Incorrect order for side by side figures/ tables in list of figures / list of tables with RTL document

[seloumi]

Brief outline of the issue

Order of figures (tables) appears in reverse order for side by side figures (tables) in LoF and LoT

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Minimal example showing the issue

% !TEX TS-program = XeLaTeX
% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
\documentclass{report} 
\usepackage{caption} 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\usepackage[rldocument] {bidi}
\setmainfont[Script=Arabic] {Amiri}

\begin{document} 

\listoffigures
\begin{figure} 
\begin{minipage} {.48\textwidth} 
\centering
\rule{4cm} {4cm} 
\captionof{figure} {right} 
\end{minipage} 
\hfill
\begin{minipage} {.48\textwidth} 
\centering
\rule{4cm} {4cm} 
\captionof{figure} {left} 
\end{minipage} 
\end{figure} 

\end{document}

Contents of LOF file

\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {2}{\ignorespaces left\relax }}{1}%
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {1}{\ignorespaces right\relax }}{1}%

If we add \beginL at the begenning of figure environment pictures inside figure env appears from left to right and order in LoF is correct.

Log and PDF files

test.log
test.pdf

[vafa-khalighi]

I sincerely apologize for being very slow and get to this issue quite late. This is not an issue of the bidi package but how the TeX--XeT algorithm behaves in the e-TeX engine which is also shared by XeTeX. You need to fool TeX. For instance, see this solution.

Please also note that I had to move the GitHub repository to a new place. The new repository can be found here. If you have reported any issues in the old repository, there is no need to re-report it in the new one but for the new issues, please kindly use the new repository.

There is also a Discussions section on the new repository which you can use to ask questions that need my attention. The announcements for future versions of the bidi package also will appear in Discussions under Announcements.

Finally, if you ever need to contact me directly, you can find my email address in the PDF documentation on the second title page.