CTAN update: BabelBidi
Date: November 9, 2026 10:17:50 AM CET
Amer Amikhteh submitted an update to the
BabelBidi
package.
Version: 0.6.0 2026-11-08
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: An extension to babel’s bidirectional support
Announcement text:
Version 0.6.0 extends BabelBidi's user-level bidirectional interfaces with directed footnote text and title notes, footnote direction controls, list and bibliography direction, margin-note controls, and two-column ordering. It also adds the `RTLcases` environment and configurable counter separators. The new `extrafootnotefeatures` option enables paragraph and two- to ten-column footnote layouts. These are implemented natively with LuaTeX and pdfTeX and use the corresponding `bidi` facilities with XeTeX. The documentation has also been substantially expanded to cover the new interfaces and their engine-specific behaviour.
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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Version 0.6.0 extends BabelBidi's user-level bidirectional interfaces with directed footnote text and title notes, footnote direction controls, list and bibliography direction, margin-note controls, and two-column ordering. It also adds the `RTLcases` environment and configurable counter separators. The new `extrafootnotefeatures` option enables paragraph and two- to ten-column footnote layouts. These are implemented natively with LuaTeX and pdfTeX and use the corresponding `bidi` facilities with XeTeX. The documentation has also been substantially expanded to cover the new interfaces and their engine-specific behaviour.
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 |