[XeTeX] bidi-problem

2016-11-18 Thread Johann Spies
I am working on a document in which I keep notes of my readings. It is a long standing document on which I have been working for the past 20 years. Some recent update caused this problem: Location on CTAN: /macros/xetex/latex/bidi * * Issue tracker: https://github.com/vafa/bidi/issues * * Su

Re: [XeTeX] bidi-problem

2016-11-18 Thread Karljürgen Feuerherm
I am not able to compile this (missing package hevea, but as far as I know I have a complete installation), but you could try removing the package xltxtra; this reminds me of a problem I experienced recently. K > On Nov 18, 2016, at 04:49, Johann Spies wrote: > > I am working on a document in

Re: [XeTeX] bidi-problem

2016-11-18 Thread Ulrike Fischer
Am Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:49:08 +0200 schrieb Johann Spies: > ! Missing number, treated as zero. > >\protect > \renewcommand{\mag}[1]{\textcolor{magenta}{#1}} \mag is a primitive command (an integer) and it is quite a bad idea to redefine it. -- Ulrike Fischer http://www

Re: [XeTeX] bidi-problem

2016-11-18 Thread Johann Spies
Karljürgen wrote > xltxtra; this reminds me of a problem I experienced recently. and On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 01:05:01PM +0100, Ulrike Fischer wrote: > > \mag is a primitive command (an integer) and it is quite a bad idea > to redefine it. > Thanks to you both. I think the xltxtra was the m

Re: [XeTeX] bidi-problem --> problems with lines not starting in position 1 (even comments)

2016-11-18 Thread Herbert Schulz
> On Nov 18, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Christian Boitet > wrote: > > Hi Johann,18/11/16 > > I tried with the latest XeLaTeX, using the latest TeXShop and MacTeX > distribution under Mac OS El Capitan. > I put some comments in a file called "[XeTeX] bibi-pro

Re: [XeTeX] bidi-problem --> problems with lines not starting in position 1 (even comments)

2016-11-18 Thread Karljurgen Feuerherm
Hello Herb, That’s not quite the same thing, is it, Herb? >From the documentation of Polyglossia, p. 3*: "The current version of polyglossia makes use of some convenient macros defined in the etoolbox package by Philipp Lehmann. Being designed for XƎLATEX and LuaLATEX, it obviously also relies on