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index 9f6052e36ef..e92046dd433 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/polyglossia/polyglossia.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/polyglossia/polyglossia.tex
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
\defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
\setmonofont{DejaVu Sans Mono}%{Consolas}
\setsansfont{Lucida Sans Unicode}
-\newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic,Scale=1.5]{Scheherazade}
-\newfontfamily\farsifont[Script=Arabic,Scale=1.33]{Farsi Simple Bold}
-\newfontfamily\syriacfont[Script=Syriac,Scale=1.5,ExternalLocation="/mnt/data/fonts/syriac/"]{SyrCOMJerusalem.otf}
+\newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic]{Scheherazade}
+\newfontfamily\farsifont[Script=Arabic]{Farsi Simple Bold}
+\newfontfamily\syriacfont[Script=Syriac]{Serto Jerusalem}
\newfontfamily\hebrewfont[Script=Hebrew]{SBL Hebrew}
\newcommand\Babel{\pkg{babel}\xspace}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
\GetFileInfo{polyglossia.sty}
\title{\textcolor{lightblue}{\huge
-\fontspec[ExternalLocation="/mnt/data/fonts/greek/"]{GFSAmbrosia.otf}
+\fontspec{GFS Ambrosia}
Π$\;\,$ο$\;\,$λ$\;\,$υ$\;\,$γ$\;\,$λ$\;\,$ω$\;\,$σ$\;\,$σ$\;\,$ι$\;\,$α}\\[16pt]
\color{myblue}Polyglossia: A Babel Replacement for \XeLaTeX}
\author{\scshape\color{myblue}François Charette}
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ The default value of each option is given in italic.
\subsection{arabic}
\textbf{Options}:
\begin{itemize}
- \item \TB{calendar} = \textit{islamic} (= hijri) or gregorian
+ \item \TB{calendar} = \textit{gregorian} or islamic (= hijri)
\item \TB{locale} = \textit{default},\footnote{ %
For Egypt, Sudan, Yemen and the Golf states.}
mashriq,\footnote{ %
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ The default value of each option is given in italic.
as well as the form of the numerals (unless overriden by the following option).
\item \TB{numerals} = \textit{mashriq} or maghrib
(the latter is the default when locale = algeria, tunisia or morocco)
+ \item \TB{abjadjimnotail} = \textit{false} or true.\new{1.0.3}
+ Set this to true if you want the \textit{abjad} form of the number three to be \textarabic{ج‍}\ – as in the manuscript tradition – instead of the modern usage \textarabic{ج}.
\end{itemize}
\textbf{Commands}:
\begin{itemize}
@@ -385,11 +387,10 @@ The default value of each option is given in italic.
the latest (experimental) hyphenation patterns ‘(n)german-x-latest’
will be loaded instead of ‘german’ or ‘ngerman’. NB: This is based on
the file \texttt{language.dat} that comes with \TeX Live 2008.
- \item\TB{babelshorthands} = \textit{false} or true: \new{1.0.2}
+ \item\TB{babelshorthands} = \textit{false} or true: \new{1.0.3}
if this is turned on, all shorthands defined in the Babel
language for fine-tuning the hyphenation of German words are
- activated. NB: This feature has not been much tested and should be
- considered experimental.
+ activated. (NB: This feature was broken in the previous version.)
\begin{itemize}
\item ¦"ck¦ for ¦ck¦ to be hyphenated as ¦k-k¦
\item ¦"ff¦ for ¦ff¦ to be hyphenated as ¦ff-f¦; this is also available for the letters l, m, n, p, r and t
@@ -571,7 +572,7 @@ It also accepts an optional argument to add or subtract a correction
(in days) to the date computed by the arithmetical algorithm.\footnote{ %
The Islamic calendar is indeed a purely lunar calendar based on the observation
of the first visibility of the lunar crescent at the beginning of the lunar month,
- so their can be differences between different localities, as well as between
+ so there can be differences between different localities, as well as between
civil and religious authorities.}
For instance if ¦\Hijritoday¦ yields the date “7 Rajab 1429” (which is the date that was
displayed on the front page of \href{http://www.aljazeera.net}{aljazeera.net} on
@@ -600,7 +601,10 @@ Robertson (\pkg{fontspec}), Apostolos Syropoulos (\pkg{xgreek}), Youssef Jabri
(\pkg{arabi}), and Vafa Khalighi (\pkg{xepersian}). I should also thank other
individuals for their assistance in supporting specific languages: Yves Codet
(Sanskrit), Zdenek Wagner (Hindi), Mikhal Oren (Hebrew), Sergey Astanin (Russian),
-and several other members of the \XeTeX\ user community.
+Khaled Hosny (Arabic), Sertaç Ö. Yıldız (Turkish),
+and several other members of the \XeTeX\ user community, notably Enrico Gregorio, who
+has sent me many useful suggestions and corrections and contributed the ¦\newXeTeXintercharclass¦
+mechanism in xelatex.ini which is now used by polyglossia.
And of course my gratitude also goes to Jonathan Kew, the formidable author of \XeTeX!
\end{document}