[XeTeX] gloss-russian.ldf bug

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Wed, 26 May 2010 13:56:33 +0900 schrieb Vladimir Lomov:

> ** Vadim Radionov [2010-05-26 02:24:19 +0400]:
> 
>> Dear all,
> 
>> After upgrade to version [2010/03/23 v1.1.1] of polyglossia, i cannot switch
>> the family of what comes to running head: compare this and the same without
>> \setdefaultlanguage{russian}
> 
>> \documentclass{book}
>> \usepackage{polyglossia}
>> \setdefaultlanguage{russian}
>> \setmainfont{CharterITC}
>> \makeatletter
>> \def\@oddhead{\em!! \rightmark\hfil\thepage}
>> \makeatother
> 
>> \begin{document}
>> \markboth{even}{odd}
>> This is a test.
>> \end{document}
> 
> (to clarify: 'odd' is not emphasized in header)
> 
> This is common problem for all 'gloss-*.ldf' files which have
> '\normalfontlatin' in they definitions (for example: greek, bulgarian,
> ukrainian, serbian, coptic). If you comment '\normalfontlatin' in
> 'gloss-russian.ldf' you get desired result.
> 
> This problem doesn't appear if you use 'fancyhdr' package (it should be
> loaded after polyglossia of course).
> 
> System: TeX Live 2009 with latest updates.

You can use 
\usepackage[nolocalmarks]{polyglossia}. Then polyglossia will not
localize the header. 

You can also define \russianfont to something sensible. Then the
default definition with \normalfontlatin will not be used. E.g.
\def\russianfont{}
\setdefaultlanguage{russian}



-- 
Ulrike Fischer