Questions tagged [bidi]
Issues related to bidirectional TeXing
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How can I use polyglossia for RTL text?
If I load the bidi package before polyglossia, I get the following error:
l.243 \__xpg_at_package_hook:nnn{luabidi}{package/luabidi/after}{%
polyglossia.sty: Missing $ inserted.
<inserted text>
...
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Workaround for XeTeX commands of Awami Nastaliq/Graphite in LuaTeX
My switch from XeTeX to LuaTex for Urdu publishing (Texlive 2022) has overall been a good experience. As a user of the excellent font Awami Nastaliq with Graphite, I had qualms. However, no worries. ...
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Mdframed buggy with LuaTex + Babel + Urdu
I recently switched from XeTex to LuaTeX (Texlive 2022) for Urdu, and generally things are going well. However, mdframed seems to have a bug (in XeTeX I never experienced this):
\documentclass[...
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Vertical alignment with marginnote in covington examples
I am writing a book where I use covington for linguistic Arabic examples in transcription and I use marginnote and babel to have the examples in Arabic script in the margin. I am facing some strange ...
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Polyglossia automated direction detection
Minimal ex:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainlanguage[numerals=maghrib]{arabic}
\setotherlanguage{english}
\newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic]{...
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Package alternatives to textpos
It seems like textpos package doesn't play nice with bidi at all. I had to set \textblockorigin{-430pt,0pt} to get my text showing inside the page.
However, moving from one machine to another, I can't ...
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Remove extra space in mixed script
I needed to write 'שלום!' but without a space between the 'ם' and the '!'.
The document is mainly in english with just a few Hebrew words in it.
A minimal example of what I tried:
\documentclass[...
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bidi package fail with recent version of multicol
I have this simple example of multicol in RTL document with bidi package. Version of multicol package in my TL2021 is 1.9b result after compilation with xelatex is incorrect
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Adding Arabic language bidi error
I am using the following template for my thesis Thesis Template-click here . This template is for the English language, but I want to include the Arabic langue as a second language, I tried every ...
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polyglossia used in LyX
I am writing a Hebrew document that also contains in-line English text. For that, I am using polyglossia to facilitate multilingual typesetting.
A MWE is:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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In right-to-left text, when use the pause, it changes the coveringdepth
In right-to-left text, when use the pause, it changes the coveringdepth
MWE for RTL text:
% !TeX TS-program = xelatex
\documentclass{beamer}
\usefonttheme{serif}
\usepackage[RTLdocument=on]{bidi}
\...
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Package polyglossia Error
I updated Mactex 2021 today and got errors:
1- Extra \endgroup. \begin{document}
2- Package polyglossia Error: right-to-left, but (lua)bidi package was not loaded!. \begin{document}
When I had a ...
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Multi-column Alignment Issue
Trying to create multi column Urdu dictionary.
First entry should be on right side instead of left side.
How align column RTL with preserving text alignment. Also spacing is not consistent between ...
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Why I cant see the Hebrew titles?
I'm trying to write a document that contains English, so I put:
\begin{english}
% Some lines....
\end{english}
And then, if I put TOC at the beginning, this is the result:
No titles of parts, ...
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What the difference (in construction) between a tcolorbox with width=\linewidth key and without it
I have this example of two tcolorbox in RTL context (lualatex) both are preceded with \textdir TLT, the first tcolorbox has the option width=\linewidth and the second one does not have this option, ...
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Package bidi error
I'm having troubles with the following error on latex, i'm working on overleaf.
Package bidi Error: Oops! you have loaded package titlesec after bidi package. Please load
package titlesec before bidi ...
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Issue with fixed width tcolorbox in start of new par (right to left context)
I have this example of a fixed width tcolorbox in RTL context inserted in the beginning of a paragraph, if I add \indent indentation appears normally but without it box go in opposite direction! Is ...
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Text Alignment in opposite directions (bidirectional Arabic with Latin)
I work on a bilingual dictionary, Arabic-English,
for each term in the dictionary, the arabic term is aligned to right, when the english is left,
I use Hfill for small texts, but if the english text ...
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Bidi LRE command causes too much vertical space if put at end of an item in a list
I'm working in LyX in Hebrew, by using the "use non-TeX fonts (via XeTeX/LuaTeX)" option. The document is in Hebrew, and when I insert a math equation LyX automatically wraps it with \LRE{} ...
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Why I don't see the 2nd section title?
I update the packages at MikTex, and suddenly it's there is a problem with the fonts:
I'm using LyX at WIN10 X64.
MWE:
% Preview source code
%% LyX 2.3.6 created this file. For more info, see http:/...
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How can I get csquotes and babel to set a display environment RTL (for Hebrew or Syriac)?
I'm using csquotes and babel (compiled with LuaLaTeX in case that's significant) with text primarily in English but quoting Hebrew and Syriac which needs to be set RTL. Everything works, with the ...
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What is the problem with \node[red]{X}; in RTL context (xelatex)
This example on tikz node if I use \node[red]{x}; in math mode (RTL context) the node appears faraway unlike \node[color=red]{x};, I thought the two were equivalent
In pgfmanual (Page 173) we can find ...
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Multi-Lingual Overleaf Latex problem
I using overleaf with English as the main language, but I need to add Some Arabic text in the article, I searched StackExchange, and I found some useful topics, which I applied to my article. The ...
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Best practice for dealing with bidi's redefinitions for class authors
As is well-documented elsewhere, bidi.sty does a lot of redeclarations and assumes that the author is using one of a small set of document classes. For use of packages, one can fiddle with the order ...
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Beamer multi-language text alignment
I encountered a weird issue with the Polyglossia package. RTL text is centred unless I insert before text in english.
MWE1 (Hebrew text is centred):
%Compile with XeLaTex
\documentclass{beamer}
%------...
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ltugboat class and improper \beginR, \endR in XeTeX
The ltugboat class is incompatible with the bidi package so I am attempting to obtain minimal Arabic script support without the use of bidi or polyglossia. The minimum I need is to be able to use the \...
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RTL numbering in urdu language table of contents section number and references
I am writing a book in Urdu using polyglossia package. Urdu text goes from right to left but numbers are written from left to right. The number format is correct everywhere except in the section ...
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tufte-book & Tectonic (XeTeX) & bidi / polyglossia don't get along
I'm trying to write a document with tufte-book. Most of the document is supposed to be in English but I wish to write some text in Hebrew. I am able successfully compile documents with more common ...
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LuaLaTeX Beamer notes, and Hebrew as Babel main language causes invisible notes
@UlrikeFischer
@JavierBezos
When I add the word "main" to babel's language preference, notes become invisible.
MWE1 - Without the word "main":
\documentclass{beamer}
\...
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LuaLaTeX, bidi=basic and Tikz awkward behaviour
@UlrikeFischer
The following MWE demonstrates awkward behaviour of LuaLaTeX bidi=basic with Tikz:
MWE 1 - Normal behaviour
\documentclass[tikz,margin=5cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
%:Language
\...
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Numbering appears from right to left in mixed language
I'm having trouble with section numbering appearing in a reverse order and reversed parentheses in formulas for a file mainly written in English, with some Hebrew at the first two pages.
I've tried ...
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Bidi/Memoir error
I have been using this preamble for a few years now and have never had any problems. After the last update of yesterday October 4th, an error related to bidi appears as it is built in memoir
but no ...
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Option extrafootnotefeatures in bidi package breaks KOMAScript \deffootnote
I am using the KOMAScript class scrartcl to typeset an academic article containing both English and Arabic. For footnote formatting, I am using \deffootnote.
With footnotes that contain Arabic text, ...
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RTL paragraph in LTR footnote results in odd margins
In an English text, I have some Arabic passages. Now I have the special case that there is an Arabic paragraph in a (English) footnote. I have tried two variants, but neither produce satisfying ...
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Misplaced bracket with Hebrew text containing letter, digits and hyphen
When displaying a Hebrew text, containing letters, digits, and a hyphen - all of these inside brackets, the ending bracket is misplaced.
MWE (using XeLaTeX):
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{...
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Color an RTL language in babel
It seems I cannot color an RTL language in babel. The (xelatex) code below colors the first line in black, not red:
\documentclass{article}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[...
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How does TeX display words in RTL languages?
This is likely a newb question, but I'm wondering how TeX automatically understands a language is RTL.
This is my test program:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontfamily{\arabicfont}...
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Why is my output partially BiDi?
I'm using xelatex (on Debian stable).
My TeX file looks like this:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{english}
\setotherlanguage{hebrew}
\setmainfont{Latin Modern Roman}...
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What is the current status of Kashida (in bidi) with luatex?
I am trying to find out how to have Kashida justification in Luatex (in TexLive) for bidi text.
Background:
I can see by searching that support might appear in babel here but nothing implemented yet....
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clv3 and hyperref conflict TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000]
I have a problem when using the below code I got an error
TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000]. \begin
I searched and I found another question here. It is a similar issue but did ...
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RTL constructed script can't be typeset properly in LuaLaTeX?
I have a grammar for one of my constructed languages, which uses its own right-to-left script. In my font for this script, I have the glyphs mapped to the Private Use Area and rely on wrapping text in ...
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Xindy, indextools and Arabic
I am trying to get Xindy work with Arabic. Everything works smoothly except for the final result where the index items are not aligned right to left and some letters are not in order. I couldn't solve ...
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Problem with Indic numerals (mashriq form) after bidi & xetex update
After some update (bidi,latex,xetex,...) I'm facing problem in numbers with . or - which is not happening previously, numbering direction is correct with maghrib form 0,1,2,...,9 but with mashriq form ...
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Bidi patching error in XeLaTeX
Recently I have updated my MikTeX, and eversince I get strange warnings. Based on this nice example I tried to reduce my file to minimal, but I still get these warnings saying Patching '\begin' or \...
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Glossaries in multilingual document
For the shown MWE, the file won't run
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[nil,bidi=basic-r,layout=counters.lists.tabular]{babel}
\babelprovide[import=ar,mapdigits,main]{arabic}
\...
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BIDI package causes footnotes not to appear on dedication page
I have a XeLaTeX problem I'm not sure how to solve.
I want to put a footnote on my dedication page. But if I have bidi package enabled, footnotes disappear.
With BIDI package
Without BIDI package
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File `bidi.sty' not found
I use polyglossia with XeLaTeX on texlive. When I try to run Hebrew documents (according to this page from the Culmus project documentation) I get the following message:
LaTeX Error: File `bidi.sty' ...
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How do I align a math environment to the right?
I'm trying to wrote a few math formulas, but they go left. The picture will explain:
As you can see, the < signs are not in the same line.
The code:
צד ראשון: \L{
\begin{eqnarray*}
2(i+1) & ...
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Scattered Poems Within Text Using Xepersian
I want the scattered poems used over various sections or chapters ( or for example inside separate boxes) to be treated as a single unit and their lengths be adjusted together. what should I do?
*I ...
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A problem with Hebrew and English underlined text
When I'm combined at the same line Hebrew and English, the line below is "breaking" for two lines....
e.g.
MWE:
\documentclass[a4paper,english,hebrew,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{...
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