Re: [NTG-context] typesetting Arabic today

Hi, Burak, On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:09:14 -0600, Burak Emir wrote:

Hi again,

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

...

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Aleph_Guide

was once the main guide. Aleph was a merge of etex and Omega, succeeded by luatex. You can still use the old Omega way of doing things in luatex -- as explained in that guide, but it's better to use the new mechanism and opentype fonts.

My luatex is not working for the moment, I am using the context minimals distribution on MacOS X.

Would the old Omega way documented on that page also work with the xetex engine?

No, XeTeX does not support Omega/Aleph commands. If you find an aleph binary for Mac I guess you could try that, but don't give up on luaTeX just yet, I'm sure someone on the list will figure out what's wrong.... Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/