>>>>> "Mostafa" == Mostafa Vahedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mostafa> 1) The few fonts defined in ArabTeX are not beautiful and I Mostafa> don't know of any other fonts can be used with ArabTeX, while Mostafa> ARABI uses the many free fonts available on the Internet and Mostafa> it is possible to add more (at least I can and I have done Mostafa> this). 2) ArabTeX is not based on BABEL while ARABI is based Mostafa> on BABEL. 3) It is possible to use ArabTeX completely with Mostafa> ARABI package. In other words ArabTeX and ARABI are fully Mostafa> compatible. 4) Considering the handling of "Ligatures and Mostafa> Vowels" ArabTeX outperforms ARABI. 5) ArabTeX can be used for Mostafa> Hebrew too (though obviously for Hebrew another package is Mostafa> uded), but ARABI just for Arabic and Farsi and moreover ARABI Mostafa> and IVRITEX cannot be used together. 6) With ArabTeX it is Mostafa> not necessary to do anything special about the numbers but Mostafa> with ARABI the case is similar to the LyX support of the Mostafa> Hebrew language currently. Mostafa> The question is: which one to use? Indeed :) Especially sine most of the arabic support is built with arabtex in mind, I guess. Unfortunately, I do not have a good answer to this question. JMarc
