[XeTeX] Syriac: Text Direction

[Jonathan Kew]

On 1 May 2007, at 10:28 pm, Thomas Thackery wrote:

> This worked, thank you.   I don't know if this is substandard  
> practice to use the \begin{flushright}, but this is how I achieved  
> my results:
>
> \begin{flushright}
> {\beginR{\syr
> ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܠܳܐ ܚܙܳܐ ܐ݈ܢܳܫ ܡܶܡܬ݂ܽܘܡ  
> ܝܺܚܺܝܕ݂ܳܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܗܰܘ  
> ܕ݁ܺܐܝܬ݂ܰܘܗ݈ܝ ܒ݁ܥܽܘܒ݁ܳܐ  
> ܕ݁ܰܐܒ݂ܽܘܗ݈ܝ ܗܽܘ ܐܶܫܬ݁ܰܥܺܝ
> }\endR}
> \end{flushright}
>

If it's adequate for your needs, that's fine. It won't fully handle  
various things like paragraph indents, other LaTeX environments,  
etc., but for simple requirements it may be enough. I'd suggest  
looking into the bidi package for a more complete solution at some  
point, though.

JK