Re: [docbook-apps] Writing Hebrew in docbook

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Following up my own message, I should mention that when you use XEP or XSL
Formatter, you generally don't need to specify writing direction.  Unicode
assigns writing directions for characters, so the Unicode characters for
Hebrew and Arabic are automatically set right-to-left by an XSL-FO processor
that can do it.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>
To: "Hillel" <hillel.t@gmail.com>; <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Writing Hebrew in docbook


> By the way, if you are using FOP, the current version does not support
> Hebrew or other languages that change direction.  You would need to use a
> commercial XSL-FO processor such as XEP or XSL Formatter.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hillel" <hillel.t@gmail.com>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 6:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Writing Hebrew in docbook
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> > Jirka Kosek wrote:
> >
> > > OK, try to add also dir="rtl" to root element. But I'm not 100% sure
> > > if support for text directionality was already implemented everywhere
> > > in stylesheets (it works on most of inlines). If this will not help,
> > > then please submit new bug report on SourceForge site.
> >
> > Thanks for the comments. I checked it out and indeed since docbook DTD
> > 4.3 there is a dir attribute, and it seems that the xsl's do not support
> > it right.
> >
> > I submited this bug report to SourceForge:
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> >
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1145448&group_id=21935&atid=373747
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hillel.
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