New on CTAN: arabdoc
Date: August 5, 2026 4:35:44 PM CEST
Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the
arabdoc
bundle.
Version: 1.0.0
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: One-line Arabic RTL setup for XeLaTeX
Announcement text:
A new package collection, arabdoc, provides a one-line Arabic right-to-left setup for XeLaTeX, replacing 15–25 lines of fragile preamble with a single \usepackage call. The collection consists of four packages: arabdoc-setup (core RTL stack), arabdoc document classes (arabdoc-article, arabdoc-book, arabdoc-report, arabdoc-thesis), arabdoc-glossary (bilingual glossary and acronym management), and arabdoc-bib (Arabic bibliography with biblatex). Options include font selection, numeral style, calendar, caption overrides, and legal-style section numbering. Requires XeLaTeX with bidi, polyglossia, and fontspec.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/arabdoc The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/arabdoc/
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
A new package collection, arabdoc, provides a one-line Arabic right-to-left setup for XeLaTeX, replacing 15–25 lines of fragile preamble with a single \usepackage call. The collection consists of four packages: arabdoc-setup (core RTL stack), arabdoc document classes (arabdoc-article, arabdoc-book, arabdoc-report, arabdoc-thesis), arabdoc-glossary (bilingual glossary and acronym management), and arabdoc-bib (Arabic bibliography with biblatex). Options include font selection, numeral style, calendar, caption overrides, and legal-style section numbering. Requires XeLaTeX with bidi, polyglossia, and fontspec.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/arabdoc The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/arabdoc/
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
arabdoc – One-line Arabic RTL setup for XeLaTeX
This bundle simplifies Arabic right-to-left typesetting in XeLaTeX by replacing 15–25 lines of fragile preamble with a single \usepackage call.
The collection consists of four packages: arabdoc-setup (core RTL stack), arabdoc document classes (arabdoc-article, arabdoc-book, arabdoc-report, arabdoc-thesis), arabdoc-glossary (bilingual glossary and acronym management), and arabdoc-bib (Arabic bibliography with biblatex). Options include font selection, numeral style, calendar, caption overrides, and legal-style section numbering.
The bundle requires XeLaTeX with bidi, polyglossia, and fontspec.
| Package | arabdoc |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Maintainer | Nibras Abo Alzahab |