Actually upon further investigation, I found out: Tools > TeX Information > arabart.cls (is present)
I "reconfigured" LyX & restarted it & there it was: Article[Arabic] BUT the problem that Scribus has is present in LyX. I am not sure which version it was, but I once tried writing in LyX in Arabic & it worked well. What I'm sure of is that it was running under Ubuntu 10.04 (x86) What do you think? On Wed 13 Feb 2013 11:25:54 PM EET, Bob Merhebi wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm joining you guys regarding writing Arabic in LyX. I know Arabic & > some LyX so I guess I can help. > > So far I have not used Arabic in LyX. > > On 02/12/2013 10:09 PM, stefano franchi wrote: >> I have no knowledge of Arabic, unfortunately, but following the >> instructions on the wiki seems to work for me, including right-to-left >> typing: > > Right-to-Left is not enough; Arabic is a complex language which requires > connecting letters and glyph formation. Here's an example from Scribus > which has been open for a long time & still not resolved (not sure why): > http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1079 > >> http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Arabic >> It requires: >> >> 1. Setting the document class to Article(Arabic) > > Doesn't exist in my installation: > > LyX 2.0.5.1 (2012-11-03) > Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (x86_64) > >> 2. Choosing "Arabic" from Document>>Settings>>Language, as Guy said >> 3. Installing Arabic fonts for correct display in Lyx (the pdf would be >> fine without them, them) >> >> If you do not have article[Arabic] in the Document>>Settings dropdown menu, >> there may be something missing in your latex installation. > > The only relevant Arabic files I found are: > > /usr/share/lyx/kbd/arabic.kmap > /usr/share/lyx/layouts/arab-article.layout > /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/genmisc/arabic.tex > /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/bezos/arabicfront.sty > /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/minitoc/arab.mld > /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/minitoc/arab2.mld > /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/minitoc/arabi.mld > /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/minitoc/arabic.mld > > Maybe the 2nd is relecant? > > The >> article(Arabic) option uses the arabart.cls document class, which, on my TL >> 2012 linux system, lives in >> >> /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/arabtex/arabart.cls >> > Nothing of this sort! > > It appears to be part of the package: texlive-langextra > which doesn't seem to be in Ubuntu > > Running "apt-cache search texlive" results in finding: > > texlive-lang-arabic - TeX Live: Arabic > > Installing it didn't change anything in LyX. Still no Article[Arabic]! > > I guess we need ArabTex: > http://www2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ivi/bs/research/arab_e.htm > > In this I need help; I prefer to use Ubuntu's repositories unless it is > not possible at all. > >> Try looking for a file called arabart.cls and see if you can find it in >> your system. >> Which platform are you on? Linux, Mac, Windows? Instructions for the >> installation of missing packages vary depending on the platform. > > Not sure what parastoo is using as his system but mine is as stated above. > >> >> Cheers, >> >> Stefano >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Guy Rutenberg <guyrutenb...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi Parastoo, >>> >>> I've no experience using LyX with Arabic or Farsi, so I only guess. Have >>> you set the language correctly in Document->Settings->Language? At least >>> for Hebrew it's necessary. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Guy >>> >>> >>> On 31 January 2013 00:05, Parastoo Mojabi <parastoo.moj...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Parastoo Mojabi < >>>> parastoo.moj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi, >>>>> >>>>> hope you are doing great. >>>>> >>>>> I have difficulties making lyx in Farsi, I did as the internet saying, >>>>> but article[arabic] is un available in my document class, I paste >>>>> article-arabic.layout. every where but still doesnt work. >>>>> now my document is left to right which i wanted to be right to left and >>>>> the letters of arabic showing is wrong. >>>>> >>>>> please help me >>>>> >>>>> cheers > > -- Sincerely Yours, El Merehbi, Ibrahim TB
