[NTG-context] Aleph queries

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:35:14 -0600, Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl> wrote:

>>> \in{رسم بياني }[figref0102]
>>>
>>> to generate
>>>
>>> "رسم بياني 1-2"
>>>
>>> Any advice for that? (I had a search for other \reverse type commands
>>> but no luck :-(
>>
>> Hans, can you do a \reverse macro for this?
> what do you mean with \reverse
>
> bla bla left to right bla bla \in {something arab right left} bla bla
>
> i assume that arab always should be reverse so one should either  
> explicitly enable arab or is there something wrong with the \in macro

In Latin we write

<Figure 1.2>

in Arabic we want the equivalent of

<2.1 erugiF>

but Duncan seems to be getting

<1.2 erugiF>

even with global Arabic settings.

In addition Duncan would like to use a dash instead of a period:

<2-1 erugiF>

Best
Idris

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Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
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Colorado State University
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