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-# Perso-Arabic Input Methods And Making More Emacs Apps BIDI Aware
-Mohsen BANAN
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-# Table of Contents
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+# Perso-Arabic Input Methods And BIDI Aware Apps
+Mohsen BANAN --  محسن بنان
 
+Emacs is a multilingual user environment. A true multilingual editor must
+support bidirectionality and shaping of characters. Perso-Arabic scripts require
+both of these features.
 
 Starting with Emacs 24, full native bidi
 (bidirectional) support became available.  For
@@ -21,57 +20,86 @@ open-source shaping libraries were also available.
 
 With these in place at around 2012, I developed
 two Persian input methods for emacs. These input
-methods or variations of them can also be used
-Arabic and other persoarabic scripts.
+methods or variations of them can also be used for
+Arabic and other Perso-Arabic scripts.
 
 With all of these in place, Emacs has now become
-the ne plus ultra Halaal/Convivial usage
-environment for persoarabic users.
+the ne plus ultra Libre-Halaal and Convivial usage
+environment for Perso-Arabic users.
 
 Since emacs comes loaded with everything (Gnus
 for email, Bbdb for address books, XeLaTeX modes
 for typesetting, org-mode for organization, spell
-checkers, completions, calendar, etc.), all basic
-computing and communication needs of persoarabic
+checkers, completion systems, calendar, etc.), all basic
+computing and communication needs of Perso-Arabic
 users can be addressed in one place and
 cohesively.
 
 In this talk I will demonstrate what a wonderful
 environment that can be.
-
--   40 minutes: (brief description/outline)
     
-    My talk will be in two parts.
+My talk will be in two parts.
+    
+In Part 1, I cover Persian input methods. With an emphasis on "Banan
+Multi-Character (Reverse) Transliteration Persian Input Method". The
+software is part of base emacs distribution. Full documentation is available
+at:
     
-    In Part 1, I cover persian input methods. With an
-    emphasis on &lsquo ;Banan Multi-Character (Reverse)
-    Transliteration Persian Input Method&rsquo;. The
-    software is part of base emacs distribution.
-    Full documentation is available at:
            Persian Input Methods
            For Emacs And More Broadly Speaking
            شیوه‌هایِ درج به فارسی‌
            <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/PLPC/120036>
     
-    In Part 2, I will cover the ramifications of bidi
-    on existing emacs applications, including:
+In Part 2, I'll demonstrate that Emacs is far more than an editor. Emacs can be
+a complete Perso-Arabic usage environment. I will also cover the ramifications
+of bidi on existing emacs applications, including:
     
-    -   Gnus:
-        -   Persoarabic rich email sending in HTML.
-        -   Ramifications of bidi on from, to and
-            subject lines.
+-   Spell Checking, Dictionaries And Completion Frameworks:
+    - Existing emacs facilities can be extended to cover Perso-Arabic.
     
-    -   Bbdb: Ramifications of bidi on display and
-        completion.
+-   Gnus:
+    -   Perso-Arabic rich email sending in HTML.
+    -   Ramifications of bidi on from:, to: and subject: lines.
     
-    -   Calendar:
-        -   Ramifications of bidi on display.
-        -   Use of persian text for Persian (solar) calendar.
-        -   Use of arabic text for Muslem (lunar)  calendar.
+-   Bbdb: Ramifications of bidi on display and completion.
     
-    -   AUCTeX: Persian typesetting with XeLaTeX
-
-
+-   Calendar:
+    -   Ramifications of bidi on display.
+    -   Use of Persian text for Persian (solar) calendar.
+    -   Use of Arabic text for Muslem (lunar)  calendar.
+    
+-   AUCTeX: Persian typesetting with XeLaTeX
+    -   Option of having right-to-left  Perso-Arabic aliases for all latex commands.
+
+References:
+
+    - Persian Input Methods:
+      <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/PLPC/120036>
+      <http://www.persoarabic.org/PLPC/120036> -- Persian Input Methods Access Page
+      <http://www.persoarabic.org> -- Various Perso-Arabic resources
+      <http://www.freeprotocols.org/Repub/fpf-isiri-6219> -- Re-Publication Of 
+          Persian Information Interchange and Display Mechanism, using Unicode
+      <https://github.com/bx-blee/persian-input-method> -- Git repo for
+          persian.el -- Quail package for inputting Persian/Farsi keyboards
+      
+    - BIDI:
+      <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/> -- Annex #9 of the Unicode standard
+      <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Bidirectional-Display.html>
+          Emacs Bidirectional Display
+          
+    - Blee and Persian-Blee:
+      <https://github.com/bx-blee/env2> -- Very messy work-in-progress git repo for:
+          Blee: By* Libre-Halaal Emacs Environment
+      <http://www.by-star.net> -- A Moral Alternative To The Proprietary American Digital Ecosystem
+      <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/PLPC/120033> -- 
+            Nature of Polyexistentials: 
+            Basis for Abolishment of The Western Intellectual Property Rights Regime
+      <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/PLPC/120039> -- Defining The Libre-Halaal Label
+          
+    - Mohsen BANAN -- محسن بنان:
+      <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/> -- Globish
+      <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/persian> -- Farsi
+      <http://mohsen.1.banan.byname.net/french> -- French
 
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