[XeTeX] arabic

[Gregg Reynolds]

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Jens Bakker <jbakker at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> Dear Jean-Louis,
>
>  You just have to learn were the Arabic characters are located which may be boring and time consuming at the beginning but after you have learnt it, it is very convenient.

It's the only way to go.  Just do it the same way you would improve
your handwriting:  pick a few texts and type them up just for
practice.  Takes a few hours at the most to get the hang of it.

If you're using a mac it's also very easy to create your own keyboard
layout using ukelele
(http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele).
 If you will need to switch between mac and windows machines, you can
use a Windows layout on the mac, for example.

-Gregg