Arabic and right to left languges
unfortunately There is no citation styles that conform with Arabic. for example, many Arabic institutions prefer to start the bibliography with the name of the book not the author.
Another issue is when inserting the citation in the word document the bracts (XXX,2001) opens to the opposite side like this )XXX,2001( unless i change the text direction from right to left to left to right.
I hope you will take into your account the Arabic user of this great software.
Thank you
Another issue is when inserting the citation in the word document the bracts (XXX,2001) opens to the opposite side like this )XXX,2001( unless i change the text direction from right to left to left to right.
I hope you will take into your account the Arabic user of this great software.
Thank you
Could you clarify what you mean by “unless i change the text direction from right to left to left to right”? Change the direction of which text, the inserted reference or the entire document?
For styles, i would like to find a support the major universities styles for Arabic and Islamic studies research. e.g. Al Azhar University, or University of Jordan.
regarding the format issue, i mean the direction of the paragraph that contain the citation. In right to left languages enabled software like Ms Word, users have the option to define the paragraph direction whether it Rtl or Ltr.
Another issue in the bibliography, the no of edition become before the word edition for example (2 edition) instead of (edition2)
To request a specific style, please follow the directions here, and one of the volunteers who contributes CSL styles should be able to put one together:
https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Requesting-Styles
Importantly, we need you to format the exact two requested references, not just any two random references. Links to the style guides for those universities will also be helpful.
For the flipping of the punctuation, Zotero's citation processor should just handle that correctly if you have your Word document set to RtL. What style are you currently using? If a generic style, such as APA or Chicago, set the language in the Document Preferences pane in the Zotero Word tab/toolbar to Arabic. Does that fix the issue?
The word ordering for edition label and number are controlled by the citation style.
http://gist.github.com
and paste a link in this thread?
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/51dc0a12eb3913a13264eef5f3b64166
thanks in advance
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/516db8f23d2a8bb875bb2f368d69951b
but i still couldn't remove a period mark "." after the edition short form it seems to be part of the short form itself, because i tried to modify the group delimiter but in vain.
strip-periods=“true”
to the edition line.https://www.mediafire.com/?q2dlpz4d28flgqd
Is there anyway to add an Arabic Hijri Calendar field in addition to the existing Gregorian calendar?
Another important inquiry
how can i make the citation and the bibliography start with the title of the book or article.
original-date: 1438
Then in your style, add the ‘original-date’ variable to your ‘issued’ macro.
thanks bwiernik. the workaround is quite enough.