On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Bob Merhebi <bobmerh...@gmail.com> 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 > > Cannot help here. I'm aware of the complexities of Arabic script, but I have no means to check if lyx (or, rather, Tex) gets it right. Sorry. > > 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) > > 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 > > This is a problem with Ubuntu (and Mint, which is Ubuntu based). In fact it is a problem with all Debian-based distros, as far as I know. The problem is that their packaged version of tex are: (1) Broken up in several packages, and the user often does not know which are required ofr the task at hand (2) Often well behind officially distributed versions. (When I stopped using Ubuntu it was 2 years behind.) My, very personal, recommendation is to stop using the Ubuntu-packaged version of tex and install manually Texlive instead. It used to be a complicated to manage your own Tex installation. Now that Texlive comes with its own distribution manager (called tlmgr --- tex live manager), it is much simpler However, I do understand that other users may have different preferences, > Installing it didn't change anything in LyX. Still no Article[Arabic]! > Every time you install a new latex package you need to reconfigure Lyx and restart it. Otherwise Lyx cannot use the newly installed package. > 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. > Arabtex should be in the package you installed: texlive-lang-arab<http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/texlive-lang-arab> .Otherwise, you can install it from CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/arabtex (Or with the tex manager I mentioned above if you switch to your own texlive installation). If you install it manually, remember that you must run texhash as a superuser afterwards. That is, you must open a terminal window and type the command sudo texhash > 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. > > His system is Linux Mint, which is similar to Ubuntu. Hence he has the same problem as your. Cheers, Stefano -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA stef...@tamu.edu http://stefano.cleinias.org
