Re: [XeTeX] [arXiv #128410] Re: XeLaTeX generated pdf metadata

2014-09-22 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 09/22/2014 08:42 PM, Mike Maxwell wrote: I guess these jokers haven't heard of Unicode. Are they stuck back in the 1990s? Are you and Philip Taylor even aware that you're replying directly to an arXiv administrator? I think arXiv and Cornell University are doing a great service to the

Re: [XeTeX] xetex and the unicode bidirectional algorithm.

2013-12-09 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 12/09/2013 10:15 AM, Zdenek Wagner wrote: A bit off topic, dou you know a good Linux text editor woth properly implemented bidi algorithm so that I could type multilingual texts? Evne the combination of Urdu and TeX macros is a pain, it is not easy to type \textbf{میں نے \today\ کو سب کچھ

Re: [XeTeX] Ubuntu and XeLaTeX

2013-02-21 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 02/21/2013 04:08 AM, George N. White III wrote: On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Daniel Greenhoe mailto:dgreen...@gmail.com>> wrote: I would like to try using Ubuntu on a laptop PC. Is there a stable version of XeLaTeX available that can run on Ubuntu and that includes Khaled's r

Re: [XeTeX] centering using geometry package

2011-11-20 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 11/20/2011 06:51 AM, Zdenek Wagner wrote: 2011/11/20 Axel E. Retif: [...] That's where crop marks come handy ---they indicate the intended trimmed size; the rest of the image in, then, the bleed. ...the rest of the image *is*, then, the bleed. My zwpagelayout can do both crop

Re: [XeTeX] centering using geometry package

2011-11-20 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 11/20/2011 03:50 AM, Daniel Greenhoe wrote: On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Axel E. Retif wrote: [...] ...use the crop package ... I like this idea and did try it on the real cover design. However, I seem to be having some problems. With time, I'm sure they could be solved. Bu

Re: [XeTeX] centering using geometry package

2011-11-20 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 11/20/2011 01:48 AM, Kevin Godby wrote: The vertical line on the far right is showing where the marginpar area starts. That vertical line is the left margin of the \marginpars. The distance between the right edge of your box and that vertical line is \marginparsep. The width of the marginp

Re: [XeTeX] centering using geometry package

2011-11-19 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 11/19/2011 10:39 PM, Daniel Greenhoe wrote: But one thing that concerns me is that there is an extra vertical line that appears about 2.5mm to the right of the text body frame box. Can somebody tell me, what is that line? Can I eliminate it somehow? It's the showframe option. There is al

Re: [XeTeX] newpage

2010-10-21 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 21 Oct, 2010, at 10:39, houda araj wrote: > I put newpage instruction so I get the Arabic text on page three. It doesn't > work. Is any other solution for that ? As Philip and Wilfred said, this works: ... \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} \phantom{p. 1} \clearpage \thispagestyle{empty

Re: [XeTeX] Localized XeLaTeX: was Greek XeLaTeX

2010-10-15 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 14 Oct, 2010, at 05:59, Peter Dyballa wrote: > I don't think there are so many "localised" units at this size (presumingly > they start around 25 mm and reach a few km [Russian verst]) I think you mean league, not verst (which is just a little bit more than 1 km). Best Axel --

Re: [XeTeX] \emph{} exceeds TeX capacity with slides

2010-10-15 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 15 Oct, 2010, at 02:38, Ulrike Fischer wrote: > Am Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:44:19 +0200 schrieb Pablo Rodríguez: > >> for some strange reason using both XeTeX and LuaTeX the \emph{} command >> contained in the sample document below exceeds TeX capacity: >> >> \documentclass[12pt]{slides} >> \use

Re: [XeTeX] \emph{} exceeds TeX capacity with slides

2010-10-14 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 14 Oct, 2010, at 13:44, Pablo Rodríguez wrote: > for some strange reason using both XeTeX and LuaTeX the \emph{} command > contained in the sample document below exceeds TeX capacity: > > \documentclass[12pt]{slides} > \usepackage{fontspec} > \setsansfont{FreeSans} > \begin{document} > hi \e

Re: [XeTeX] problem in tikz example compiled by xelatex

2010-10-12 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 12 Oct, 2010, at 03:18, Jianshi Huang wrote: > There's a problem in the PDF generated by xelatex using tex code in > the following page: > > http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/foldable-dodecahedron-with-calendar/ > > The position of the image isn't correct. pdflatex produces the right im

Re: [XeTeX] Thanks and Minor Bug Report (Axel E. Retif)

2010-10-07 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 7 Oct, 2010, at 07:56, Marc van Dongen wrote: > On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:36:17 -0500, "Axel E. Retif" > wrote: > > : \usepackage[dvipdfmx]{graphicx} > : \usepackage[dvipdfmx]{xcolor} <- add this > > Dear Axel, > > Thanks very much. It seems to w

Re: [XeTeX] Installation of Texlive on Ubuntu 10.04

2010-09-21 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 21 Sep, 2010, at 17:10, Juan Francisco Fraile Vicente wrote: > As I have installed ubuntu 10.04 on my computer, I would like to have your > advice about what is the best way of installing TeXlive at the moment. Besides Dominik's thorough reply, I would say... > What is working better at the

Re: [XeTeX] Thanks and Minor Bug Report (Axel E. Retif)

2010-09-19 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 19 Sep, 2010, at 13:25, Marc van Dongen wrote: > On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:51:00 -0500 "Axel E. Retif" wrote: > > : \documentclass{minimal} > : \usepackage[dvipdfmx]{graphicx}%%% <- use this and it works > : \usepackage{tikz} > : \usetikzlibrary{spy} > >

Re: [XeTeX] Thanks and Minor Bug Report

2010-09-18 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 18 Sep, 2010, at 08:01, Marc van Dongen wrote: [...] > As far as I'm concerned there's a bug in xelatex (it works > with pdflatex). Specifically, the following code doesn't work. > > \documentclass{minimal} > > \usepackage{tikz} > \usetikzlibrary{spy} > > \begin{document} >\begin{tikzp

Re: [XeTeX] PDF Creator: "bidi"?

2010-03-18 Thread Axel E. Retif
On 17 Mar, 2010, at 17:44, Rembrandt Wolpert wrote: > I assume that it would take the maintainer about 10 seconds to apply this > very simple step, certainly not longer than it took François Charette to > correct the orthography of the name Vafa, and certainly not longer than > explaining in e