Hi Jürgen,
Hossein Noorikhah wrote:
> > *LyX bugs:*
> > 1. Wrong Shaping: '«' and '»' are shown in wrong manner (reverse), but
> they
> > appear correctly in the output. Please see the attached picture.
>
> Please file a bug report for this on http://www.lyx.org/trac/. This looks
> like
> a cosmetic problem that might be easy to fix. We'll have to check, though,
> whether this is a general problem with RTL or only a problem with Arabic.
>
>
Please see:
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6909
> > 2. Numbers that are cut/pasted into LyX, does not enclose in \beginL and
> > \endL. The output will contain digits that are shown in reverse order
> > right: {\beginL 1389 \endL}
> > wrong: 1389
> > Note that there is no problem when you write numbers inside LyX. This may
> > have workarounds in Arabi.
>
> dito. Please file a report.
>
>
Please see:
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6910
> > 3. When I write English inside Farsi text, \textLR is not inserted
> > automatically, English text is shown in reverse order by LyX, and the
> > output will not contain that English text. according to this (in Farsi:
> > http://farsilatex.blogfa.com/post-92.aspx ), Mr. Vahedi has created a
> key
> > binding file, fa_cua.bind, that is no longer available from the specified
> > URL.
>
> Is this after you changed the language to English (via Edit > Text Style >
> Custom)? LyX does not detect the languages automatically, you have to
> perform
> a manual switch (which can be accelerated via a key binding such as
> \bind "M-l e" "language english"
>
> If the problem you describe occurs after such a language switch, it's a
> bug,
> if you expect LyX to detect the language automatically, it's not a bug, but
> a
> feature.
>
>
Yes, you were right. But is there a plan to automate language detection from
the active input method? Right now, OpenOffice does this perfectly.
> > *Arabi bugs:*
> > 1. Some characters causes wrong shaping of characters, according to their
> > position. For example, '«' and '»' cause problems, because they join to
> the
> > character that is right after them. Please see the attached picture.
>
> I suppose this report should go to the Arabi developers.
>
> I tried to contact the author, but I had no chance. It seems that his
e-mail address is changed.
> > 2. I can't use hyperref package between Farsi Text. In this situation,
> DVI
> > can be generated without problem, but PDF generation stops with this
> error:
> > *pdfTeX error (ext4): pdf_link_stack empty, \pdfendlink used without
> > \pdfstart*
> > if I use \textLR, I will get this error:
> > *This can't happen (copying).*
>
> Maybe a hyperref bug, maybe an Arabi bug. You should bring this to a forum
> of
> Arabi users/developers.
>
> > 3. Character "ۀ" causes package inputenc error:
> > *Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:غ€ not set up for use with
> > LaTeX.*
>
> We might be able to do something about this, but the character is not
> encoded
> properly here in the message. Can you give us the unicode code point of
> this
> glyph? You can also try to find out yourself if this glyph can be displayed
> by
> a specific Arabi macro or a package. Then you can add it to the file
> unicodesymbols.
>
*ۂ is U+06C2: Arabic Letter Heh Goal With Hamza Above*
A workaround is using "*Heh*" with additional character "*Hamza Above*",
that equals with the composite character "*Arabic Letter Heh Goal With Hamza
Above"*
*ٴ is U+0674: Arabic Letter High Hamza*
> > 4. Default paragraph spacing is very tight.
>
> In LyX or in the output?
>
>
The output.
> > Please tell me if I should file a bug for these problems. I would be
> happy
> > if I can help to fix some of them.
>
> This would be very appreciated, since many of us do not know Arabic
> language
> and script.
>
> Regards,
> Jürgen
>
> > As you may be aware, Mr. Vahedi and some other enthusiasts in this area
> are
> > working on XePersian that seems to be stable and bug-free. This is an
> > alternative for Farsi support in LyX, because Arabi has not been updated
> > since 12/2006. Please see http://www.parsilatex.com/ (content is in
> Farsi
> > language). It seems that his e-mail and home-page is changed, so I cc
> this
> > e-mail to his new email address, and I hope he will also receive it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hossein
>
>
> Jürgen
>
