CTAN update: BabelBidi
Date: November 3, 2026 7:20:32 AM CET
Amer Amikhteh submitted an update to the
BabelBidi
package.
Version: 0.5.0 2026-11-01
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: An extension to babel’s bidirectional support
Announcement text:
Makes the user-level direction API of the `luabidi` package available across 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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Makes the user-level direction API of the `luabidi` package available across 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 by correcting direction-sensitive behaviour and providing interfaces for text direction, layout, language selection, and font configuration, including glyph fallback with LuaTeX. It also provides direction-aware controls for footnotes, lists, bibliographies, margin notes, and columns. It supports Babel languages and works with LuaTeX (recommended), XeTeX, and pdfTeX, with either an LTR or RTL main language.
| Package | BabelBidi |
| Version | 0.6.0 2026-11-08 |
| Copyright | 2026 Amer Amikhteh |
| Maintainer | Amer Amikhteh |