ArabTeX is a free software package providing support for the

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or native script input to produce quality ligatures for

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. ArabTeX characters are placed within a TeX/LaTeX document using the command \RL or the environment \begin ... \end. ArabTeX is released under the

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Example

\novocalize \RL \documentclass

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\usepackage \begin \setarab \fullvocalize \transtrue \arabtrue \begin bismi al-ll_ahi al-rra.hm_ani al-rra.hImi \end \end

Common commands

* \setarab (set language specific rendering) * \setfarsi (set language specific rendering) * \setuighur (set language specific rendering) * \set... (more language conventions, see the documentation) * \novocalize (individual vowel marks can be displayed using "a, "i, "u) * \vocalize (individual vowel marks can be cancelled using "a, "i, "u) * \fullvocalize (individual vowel marks can be cancelled using "a, "i, "u) * \setcode (switch input encodings) * \settrans (switch transliteration conventions)

Character table

Note that one can also overcome the problem with containing dots using the \yahnodots command.

References

External links

ArabTeX package pageDocumentation (pdf)
* tp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/arabtex.htm Download {{TeX navbox Arabic-language computing Free TeX software

Example

Common commands

Character table

See also

References

External links