[XeTeX] Polyglossia error(s) for Marathi language

[RD Holkar]

Dear all,

For the attached tex file, when I set ``marathi'' as the default language
in polyglossia, and compile the file, it gives me following error and
warning, respectively:

1.
LaTeX error: "kernel/key-choice-unknown"
!
! Key 'fontspec/Script' accepts only a fixed set of choices.
!
! See the LaTeX3 documentation for further information.
!
! For immediate help type H <return>.


2.

l.2 \***@language {marathi}

)

LaTeX Font Warning: Some font shapes were not available, defaults
substituted.

)
(see the transcript file for additional information)
Output written on Marathi.pdf (1 page).
Transcript written on Marathi.log.

However, a PDF output is produced.
Furthermore, if I change the default language from marathi (and keep the
rest untouched) to either Sanskrit of Hindi in the same file, then the
error and the warning vanish. I have observed this phenomenon on OSX and
different flavours of linux.

Marathi, Hindi and Sanskrit use the Devanagari script; hence, I think that
such a simple file should not produce any error or warning.

Your help will be very valuable! Thank you in advance!

With best regards,
-Rohit Dilip Holkar.

[Ulrike Fischer]

Post by RD Holkar
For the attached tex file, when I set ``marathi'' as the default language
in polyglossia, and compile the file, it gives me following error and
1.
LaTeX error: "kernel/key-choice-unknown"
!
! Key 'fontspec/Script' accepts only a fixed set of choices.
!
! See the LaTeX3 documentation for further information.
!
! For immediate help type H <return>.

If you do what the message says and type "H" and return then you get
this message

|'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
| The key 'fontspec-opentype/Script' only accepts predefined values, and
| 'Devaganari' is not one of these.
|...............................................

And looking carefully you can see that is says "Devaganari" and not
"Devanagari".


And when you look into gloss-marathi.ldf you can see the source for
the typo:

\PolyglossiaSetup{marathi}{
script=Devaganari,
^^^^should be Devanagari

[RD Holkar]

Dear Urlike Fischer,

thanks a lot! This, exactly, was the error. Things are running well now!

With best regards,
-Rohit.

Post by Ulrike Fischer

Post by RD Holkar
For the attached tex file, when I set ``marathi'' as the default language
in polyglossia, and compile the file, it gives me following error and
1.
LaTeX error: "kernel/key-choice-unknown"
!
! Key 'fontspec/Script' accepts only a fixed set of choices.
!
! See the LaTeX3 documentation for further information.
!
! For immediate help type H <return>.

If you do what the message says and type "H" and return then you get
this message
|'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
| The key 'fontspec-opentype/Script' only accepts predefined values, and
| 'Devaganari' is not one of these.
|...............................................
And looking carefully you can see that is says "Devaganari" and not
"Devanagari".
And when you look into gloss-marathi.ldf you can see the source for
\PolyglossiaSetup{marathi}{
script=Devaganari,
^^^^should be Devanagari
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[Maïeul]

Post by RD Holkar
Dear Urlike Fischer,
thanks a lot! This, exactly, was the error. Things are running well now!
With best regards,
-Rohit.

I opened a pull request

https://github.com/reutenauer/polyglossia/pull/180
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[Maïeul]

Post by RD Holkar
Dear Urlike Fischer,
thanks a lot! This, exactly, was the error. Things are running well now!
With best regards,
-Rohit.

I opened a pull request

https://github.com/reutenauer/polyglossia/pull/180
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[Dominik Wujastyk]

If there are going to be some edits to polyglossia.dtx, I can offer this
small patch that I've made to my local polyglossia.dtx file. I would also
be interested in comments or criticisms.

Best,
Dominik

---
/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/source/latex/polyglossia/polyglossia.dtx
+++ /home/dom/Dropbox/localtexmf/tex/testingPolyglossia/polyglossia.dtx
@@ -773,6 +773,11 @@
% Sanskrit texts in scripts other than Devanagari.
% ^^ATODO \item Numerals <<<<
% \end{itemize}
+%% DW
+% \pkg{polyglossia} currently supports the typesetting of Sanskrit in the
following
+% writing systems: Devanagari, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada,
Telugu, and Latin.
+% Use the ŠScript=Š option to select the writing system you want.
+%% DW
%
% \subsection{serbian}\label{serbian}
% \textbf{Options}:
@@ -7085,6 +7090,11 @@
\def\***@sanskrit@Telugu{%
\def\***@scripttag@sanskrit{telu}%
\***@fontsetup@nonlatin{sanskrit}}
+%% DW
+\def\***@sanskrit@Latin{%
+ \def\***@scripttag@sanskrit{latn}%
+ \***@fontsetup@latin{sanskrit}}
+%% DW

\setkeys{sanskrit}{Script} %sets the default for Devanagari



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​,​

Department of History and Classics <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
​,​
University of Alberta, Canada
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Post by Maïeul

Post by RD Holkar
Dear Urlike Fischer,
thanks a lot! This, exactly, was the error. Things are running well now!
With best regards,
-Rohit.

I opened a pull request
https://github.com/reutenauer/polyglossia/pull/180
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[Maïeul Rouquette]

could you explain me the aim of this change? I don't know anything in Denavagari, and I would like to add a good message in my pull request (but maybe, it would be better you do the pull request)

If there are going to be some edits to polyglossia.dtx, I can offer this small patch that I've made to my local polyglossia.dtx file. I would also be interested in comments or criticisms.
Best,
Dominik
--- /usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/source/latex/polyglossia/polyglossia.dtx
+++ /home/dom/Dropbox/localtexmf/tex/testingPolyglossia/polyglossia.dtx
@@ -773,6 +773,11 @@
% Sanskrit texts in scripts other than Devanagari.
% ^^ATODO \item Numerals <<<<
% \end{itemize}
+%% DW
+% \pkg{polyglossia} currently supports the typesetting of Sanskrit in the following
+% writing systems: Devanagari, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, and Latin.
+% Use the ¦Script=¦ option to select the writing system you want.
+%% DW
%
% \subsection{serbian}\label{serbian}
@@ -7085,6 +7090,11 @@
+%% DW
+%% DW
\setkeys{sanskrit}{Script} %sets the default for Devanagari
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Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity​,​
Department of History and Classics​,​
University of Alberta, Canada​.​
South Asia at the U of A: ​sas.ualberta.ca​​​
Dear Urlike Fischer,
thanks a lot! This, exactly, was the error. Things are running well now!
With best regards,
-Rohit.
I opened a pull request
https://github.com/reutenauer/polyglossia/pull/180
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[Zdenek Wagner]

This is not related to Devanagari as a script but to a language. Sanskrit
was originally written in the Devanagari (or maybe even in Brahmi, I am not
such an expert) but since Hindu and Buddhists texts and prayers use
Snaskrit up to now and people form other parts of the Indian subcontinent
need not know Devanagari, Sanskrit is now written in other scripts. Even
the Tibetan scripts contains charcters not used in the Tibetan language but
they were included so that the Sanskrit texts could be written also in the
Tibetan script. In the textbooks of Snascrit and in dictionaries a Latin
transliteration is used, therefore the support is important. The
modification suggested by Dominik gives an information saying which scripts
are supported by the package so far.

Zdeněk Wagner
http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml
http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz

Post by Maïeul Rouquette
could you explain me the aim of this change? I don't know anything in
Denavagari, and I would like to add a good message in my pull request (but
maybe, it would be better you do the pull request)

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
If there are going to be some edits to polyglossia.dtx, I can offer this

small patch that I've made to my local polyglossia.dtx file. I would also
be interested in comments or criticisms.

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
Best,
Dominik
--- /usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/source/latex/polyglossia/

polyglossia.dtx

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
+++ /home/dom/Dropbox/localtexmf/tex/testingPolyglossia/polyglossia.dtx
@@ -773,6 +773,11 @@
% Sanskrit texts in scripts other than Devanagari.
% ^^ATODO \item Numerals <<<<
% \end{itemize}
+%% DW
+% \pkg{polyglossia} currently supports the typesetting of Sanskrit in

the following

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
+% writing systems: Devanagari, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada,

Telugu, and Latin.

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
+% Use the ŠScript=Š option to select the writing system you want.
+%% DW
%
% \subsection{serbian}\label{serbian}
@@ -7085,6 +7090,11 @@
+%% DW
+%% DW
\setkeys{sanskrit}{Script} %sets the default for Devanagari
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Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity​,​
Department of History and Classics​,​
University of Alberta, Canada​.​
South Asia at the U of A: ​sas.ualberta.ca​​​
Dear Urlike Fischer,
thanks a lot! This, exactly, was the error. Things are running well now!
With best regards,
-Rohit.
I opened a pull request
https://github.com/reutenauer/polyglossia/pull/180
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[Dominik Wujastyk]

Thank you, Zdenek. It's exactly as you say.

Sanskrit is a language that is recorded in several different writing
systems. In Bengal, Sanskrit is written and printed in the Bengali
alphabet. In Karnataka, it is written and printed in the Kannada
alphabet. And so on. About fourteen writing systems are used for writing
and printing Sanskrit language works.

It's like Serbian, which may be written in Cyrillic or in the Latin writing
systems, but more so.

(in my patch file, the %%DW strings in the documentation should be deleted.)

I'm afraid I don't know how to work the pull thing you refer to, so I'd be
grateful if you would do it, Maïeul. But if it's a problem, I can surely
learn :-)

Best wishes,
Dominik



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​,​

Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
​,​

Department of History and Classics <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
​,​
University of Alberta, Canada
​.​

South Asia at the U of A:

​sas.ualberta.ca​
​​

Post by Zdenek Wagner
This is not related to Devanagari as a script but to a language. Sanskrit
was originally written in the Devanagari (or maybe even in Brahmi, I am not
such an expert) but since Hindu and Buddhists texts and prayers use
Snaskrit up to now and people form other parts of the Indian subcontinent
need not know Devanagari, Sanskrit is now written in other scripts. Even
the Tibetan scripts contains charcters not used in the Tibetan language but
they were included so that the Sanskrit texts could be written also in the
Tibetan script. In the textbooks of Snascrit and in dictionaries a Latin
transliteration is used, therefore the support is important. The
modification suggested by Dominik gives an information saying which scripts
are supported by the package so far.
Zdeněk Wagner
http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml
http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz

Post by Maïeul Rouquette
could you explain me the aim of this change? I don't know anything in
Denavagari, and I would like to add a good message in my pull request (but
maybe, it would be better you do the pull request)

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
If there are going to be some edits to polyglossia.dtx, I can offer

this small patch that I've made to my local polyglossia.dtx file. I would
also be interested in comments or criticisms.

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
Best,
Dominik
--- /usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/source/latex/polyglossia/

polyglossia.dtx

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
+++ /home/dom/Dropbox/localtexmf/tex/testingPolyglossia/polyglossia.dtx
@@ -773,6 +773,11 @@
% Sanskrit texts in scripts other than Devanagari.
% ^^ATODO \item Numerals <<<<
% \end{itemize}
+%% DW
+% \pkg{polyglossia} currently supports the typesetting of Sanskrit in

the following

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
+% writing systems: Devanagari, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada,

Telugu, and Latin.

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
+% Use the ŠScript=Š option to select the writing system you want.
+%% DW
%
% \subsection{serbian}\label{serbian}
@@ -7085,6 +7090,11 @@
+%% DW
+%% DW
\setkeys{sanskrit}{Script} %sets the default for Devanagari
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Professor Dominik Wujastyk​,​
Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity​,​
Department of History and Classics​,​
University of Alberta, Canada​.​
South Asia at the U of A: ​sas.ualberta.ca​​​
Dear Urlike Fischer,
thanks a lot! This, exactly, was the error. Things are running well now!
With best regards,
-Rohit.
I opened a pull request
https://github.com/reutenauer/polyglossia/pull/180
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[Maïeul]

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
Dominik Wujastyk <http://ualberta.academia.edu/DominikWujastyk>
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Sorry, I have just see your message, and finally, you were able to do it.
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[Maïeul]

Post by Dominik Wujastyk
Dominik Wujastyk <http://ualberta.academia.edu/DominikWujastyk>
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Sorry, I have just see your message, and finally, you were able to do it.
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