On 21 oct. 08, at 15:13, Khaled Hosny wrote:

This isn't actually a bug, \textdir TRT will reverse all text, try setting \setupdirection[bidi=global] to enable the "experimental" auto-bidi support.

Thanks Khaled for your attention, but what I get is: ! Undefined control sequence. l.21 \setupdirection [bidi=global] ? Process aborted Is this feature so experimental that it is not yet included in the latest beta? Best regards: OK

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Otared Kavian wrote:

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Hi Hans, Taco, Idriss and the mkiv team,

Since I have been unable to use mkiv until very recently I am not aware whether the following bug has been addressed or not (Luigi Scarso taught me how to install and use mkiv on Mac OS, last Sunday…).

Below is a minimal file which shows that the numerals in Right-to- Left text are reversed, while they shouldn't. XeTeX and XeConTeXt behave correctly in this respect.

If the bug is known, pardon me for the noise… Best regards: OK

%% begin file bug-RL-numerals.tex \starttext

\definefontfeature [testPersian] [analyze=yes, mode=node, language=dflt, script=arab, aalt=yes, init=yes, medi=yes, fina=yes, isol=yes, liga=yes, mset=yes]

\font\FaarsiA=arabtype*testPersian at 36pt

\startbuffer[faarsi] این متن در سال ۲۰۰۸ مسیحی نوشته شده است.

\stopbuffer \pardir TLT \textdir TLT This file has been typeset on \currentdate{} at \currenttime, mkiv, ConTeXt version \contextversion, % LuaTeX version \luatexversion, LuaTeX revision \luatexrevision, (LuaTeX date stamp \luatexdatestamp). \blank[6*big] The number input as « 2008 » in Persian is written in the output as « 8002 » in the following Persian text: \blank[6*big] \pardir TRT \textdir TRT

\FaarsiA \getbuffer[faarsi] \blank[6*big]

\stoptext %% end file bug-RL-numerals.tex

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On 22 oct. 08, at 09:02, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Otared Kavian wrote:

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On 21 oct. 08, at 15:13, Khaled Hosny wrote:

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This isn't actually a bug, \textdir TRT will reverse all text, try setting \setupdirection[bidi=global] to enable the "experimental" auto-bidi support.

Thanks Khaled for your attention, but what I get is:

! Undefined control sequence. l.21 \setupdirection [bidi=global] ? Process aborted

Is this feature so experimental that it is not yet included in the latest beta?

\setupdirections[bidi=global]

Wolfgang

Thanks Wolfgang… the plural makes sense indeed. However it seems that it is necessary to add \pardir TRT \textdir TRT before Right-to-Left text. Best regards: OK