Date:         Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:03:57 +0200
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From:         Ron Artstein <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Hebrew and Wrapping text around figures (picins.sty)
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Amir Seginer wrote:

> Do you think that an email shuld be sent to the person
> maintaining the picins package? I'm willing to do this
> (giving due credit), if there is no objection.

By all means, go ahead. However, the following caveats should
be sent together with the proposed updates.

- The package must be made usable even when Hebrew support is
  not loaded. I think the following statement at the beginning
  might do the trick:

    \@ifundefined{if@rl}{\let\if@rl\iffalse}{}

  But I'm not sure---I haven't tested it.

- As I said in the previous message, I'm unhappy with the last
  fix that deals with the Hebrew enumerate environment, and
  I'm afraid that it may cause some unexpected interactions.
  It needs extensive testing.

- One should be aware that the modified package might not be
  compatible with future developments of right-left babel
  (though I don't see anyone rewriting rlbabel soon :-)

-Ron.