3 files changed, 36 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arabluatex.dtx b/arabluatex.dtx
index b97ce4e..e6b680e 100644
--- a/arabluatex.dtx
+++ b/arabluatex.dtx
@@ -3692,9 +3692,9 @@ wa-ya.sIru ta.hta 'l-jild-i
 % Lua functions to insert transliterated Arabic text. Therefore, it is
 % not documented.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\DeclareDocumentCommand{\txarb}{+m}{\bgroup\textdir
+\NewDocumentCommand{\txarb}{+m}{\bgroup\textdir
   TRT\arabicfont#1\egroup}
-\DeclareDocumentCommand{\txtrans}{+m}{\bgroup\textdir
+\NewDocumentCommand{\txtrans}{+m}{\bgroup\textdir
   TLT\al@trans@font#1\egroup}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
@@ -3716,7 +3716,7 @@ wa-ya.sIru ta.hta 'l-jild-i
 %   either globally if no option is set, or locally, then passes its
 %   argument to the appropriate Lua function.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\DeclareDocumentCommand{\arb}{O{\al@mode} +m}%
+\NewDocumentCommand{\arb}{O{\al@mode} +m}%
 {\edef\@tempa{#1}%
   \ifx\@tempa\al@mode@voc%
   \bgroup\textdir TRT\arabicfont%
@@ -3743,6 +3743,22 @@ wa-ya.sIru ta.hta 'l-jild-i
   \fi\fi\fi\fi}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
+% \begin{macro}{\arbmark}
+% New command to be documented
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\NewDocumentCommand{\garbmark}{m}{%
+  \bgroup%
+  \SetInputScheme{arabtex}%
+  \ifx\al@mode\al@mode@trans%
+  \luadirect{tex.write(processarbmarks(\luastringN{#1},
+    \luastringO{trans}))}%
+  \else%
+  \luadirect{tex.write(processarbmarks(\luastringN{#1},
+    \luastringO{notrans}))}%
+  \fi\egroup}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+% 
+% \end{macro}
 % \begin{environment}{arab}
 % The |arab| environment does for paragraphs the same as \cs{arb} does
 % for short insertions of Arabic text.
diff --git a/arabluatex.lua b/arabluatex.lua
index 2b1360c..2c0e2c2 100644
--- a/arabluatex.lua
+++ b/arabluatex.lua
@@ -665,6 +665,19 @@ function processtrans(str, mode, rules, scheme)
 return str
 end
 
+function processarbmarks(str, mode)
+   if mode == "trans" then
+      for i = 1,#arbmarks do
+         str  = string.gsub(str, arbmarks[i].a, arbmarks[i].c)
+      end
+   else
+      for i = 1,#arbmarks do
+         str  = string.gsub(str, arbmarks[i].a, arbmarks[i].b)
+      end
+   end
+   return str
+end
+
 function uc(str)
    str = string.gsub(str, "(\\txtrans.?)(%b{})", function(tag, body)
                         body = string.sub(body, 2, -2)
diff --git a/arabluatex_voc.lua b/arabluatex_voc.lua
index a0108fe..b27efdc 100644
--- a/arabluatex_voc.lua
+++ b/arabluatex_voc.lua
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ along with this program.  If not, see
 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 --]]
 
+arbmarks = {
+   {a="bismillah", b="﷽", c="\\arb{bi-ismi \\uc{'l-l_ahi} 'l-ra.hm_ani 'l-ra.hImi}"}
+}
+
 abjad = {
 {"a\"'", "b", "j", "d", "h", "w", "z", ".h", ".t"},
 {"y", "k", "l", "m", "n", "s", "`", "f", ".s", },