Re: [XeTeX] xetex crash: interaction between interchar and linebreaklocale mechanisms
According to documentation it seems to me that ucharclasses work only with XeLaTeX. But with babel and lualatex you can switch the font depending on the script, even with RTL ones, which, if things haven’t changed, isn’t possible with ucharclasses. See the examples in p. 44 of the babel manual. Javier
Re: [XeTeX] xetex crash: interaction between interchar and linebreaklocale mechanisms
> According to documentation it seems to me that ucharclasses work only > with XeLaTeX. But with babel and lualatex you can switch the font depending on the script, even with RTL ones, which, if things haven’t changed, isn’t possible with ucharclasses. See the examples in p. 44 of the babel manual. Javier
Re: [XeTeX] xetex crash: interaction between interchar and linebreaklocale mechanisms
ne 10. 9. 2023 v 15:21 odesílatel Javier Bezos napsal: > > > > According to documentation it seems to me that ucharclasses work only > > with XeLaTeX. > > But with babel and lualatex you can switch the font depending > on the script, even with RTL ones, which, if things haven’t > changed, isn’t possible with ucharclasses. See the examples > in p. 44 of the babel manual. > I can do the same with polyglossia both with xelatex and lualatex but imagine that I am writing a document in Hindi and from time to time it contains a single word in English, Russian, Urdu, Gujarati and it may be loaded from another file. I just do not want to write \textenglish, \textrussian, \texturdu, \textgujarati. With RTL inside LTR ucharclasses works for single words, with two or more words it will be wrong. > Javier > Zdeněk Wagner https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/
Re: [XeTeX] xetex crash: interaction between interchar and linebreaklocale mechanisms
I can do the same with polyglossia both with xelatex and lualatex but
imagine that I am writing a document in Hindi and from time to time it
contains a single word in English, Russian, Urdu, Gujarati and it may
be loaded from another file. I just do not want to write \textenglish,
\textrussian, \texturdu, \textgujarati. With RTL inside LTR
ucharclasses works for single words, with two or more words it will be
wrong.
My point is with babel + LuaTeX you don’t need any macro
to switch the font, the text direction and the line breaking
rules, which is what you want. Things like \textenglish,
\textrussian, \texturdu, \textgujarati, etc., are not
necessary for a few words and short texts, even if the
script is RTL. The example in the babel manual is:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[english, bidi=basic]{babel}
\babelprovide[onchar=ids fonts]{arabic}
\babelfont{rm}{Crimson} % Main font
\babelfont[*arabic]{rm}{FreeSerif} % Font for the Arabic script
\begin{document}
Most Arabic speakers consider the two varieties to be two registers
of one language, although the two registers can be referred to in
Arabic as فصحى العصر \textit{fuṣḥā l-ʻaṣr} (MSA) and
فصحى التراث \textit{fuṣḥā t-turāth} (CA).
\end{document}
Javier
