CTAN update: babelbidi
Date: October 12, 2026 9:29:43 AM CEST
Amer Amikhteh submitted an update to the
babelbidi
package.
Version: 0.2.0 2026-10-11
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: An extension to babel’s bidirectional support
Announcement text:
babelbidi 0.2.0 released. This release adds a LuaTeX font-mapping cache, package options for language selection, and a fix for enumeration-label errors caused by Babel direction commands. It also adds tests for font caching, labels, and multicols.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babelbidi More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/babelbidi
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun 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 0.2.0 released. This release adds a LuaTeX font-mapping cache, package options for language selection, and a fix for enumeration-label errors caused by Babel direction commands. It also adds tests for font caching, labels, and multicols.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/babelbidi More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/babelbidi
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun 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 |