[XeTeX] Right-indents with Arabic in xelatex

[Frederick Hoyt]

Hi,

I am using xelatex to typeset Arabic using Musa Furber's template as a  
starting point:

http://www.tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2004-July/000533.html

However, the document I am working on requires hanging indents from the  
right margin. Mr. Furber's template explicitly disables indents since  
latex will generate them on the left margin.

I have tried to find a way to insert right indents as a class of  
objects distinct from left-indents, or to switch the whole direction of  
text, as in Klaus Legally's arabtex. I have not found an obvious way to  
do either.

However, I am curious about whether the segment of the arabtex code  
which specified RtL might be modified so that it could be used within  
xelatex. As far as I can tell, the relevant section of is "Arabic  
Environment," which is about mid-way through arabtex.sty:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/TeX/languages/arabtex/texinput/ 
arabtex.sty

Unfortunately, I am not wise in the ways of latex package programming,  
nor is my copy of the "Latex Companion" much help with interpreting the  
code.

As such, could some one point me to a site or document which explains  
the various commands used in this section?

Thanks,

Fred Hoyt


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Frederick M. Hoyt
Linguistics Department
University of Texas at Austin
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