From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- .../arabi/arabi/texmf/doc/latex/arabi/README | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+) create mode 100644 language/arabic/arabi/arabi/texmf/doc/latex/arabi/README (limited to 'language/arabic/arabi/arabi/texmf/doc/latex/arabi/README') diff --git a/language/arabic/arabi/arabi/texmf/doc/latex/arabi/README b/language/arabic/arabi/arabi/texmf/doc/latex/arabi/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3c05323d04 --- /dev/null +++ b/language/arabic/arabi/arabi/texmf/doc/latex/arabi/README @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ + Arabi System + Version 1.1 + (c) Youssef Jabri + + +An author maintained LPPL system to write in Arabic and Farsi. +Fully compatible with BABEL and can use commercial fonts +(as well as free ones :) + +See the PDF user guide in the documentation folder texmf/doc/arabi +concerning how to use the system! + + +Among the new things with Version 1.1: +========================== ++ You can search and copy Arabic and Farsi text from PDF files generated by pdflatex (read the documentation to know how to) ++ You can use TeX4ht to make HTML files. ++ Now we can have Arabic in the bookmarks sidebar, although hyperref is still not fully supported yet. ++ In Farsi contexts, Digits (0, 1, . . . , 9) are written with the extended Indo-Arabic (Farsi) digits. ++ Changed some control sequences to more standard forms and less problematic ones, (request made during TUG 2006) +\R --> \textRL +\L --> \textLR (\L is used by the Polish languagae) +\embox --> \LRmbox +\ambox --> \ARmbox +\fmbox --> \FRmbox ++ Only the following Farsi fonts from the Farsiweb project are Free (GPL): +(Nazli, Nazli bold, Homa, Titr). The others should be GPL'ed in their next release. Thank you R. Pournader. +I modified the free fonts Notices to say they are GPL, as suggested by Pournader, and removed +the non free ones from Arabi. + +Last minute addenum: +==================== +To get your system to know about the Type 1 (.pfb) files that come +with "Arabi": + +in principle, + +1) a line like: ++p arabi.map +should be added to the file "config.ps" in the "/usr/share/texmf/dvips/config" folder. +But since this file is updated automatically, all information that is added manually +is (will be) overwritten and lost! + +2) or u should call dvips with the option -u "dvips arabi.map" + +3) There's also "dvips -P arabi " where "config.arabi" contains at least +the line "p +arabi.map". + +4) The best way: +You should know how to use the "updmap" utility that comes +with your specific Installation. + +Concerning MikTeX: +================== +Arabi is a part of MikTeX 2.5, so just call the package manager and get it to install Arabi for you. +If you still use an earlier version, just download Arabi, unzip it where due and: +1. create an empty configuration file "updmap.cfg" in the local config + directory, e.g. + C:\localtexmf\miktex\config\updmap.cfg +(For your information, a file "updmap.cfg" comes in /texmf/web2c/ +YOU SHOULD NOT MODIFY IT, because this file can be +overwritten by the MiKTeX Update Wizard.) + +2. start editing the file: + e.g.: notepad C:\localtexmf\miktex\config\updmap.cfg + +3. add the following configuration settings, + +# arabi +Map arabi.map + +then save the file + +4. update the file name database: + initexmf -u + +5. create the font map files: + initexmf --mkmaps + +Settings specified in the local configuration file take precedence +over those specified in the main configuration file +(i.e. /texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg). + + + -- cgit v1.2.3