Comment 21 for bug 580794

No, that doesn't work: xltxtra has to be loaded *before* bidi.

Or did you have your diff backwards?

~~ Robert.

On 31 May 2010 02:38, David Purton <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 06:52:17PM -0000, Robert Fischer wrote:
> > Do we need it in sblessay, or should we stick to having it in
> sbllangbase?
> > Are those packages referenced directly in sblessay somewhere?
>
> The current svn does not work for me. It triggers the bidi loaded before
> xunicode error...
>
> Can you check if this change works for you? fontspec and xunicode are
> loaded by xltxtra. Double check that your front end is not fiddling with
> anything and your test file is in utf-8 format.
>
> David
>
> ===================================================================
> --- sbllangbase.sty (revision 78)
> +++ sbllangbase.sty (working copy)
> @@ -36,10 +36,8 @@
>
> % setup English
> \ifxetexsbl
> - \RequirePackage{fontspec}
> - \RequirePackage{xltxtra}
> \RequirePackage{bidi}
> - \RequirePackage{xunicode}
> + \RequirePackage{xltxtra}
> \newcommand{\en}[1]{{\normalfont #1}}
> \else
> \RequirePackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
>
>
>
> --
> David Purton
> <email address hidden>
>
> For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to
> strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
> 2 Chronicles 16:9a
>
>
> ** Changed in: sbllatex
> Status: New => In Progress
>
> ** Changed in: sbllatex
> Importance: Undecided => High
>
> --
> Problems compiling with Hebrew
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580794
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> Status in SBL LaTeX: In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> I am having problems using sblclass to compile with Hebrew. Here is my
> setup:
>
> - Mac OS X 10.5.8
> - SBL Hebrew font installed
> - MacTeX Installation – the most recent (just a few days ago)
> - All the packages that were present in TeX Live 2009
> - TeXShop with the LaTeX option; have also tried to make file with XeTeX
> and XeLaTeX
> - All the .sty and .cls files have been placed in the
> ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex directory; other directories were created as
> directed on R. Fischer's wikipage
>
> I have tried using \begin{hebrew} WXYZ \end{hebrew} and also the \he{wxyz}
> options to input Hebrew and it continues to give me an error.
>
> I have tried entering WXYZ as both Hebrew characters and English letter -
> both to no avail. The compile always terminates. Typing in Greek does just
> fine.
>
>
>