On Thursday 10 July 2003 2:59 pm, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andre> Because the '%' will make TeX ignore the rest of the line > Andre> _including_ the newline at the end. So, %\n is invisible to > Andre> TeX's stomach. A \n alone, however, would be visible and > Andre> sometimes interpreted as extra space.
> Actually, the problem is not about hiding the \n to tex, but rather > adding the \n. We count the number of \n added to the .tex file, and > the part that handles centering would have to be modified to return > this information. > > >> I want to suggest something else. Why not we add a space after each > >> Arabic paragraph. I mean there should be a way to check for the > >> language written. If it's Arabic, we just add a space after each > >> paragraph. Something like the previous patch but for each > >> paragraph. What do you think? > > Andre> Sounds a bit hackish, but would be ok to me as this should only > Andre> affect arabtex users - which are the ones having the problem... > > This may not be too difficult, but I am really not competent to do > that. Maybe Dekel could have a go... I not sure if Dekel or anybody else have taken a step in solving the problem in the next release. I hope all of the time and efforts spent won't go with air ;) Thanks again to Andre and JMarc for the help. -- __/ __/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _\ _/ _\ _/ _/ \ / _\ unzir _/ aha Telecommunications Engineer Linux Registered User [EMAIL PROTECTED]://counter.li.org CIW, ICDL, MOUS. New Horizons CLC Riyadh, SA