On 1 Jul 2011, at 17:20, Petr Tomasek wrote:
>> So, try:
>>
>> \noindent \beginR \indent Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
>> elit. Mauris luctus accumsan vulputate. Vivamus vel lacus nunc, a dictum
>> lacus. Duis rutrum, odio blandit dapibus facilisis, ipsum neque vestibulum
>> ligula, ut vulputate leo nisl eget dolor. Donec luctus consequat porta. Duis
>> tristique elit in sapien vulputate non pulvinar felis interdum. Praesent
>> auctor eleifend sollicitudin. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Donec congue
>> congue interdum. Suspendisse vel dictum nulla. Nullam sit amet mi ut libero
>> blandit scelerisque.\par
>>
>> Or just precede a series of paragraphs with:
>>
>> \everypar={\setbox0=\lastbox \beginR \box0 }
>
> Ok, thank a lot!
> Don't I need to put \endR somewhere so that it's balanced?
> Perhaps that's what puzzled me...
No. See the e-TeX documentation for more details about \beginR, etc.
>
>> for automatic RTL-ness. (Explanation: \lastbox is used to retrieve the box
>> that was inserted for the original automatic (LTR) paragraph indent; then
>> after switching directionality, we put it back again so as to get the indent
>> at the right end.)
>
> Ok, that's clear. Will \leftskipt and \rightskipt then be quasi switched too?
Not if I recall correctly - left is still left, and right is still right.
JK
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