Questions about using TeX for typesetting documents in Arabic script.
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Typesetting a document using Arabic script
I'm using TeXlive (2009-7) on Ubuntu 10.04. I've installed texlive-lang-arabic and I can't find out how should I compose the preamble to be able to use it. The babel's documentation I've found in the ...
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Typesetting arabic with LuaLaTeX
For typesetting arabic with LaTeX there are arabtex and arabi;
for typesetting arabic with XeLaTeX there are arabxetex and polyglossia;
but how to typeset arabic with LuaLaTeX, since neither of ...
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Typesetting Right-to-Left math
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I've managed to produce something that is aesthetically correct, however with a lot of "hardcoding" and trial and error to manually measure my spaces. Not to mention that I have to write my ...
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A tool for creating a dictionary with right-to-left script
I'm trying to typeset a dictionnary, using Arabic script. I would like to create a list of words in three columns, with Arabic word in right column aligned to the right, its Polish translation aligned ...
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Ottoman Turkish (Arabic letters)
Is it possible to write Ottoman Turkish with TeX, LaTeX, or ArabTeX?
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How to typeset an Arabic paper with the equations in the usual Latin in Latex?
I want to typeset a paper so that the text is in Arabic and the equations are in Latin (I mean, the equations as usual, you know what I mean). How can I do that?
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Bi-directional editor for LaTeX
I am new here. I am looking for a bi-directional editor that works with LaTeX system and supports Unicode. I need it in order to write Hebrew, Arabic, etc.
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ledpar: Get rid of any space between paragraphs while retaining the synchronization of the pagecontents
My question: Is there a way to simply get rid of any space between the paragraphs of ledpar- while retaining the pagesynch? (I understand that synchronizing paragraphs is a feature of ledpar, put I ...
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Line spacing in Arabic in ConTeXt - how to deactivate gridsetting in an environment
I realize Arabic in ConTeXt with the following environment (to be able to switch between German and Arabic).
\startenvironment arab-besser-sty
\definefont[Sheh][name:Scheherazade*arabic at 15pt] % or ...
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Tabulators like in OpenOffice/LibreOffice
Is there any way to achieve the same result in LaTeX as done with tabulators in other Word Processors?
The difference to tables is that the text is not limited to cells but can flow across there ...
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Inserting some Arabic script in an English article
Until now I was using XePersian package to typeset Persian articles, now I want insert some Persian word in an English document, what is minimum code to do that without using XePersian package?
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XeLaTeX - Devanagari page numbers in \tableofcontents [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get devanagari numerals in latex or xetex
I am using XeLaTeX (XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 on TeX Live 2012/W32TeX). I want Devanagari (Indic) page ...
