>> There are two possibilities to support ArabTeX and ARABI together in
>> LyX: 1) to specify which one we would like to use througout the file
>> 2) to specify that we like to use ArabTeX for some part of the file
>> instead of ARABI (note that the other way is not possible)
>>
>> The question is whether we would like to have both of these
>> possibilities.
>
>I think 2) would be a nice option provided that you are able to sort
>out these things.
>
>>
>> Abdel, be careful that if you want to provide the Arabic suppot based
>> on ArabTeX then I am afraid that you should not commit the changes I
>> suggested for the numbers.
>
>Too late!
>
>But why? This was a special case for hebrew export. Do you mean that
>ArabTeX handles this automatically?
>
>
>> One thing is for sure that for Farsi we only use ARABI and never
>> ArabTeX.
>
>Then the choice is clear for me: we should use ARABI because it
>supports
>both Arabic and Farsi.
>
>Any ArabTeX reader who would like to comment on this? Dov?
>
>Abdel.
Yes, ArabTeX handles numbers automatically.
Note that ArabTeX supports Farsi but the reasons that (almost!) nobody uses
ArabTeX for Farsi are that in Farsi we usualy don't use (many) ligatures (we
use only a few such as Laam+Alef) and the few fonts defined in ArabTeX are ugly
for Farsi (though they may be good in Arabic). Therefore ARABI is definitly
better for us because of its support for many available good fonts. But in
Arabic someone may still like to use ArabTeX because of its support for many
ligatures though there are a few options for the fonts.
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