On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 01:53:56PM +0200, Yusuf Mitha wrote: > I have just started using polyglosia last week. I dont know if it an > issue or there is a work around. In Englis text if I use {$\overline > {test}$}, the word gets overlines. However If I do it to Arabic texts. > It just dissapears. > > Is there a way to implement the \eamph command for overlining arabic > texts just like arabxetex?
You can try this: \def\aemph#1{$\overline{\hbox{#1}}$} Basically, you have to set the text inside an hbox so that it is not treated as maths text. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex