Ilda Khaki wrote:
Is it possible to import functionalities of XePersian into ConTeXt.
Xepersian now is excellent in Persian typesetting and you can do all you
want in Persian typography. but I hate LaTeX. its main author
unfortunately is anti-ConTeXt.
i have no clue what xepersian is but if
No, Xepersian is a macro package for xelatex. MKIV is also excellent for
typesseting persian.
You can use the following module for persian or arabic
%-persian-env.tex---
%This file is designed by Mehdi Omidali for easy typesetting persian
I resend the file
%-persian-env.tex---
%This file is designed by Mehdi Omidali for easy typesetting persian in Context
%File Versin:2008-7-20
\startenvironment persian-env
\usemodule[lang-pe]
\mainlanguage[pe]
% Font setup
Sorry, something is wrong with my email setting.
%-persian-env.tex---
%This file is designed by Mehdi Omidali for easy typesetting persian in
Context
%File Versin:2008-7-20
\startenvironment persian-env
\usemodule[lang-pe]
\mainlanguage[pe]
And here is lang-pe.tex
%
%-lang-pe.tex
\writestatus{loading}{Persian Languages}
\unprotect
\setupheadtext [content=فهرست مطالب]
\setupheadtext [tables=ليست جداول]
\setupheadtext [figures=ليست تصاوير]
\setupheadtext
thanks. but this file looks like a textbook. it is too long. can not be
shorter? I have not tried your sample but 1) will this produce farsi maths?
(2) I want irani date, is it possible? (3) From otared samples, i can see
that luatex can not handle fonts well, is the issue solved? 4) how footnote
Ilda Khaki wrote:
thanks. but this file looks like a textbook. it is too long. can not be
shorter? I have not tried your sample but 1) will this produce farsi
maths? (2) I want irani date, is it possible? (3) From otared samples, i
can see that luatex can not handle fonts well, is the issue
Mehdi Omidali wrote:
And here is lang-pe.tex
if i need to add/patch things, just send me the files directly
Hans
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1) numbers in maths formula is Persian, possible?
2) is it hard to write a converter?
4) there are two footnote commands. one for persian and one for english.
persian footnotes will be on left and persian footnotes on right. also if
the first footnote in a page is persian, footnote rule is on
In Luatex one can define font for math equations. So it is possible to have
persian numerals in math formulas. But for Jalali calendar we have to write
a macro (maybe Idris has done this). Font handling: currently luatex can not
handle IranNastliq font but other fonts are ok. About footnote rule:
Ilda Khaki wrote:
1) numbers in maths formula is Persian, possible?
luatex will have unicode math and then we can look into that (it does
not make sense to do that in traditional tex math)
2) is it hard to write a converter?
no, it's done in core-con.lua etc
4) there are two footnote
Mehdi Omidali wrote:
In Luatex one can define font for math equations. So it is possible to
have persian numerals in math formulas. But for Jalali calendar we have
to write a macro (maybe Idris has done this). Font handling: currently
luatex can not handle IranNastliq font but other fonts are
thanks.
it is rl. (I believe)
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Hans Hagen wrote:
Mehdi Omidali wrote:
In Luatex one can define font for math equations. So it is possible to
have persian numerals in math formulas. But for Jalali calendar we
have to write a macro (maybe Idris has done this). Font handling:
currently luatex can not handle IranNastliq font
Please download the font from
www.omidali.com/Fonts/IranNastaliq.rar
On 1/9/09, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote:
Hans Hagen wrote:
Mehdi Omidali wrote:
In Luatex one can define font for math equations. So it is possible to
have persian numerals in math formulas. But for Jalali
Mehdi Omidali wrote:
Please download the font from
www.omidali.com/Fonts/IranNastaliq.rar
Found it (and we found the associated bug in font-otf.lua also).
Best wishes,
Taco
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Very Good news. Thanks.
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote:
Mehdi Omidali wrote:
Please download the font from
www.omidali.com/Fonts/IranNastaliq.rar
Found it (and we found the associated bug in font-otf.lua also).
Best wishes,
Taco
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Mehdi Omidali mehd...@gmail.com wrote:
Font handling: currently luatex can not
handle IranNastliq font but other fonts are ok.
IIRC, I had IranNastaliq working very well with ConTeXt MkIV (I can't access my
machine right now, unfortunately).
Regards,
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On 8 janv. 09, at 01:29, Hans Hagen wrote:
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[…]
can you test this with the alpha from our website?
Hi Hans,
I compiled a brand new version of LuaTeX from the SVN repository,
having now
LuaTeX revision 0, (LuaTeX date stamp 2009010808), ConTeXt version
2008.11.10 21:40,
Otared Kavian wrote:
On 8 janv. 09, at 01:29, Hans Hagen wrote:
[…]
[…]
can you test this with the alpha from our website?
Hi Hans,
I compiled a brand new version of LuaTeX from the SVN repository, having
now
LuaTeX revision 0, (LuaTeX date stamp 2009010808), ConTeXt version
On 8 janv. 09, at 09:13, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Otared Kavian wrote:
On 8 janv. 09, at 01:29, Hans Hagen wrote:
[…]
[…]
can you test this with the alpha from our website?
Hi Hans,
I compiled a brand new version of LuaTeX from the SVN repository,
having now
LuaTeX revision 0, (LuaTeX
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Otared Kavian wrote:
It is useful to have the latest luatex as well, but Hans was certainly
talking about the context release:
http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/alpha/cont-tmf.zip
Iirc, that alpha version is also usable via minimals,
Am 08.01.2009 um 11:44 schrieb Otared Kavian:
Hi Taco,
Thanks for the hint. I did install a new directory with the alpha
version (using the key --context-experimental, and in another
directory with the key --context=alpha) together with the latest
LuaTeX which I compiled from the SVN
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Otared Kavian wrote:
It is useful to have the latest luatex as well, but Hans was certainly
talking about the context release:
http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/alpha/cont-tmf.zip
Iirc, that alpha version is also
Is it possible to import functionalities of XePersian into ConTeXt.
Xepersian now is excellent in Persian typesetting and you can do all you
want in Persian typography. but I hate LaTeX. its main author unfortunately
is anti-ConTeXt.
Otared Kavian wrote:
On 6 janv. 09, at 10:53, Ilda Khaki wrote:
can someone send me a sample file to type farsi?
Hi Ilda,
Here is a sample file for writing Faarsi with XeConTeXt (that is XeTeX +
ConTeXt).
In principle one can also use ConTeXt-mkiv, that is ConTeXt with the
LuaTeX engine,
Otared Kavian wrote:
On 6 janv. 09, at 10:53, Ilda Khaki wrote:
can someone send me a sample file to type farsi?
Hi Ilda,
Here is a sample file for writing Faarsi with XeConTeXt (that is XeTeX +
ConTeXt).
In principle one can also use ConTeXt-mkiv, that is ConTeXt with the
LuaTeX engine,
Dear Hans,
Thank your very much for your attention and your remarks about the
sample Faarsi file I sent. Thanks also for your valuable time you
spend on such questions from non experts…
On 7 janv. 09, at 09:38, Hans Hagen wrote:
[…]
i can look into it if i have samples + fonts + expected
Otared Kavian wrote:
1) When using Arabic short vowels such as
U+064F (ARABIC DAMMA)
U+0650 (ARABIC KASRA)
U+0651 (ARABIC SHADDA)
the ligatures between characters breaks down. For instance compare the
typesetting of the following words in XeTeX, XeConTeXt and mkiv
(actually, in
can someone send me a sample file to type farsi?
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On 6 janv. 09, at 10:53, Ilda Khaki wrote:
can someone send me a sample file to type farsi?
Hi Ilda,
Here is a sample file for writing Faarsi with XeConTeXt (that is XeTeX
+ ConTeXt).
In principle one can also use ConTeXt-mkiv, that is ConTeXt with the
LuaTeX engine, but at this point I
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