[XeTeX] Polyglossia and Arabic (texlive 2009)

[François Charette]

كتب خالد حسني:
> I was trying polyglossia in texlive 2009, Arabic support is great, but
> there are some issues.
>
> Arabic month names has several typos. Also, the titles in the sample
> file are out of context (auto-translated?), attached a patch that would
> fix both issues.
>   

Thanks a lot. I will apply your patch today.

> Also, dates are always in English whether Hijri or Georgian, I think
>   
You mean Gregorian :)

> \if at rl is unset (always false), may be an incompatibility introduced in
> the latest bidi package?
>   
That's quite possible. I have asked Vafa to try to ensure
backwards-compatibility, but I still need to test this before releasing
a new version a polyglossia.

> Last, I think the default calender should be Georgian not Hijri, since
> it is the civil calender in all Arabic countries except Saudi Arabia,
> and it makes more sense to make it the default.
>   
All right, I can change this.

Regards,

FC