CTAN update: luabidi
Date: April 11, 2026 2:27:19 PM CEST
Jürgen Spitzmüller submitted an update to the
luabidi
package.
Version: 1.0 2026-04-10
License: lppl1.3c mit
Summary description: Bidi functions for LuaTeX
Announcement text:
* Setting \mathemptydisplaymode and \fixupboxesmode to 1 * fixing tabulars * ensure \bodydirection is equal to \pagedirection in the output routine in a more general way * adding more box variants * support tabularray * fix equation numbers location * support text in math using amsmath * fix \underline * improve \autofootnoterule. * support \rotatebox * support pgf/tikz * fix lists in nested vboxes In addition most of the internals were revised and rewritten.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luabidi The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/luabidi/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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* Setting \mathemptydisplaymode and \fixupboxesmode to 1 * fixing tabulars * ensure \bodydirection is equal to \pagedirection in the output routine in a more general way * adding more box variants * support tabularray * fix equation numbers location * support text in math using amsmath * fix \underline * improve \autofootnoterule. * support \rotatebox * support pgf/tikz * fix lists in nested vboxes In addition most of the internals were revised and rewritten.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luabidi The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/luatex/latex/luabidi/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
luabidi – Bidi functions for LuaTeX
The package attempts to emulate the XeTeX bidi package, in the context of LuaTeX.
| Package | luabidi |
| Version | 1.0 2026-04-10 |
| Copyright | 2009 Vafa Khalighi 2013, 2019–2026 Arthur Reutenauer 2019–2026 Jürgen Spitzmüller 2026 Udi Fogiel |
| Maintainer | bidi-tex GitHub Organisation Udi Fogiel Arthur Rosendahl Jürgen Spitzmüller Vafa Khalighi (inactive) |