README for ض (dad) package, 2014/10/11, v1.1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ================= 1 Introduction 2 Download 3 Installation 4 Additional Packages 5 Package Compatibility 6 Authors/Maintainer 7 Bug Reports 8 Known Problems 1 INTRODUCTION ============== This LaTeX package allows simple typesetting in Arabic script, intended for mixed Latin-Arabic script usage, in situations where heavy-duty solutions are discouraged. The ض system operates with both Unicode and transliterated input, allowing the user to choose the most appropriate approach for every situation. A paper describing the package has been submitted to TUGboat. This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL). See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/ licenses.lppl.html for the details of that license. 2 DOWNLOAD ========== ض should become available on CTAN soon: CTAN:/language/arabic/dad/ The distribution contains the following files: 2.1 FONT FILES AND RELATED FILES ================================ dadbold.ofm dad.ofm dadmono.ofm dadmono.ovf dadbold.ovf dad.ovf Dad-mono.pfb Dad-bold.pfb Dad.pfb Dad.afm Dad-mono.afm Dad-bold.afm dadrealbold.tfm dadreal.tfm dadrealmono.tfm dad.map dad.sty OT1dad.fd T1dad.fd 2.2 DOCUMENTATION ================= dad-user-guide.pdf dad-user-guide.tex dad-user-guide.bib 2.4 PERL SCRIPTS FOR UTF-8 <-> TRANSLITERATION CONVERSION ========================================================= dad-to-utf8.pl utf8-to-dad.pl 2.3 FILES USED FOR GENERATING THE FONT METRIC FILES =================================================== make-dad-font.pl dadbold.adjust dad.adjust dadmono.adjust 3 INSTALLATION ============== Place the files in directories where TeX can find them. 4 ADDITIONAL PACKAGES ===================== ض itself does not load other packages. 5 PACKAGE COMPATIBILITY ======================= To typeset with this package you need lualatex. To generate the OVF and OFM files from OVP you need wovp2ovf version higher or equal than 1.13 (build 34787). 6 AUTHOR/MAINTAINER ===================== * Author and maintainer of the package: Yannis Haralambous 7 BUG REPORTS ============== A bug report should contain: * Comprehensive problem description. This includes error or warning messages. * \errorcontextlines=\maxdimen can be added in the TeX code to get more information in TeX error messages. * Minimal test file that shows the problem, but does not contain any unnecessary packages and code. * Used drivers/programs. * Version information about used packages and programs. * If you are using LaTeX, then add "\listfiles". Then a list of version information is printed at the end of the LaTeX run. * Please no other files than the minimal test file. The other files .log, .dvi, .ps, .pdf are seldom necessary, so send them only on request. * Please .zip or .tar.gz your file(s) before sending them! Bug address ----------- Bug reports can be send to the maintainer: Yannis Haralambous 8 KNOWN PROBLEMS =================