Re: [PATCH] Re: Eureka! This is why Arabic support for lyx 1.3.2 doesn't work in my Mandrake 9.1

[Munzir Taha Obeid <munzirtaha at myrealbox dot com>]

On Thursday 10 July 2003 2:59 pm, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <poenitz at htwm dot de> writes:
> Andre> Because the '%' will make TeX ignore the rest of the line
> Andre> _including_ the newline at the end. So, %\n is invisible to
> Andre> TeX's stomach. A \n alone, however, would be visible and
> Andre> sometimes interpreted as extra space.

> Actually, the problem is not about hiding the \n to tex, but rather
> adding the \n. We count the number of \n added to the .tex file, and
> the part that handles centering would have to be modified to return
> this information.
>
> >> I want to suggest something else. Why not we add a space after each
> >> Arabic paragraph. I mean there should be a way to check for the
> >> language written. If it's Arabic, we just add a space after each
> >> paragraph. Something like the previous patch but for each
> >> paragraph. What do you think?
>
> Andre> Sounds a bit hackish, but would be ok to me as this should only
> Andre> affect arabtex users - which are the ones having the problem...
>
> This may not be too difficult, but I am really not competent to do
> that. Maybe Dekel could have a go...
I not sure if Dekel or anybody else have taken a step in solving the problem 
in the next release. I hope all of the time and efforts spent won't go with 
air ;) Thanks again to Andre and JMarc for the help.

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