New on CTAN: babelbidi
Date: October 11, 2026 6:45:41 AM CEST
Amer Amikhteh submitted the
babelbidi
package.
Version: 0.1.0 2026-10-09
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: An extension to babel’s bidirectional support
Announcement text:
The new babelbidi package extends Babel’s bidirectional support with direction-sensitive layout fixes and commands and environments for switching text direction. It supports LuaTeX, XeTeX, and pdfTeX.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/babelbidi The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babelbidi/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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The new babelbidi package extends Babel’s bidirectional support with direction-sensitive layout fixes and commands and environments for switching text direction. It supports LuaTeX, XeTeX, and pdfTeX.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/babelbidi The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babelbidi/
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
Babelbidi – An extension to babel’s bidirectional support
This package extends Babel’s bidirectional support with direction-sensitive layout fixes and interfaces for text direction and language selection. It provides the \LRE, \RLE, \lr, and \rl commands; RTL, LTR, and latin environments; and \babelbidilangs for auxiliary text. It supports LuaTeX (recommended), XeTeX, and pdfTeX.
| Package | Babelbidi |
| Version | 0.2.0 2026-10-11 |
| Copyright | 2026 Amer Amikhteh |
| Maintainer | Amer Amikhteh |