[XeTeX] ArabXeTex: XeTeX or XeLaTex?

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Thanks Michael. \textrm works fine. \textLR too.


On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 01:11, Fr. Michael Gilmary
<FrMichaelGilmary at maronitemonks.org> wrote:
> @@ wrote:
>
>> 1) When I try to compile it as a file XeTeX, I have the following error:
>> Undefined control sequence: \documentclass{article}
>>
>
> That's because \documentclass is for XeLaTeX (not XeTeX). Don't try to
> compile it with XeTeX, just use XeLaTeX.
>
>
>> 2) When I try to compile it as a file XeLaTeX, the command \texroman
>> does not work:
>>
>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>> l.24 ...abiyaT ma`a kalimaT inklIziyaT (\textroman
>>                                                  {English}).
>>
>
> Try \textrm instead.
>
>> ?
>> [1
>> And in the pdf output the word English is written in Arabic.
>> Without this command the file is compiled correctly.
>> Any help?
>> Regards
>> P.-S : Monsieur F. Charette, si vous me lisez, vous pourriez m'écrire
>> en privé (mon anglais est loin d'être parfait). Merci.
>>
>
>
> You can try the following --- I've modified some of your input and added to
> it (although some of the glyphs didn't come through correctly, nevertheless,
> it works).
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{bidi}
> \usepackage{xltxtra}
> \usepackage{polyglossia}
> \setdefaultlanguage{english}
> \setotherlanguage{arabic}
> \usepackage{arabxetex}
> \newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic,Scale=1.2]{Scheherazade}
> \setmainfont{Times} % or your favorite
>
> \begin{document} \LARGE
> This is some text in English with Arabic insertion \textarab{`arabI}.
> Comme quoi \c{c}a marche !
> This is some text in English with Arabic insertion
> \textarab[utf]{عربي}.Texte UTF non vocalis\'e !
> This is some text in English with Arabic insertion
> \textarab[voc]{`arabI}.Texte vocalis\'e !
> \begin{arab}\LARGE
> bism al-lahi al-ra.hmani al-ra.hIm
> \end{arab}
> \begin{arab}
> wa-ha_dihi fiqraT"uN bi-al-`arabiyaT ma`a kalimaT inklIziyaT.
> \end{arab}
> \begin{arab}[utf]
> وهذه فقرةٌ بالعربية مع كلمة انكليزية.
> \end{arab}
> \begin{arab}
> wa-ha_dihi fiqraT"uN bi-al-`arabiyaT ma`a kalimaT inklIziyaT
> \textrm{(English)}.
> \end{arab}
> \end{document}
>
>
> I think that should fix most of the trouble. (And your English is far better
> than my French ... let alone Arabic!)
>
> Joyeux Noël!
>
>
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>
>
> fr. michael gilmary, mma
>
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