1.3.2 release.

Munzir> QError.lo make[5]: *** No rule to make target `QERT.C', needed
Munzir> by `QERT.lo'. Stop. make[5]: Leaving directory

Hmm, that's strange...

>> Concerning the patch, I think that it should solve the problem of
>> using arabic at the end of document, but it does not solve the
>> general problem of using formatting inside an arabic context. This
>> problem is due to the big constraints that arabtex puts on the
>> latex code that we may use.
Munzir> I am really sad to hear this. To add a newline at the end of
Munzir> the document is something which could be done by hand for Arab
Munzir> users but what about the general problem which is really
Munzir> annoying. Please, if no one can do it, I hope one, at least,
Munzir> specify guidelines in how it could be solved and what files
Munzir> need to be modified, or whether a patch needed for arabtex
Munzir> itself. May be someone at arabeyes.org could do something
Munzir> here.

The problem is that this package implements something which is not
really latex, but a subset of latex. For example, I may want to write
te\TeX (name of a famous distribution). I arabic context, this is
forbidden, and I shall write "te \TeX". This means that one should add
code in a lot of places to add spacing before _all_ macros. This is
not possible because:

- that's a lot of work
- in the non-arabic context, it will give bad output.

I think that this macro package is code that works 'by chance', when
you actually know what you do. It is very very difficult to use this
in LyX (I am sure that even if this particular problem was solved,
another one would crop up).

I think that someone (maybe the people at arabeye.org) should take a
look at this problem. I am willing to accept ``reasonable'' solutions.

JMarc


Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-06-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
 Munzir == Munzir Taha Obeid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Munzir I am sorry just now I knew the thread spreaded between the
Munzir devel and users mailing lists and this is why I receive part
Munzir of the messages only. I am going to forward it again to both
Munzir and try to keep an eye ;-)

OK, let's continue here :)

Munzir I loged in the cvs and checked out lyx-devel. From this
Munzir directory I ran [EMAIL PROTECTED] lyx-devel]# ./autogen.sh

OK, it would be easier to grab lyx-1.3.2.tar.gz from
ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/ and apply the patch to that.

Munzir The KDE crash handler gave this during the configuration: (no
Munzir debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...[New
Munzir Thread 16384 (LWP 25029)]

I do not see why the KDE crash handler does something here...

Munzir Anyway, I continued
Munzir [EMAIL PROTECTED] lyx-devel]#make . . . 
Munzir make[6]: *** [BiblioModuleBase.lo] Error 1

The interesting point of course is to know what is the error just
before this error message.

Concerning the patch, I think that it should solve the problem of
using arabic at the end of document, but it does not solve the general
problem of using formatting inside an arabic context. This problem is
due to the big constraints that arabtex puts on the latex code that we
may use.

JMarc


Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-06-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
 Munzir == Munzir Taha Obeid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Munzir I am sorry just now I knew the thread spreaded between the
Munzir devel and users mailing lists and this is why I receive part
Munzir of the messages only. I am going to forward it again to both
Munzir and try to keep an eye ;-)

OK, let's continue here :)

Munzir I loged in the cvs and checked out lyx-devel. From this
Munzir directory I ran [EMAIL PROTECTED] lyx-devel]# ./autogen.sh

OK, it would be easier to grab lyx-1.3.2.tar.gz from
ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/ and apply the patch to that.

Munzir The KDE crash handler gave this during the configuration: (no
Munzir debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...[New
Munzir Thread 16384 (LWP 25029)]

I do not see why the KDE crash handler does something here...

Munzir Anyway, I continued
Munzir [EMAIL PROTECTED] lyx-devel]#make . . . 
Munzir make[6]: *** [BiblioModuleBase.lo] Error 1

The interesting point of course is to know what is the error just
before this error message.

Concerning the patch, I think that it should solve the problem of
using arabic at the end of document, but it does not solve the general
problem of using formatting inside an arabic context. This problem is
due to the big constraints that arabtex puts on the latex code that we
may use.

JMarc


Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

2003-06-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Munzir" == Munzir Taha Obeid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Munzir> I am sorry just now I knew the thread spreaded between the
Munzir> devel and users mailing lists and this is why I receive part
Munzir> of the messages only. I am going to forward it again to both
Munzir> and try to keep an eye ;-)

OK, let's continue here :)

Munzir> I loged in the cvs and checked out lyx-devel. From this
Munzir> directory I ran [EMAIL PROTECTED] lyx-devel]# ./autogen.sh

OK, it would be easier to grab lyx-1.3.2.tar.gz from
ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/ and apply the patch to that.

Munzir> The KDE crash handler gave this during the configuration: (no
Munzir> debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...[New
Munzir> Thread 16384 (LWP 25029)]

I do not see why the KDE crash handler does something here...

Munzir> Anyway, I continued
Munzir> [EMAIL PROTECTED] lyx-devel]#make . . . 
Munzir> make[6]: *** [BiblioModuleBase.lo] Error 1

The interesting point of course is to know what is the error just
before this error message.

Concerning the patch, I think that it should solve the problem of
using arabic at the end of document, but it does not solve the general
problem of using formatting inside an arabic context. This problem is
due to the big constraints that arabtex puts on the latex code that we
may use.

JMarc