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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/greek/README b/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/greek/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..86678690a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/babel-contrib/greek/README @@ -0,0 +1,248 @@ +babel-greek +*********** +Babel support for the Greek language and script +=============================================== + +:Copyright: © 1997 Apostolos Syropoulos, Claudio Beccari, Johannes Brahms, + © 2013 Günter Milde +:Licence: This work may be distributed and/or modified under the + conditions of the `LaTeX Project Public License`_, either + version 1.3 of this license or any later version. + +:Abstract: Babel-greek is a contributed package providing support for the + Greek language and script via the Babel_ system. + + The file ``greek.ldf`` provides options for the monotonic + (single-diacritic), polytonic (multiple-diacritic) and ancient + orthography of the Greek language. + + Since 2013-07-19, babel-greek supports also Unicode-aware TeX + engines (XeTeX/LuaTeX). + +News +---- + +.. class:: borderless + +===== ============ ============================================================ +1.4 2013-05-17 New maintainer. +.. The encoding definition file ``lgrenc.def`` moved to the + greek-fontenc_ package. + +1.5 2013-06-21 bugfixes and cleanup, +.. LICR macros in string definitions, +.. LGR font encoding not used with XeTeX/LuaTeX, +.. input "xgreek-fixes.def" from polyglossia_ with Xe/LuaTeX. +1.5a 2013-07-02 Fix LaTeX bugs babel/3707, `babel/4303`_ and `babel/4305`_ +1.6 2013-07-19 Experimental support for XeTeX/LuaTeX. +1.7 2013-09-09 CB-Fonts font definition files moved to CB-Fonts package. +.. Do not auto-load euenc.def with XeTeX/LuaTeX. +1.7a 2013-09-13 Fix bug `babel/4360`_: spurious ``\fi``. +1.7b 2013-10-01 bugfix: correct upcasing of babel strings with Xe/LuaTeX. +1.8 2013-12-02 Rename ``greek.dtx`` to ``babel-greek`` so that texdoc_ + shows the right documentation. +.. Compatibility with Xe/LuaTeX in Unicode and 8-bit mode. +1.8a 2013-12-03 Set ``\encodingdefault`` in ``\greekscript`` to fix + Greek in footnotes etc. with document language Greek. +1.9 2014-07-20 Added attribute for ancient Greek, load correct hyphenation + patterns: Patch by Claudio Beccari. Bugfix for Makeuppercase +1.9a 2014-09-12 Remove duplicate code, documentation review. +1.9b 2014-09-18 Remove spurious whitespace from "extrasgreek" definition. +.. Use named macros instead of non-standard short macros + for psili and dasia in the string definitions. +1.9c 2014-10-21 Fix dummy hyphenation language names (patch Ulrike Fischer). +1.9d 2015-09-04 Remove `grsymb` (macros for Greek symbols). + This package is outdated and obsoleted by greek-fontenc_ + (reported by Claudio Beccari). +.. Unicode uc/lc corrections now in greek-fontenc + (polyglossia's ``xgreek-fixes.def`` has bugs). +1.9e 2015-11-27 Fix bug in lccode-setting loop (patch by Enrico Gregorio). +1.9f 2016-02-04 Support for standard Unicode text font encoding "TU" + (new in fontspec v2.5a). +1.9g 2016-09-07 Babel 3.9i deprecated ``\textlatin`` + and fixed ``\latinencoding``. +1.9.h 2019-07-11 Move breathing composite commands to textalpha_. +===== ============ ============================================================ + + +.. _babel/4303: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4303 +.. _babel/4305: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4305 +.. _babel/4360: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4360 + +Files +----- + +`<babel-greek.ins>`_; `<babel-greek.pdf>`_ + Source of the language definition file ``greek.ldf`` for use with Babel_. +`<athnum.dtx>`_; `<athnum.pdf>`_ + Athenian Numerals. +`<grmath.dtx>`_; `<grmath.pdf>`_ + Greek log-like Operators. +`<test-greek.pdf>`_; `<test-greek.tex>`_ + Tests and Examples for 8-bit TeX. +`<test-unicode-greek.pdf>`_; `<test-unicode-greek.tex>`_ + Tests and Examples for XeTeX/LuaTeX. +`<test-unicode-lgr.pdf>`_; `<test-unicode-lgr.tex>`_ + Tests and Examples for XeTeX/LuaTeX with LGR 8-bit fonts. + +`<usage.pdf>`_; `<usage.tex>`_ + Description of the `LGR Latin transliteration`_. + + + +Requirements +------------ + +The "babel-greek" package requires the babel_ base package and font +definition files from the greek-fontenc_ package. The greek-inputenc_ +package is recommended when using 8-bit TeX engines. + +Typesetting Greek texts requires `Greek text fonts`_. + +Plain TeX is currently not supported. Patches are welcome. + + +Installation +------------ + +If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation +manager. + +Otherwise, make sure LaTeX can find the required files: + +* Download and unpack `babel-greek.zip`. + +* Run ``tex`` or ``latex`` on the batch file ``babel-greek.ins``. + + This will generate the files ``greek.ldf``, ``athnum.sty``, and + ``grmath.sty`` in the current directory. [#]_ + +* Move all files ending in ``.ldf`` or ``.sty`` into a directory searched by + TeX. + +* To produce the documentation, run the file ``usage.tex`` and all files + ending in ``.dtx`` through LaTeX. + +.. [#] If these files already exist somewhere in the TeX-path, you will be + warned that they might be overwritten. You can ignore this + warning and answer `y` unless the *current directory* contains versions + of these files you want to keep. + + This is done by docstrip_. Try ``texdoc docstrip`` for details. + +Usage +----- + +Use the "greek" document option or pass the "greek" option to babel:: + + \usepackage[greek]{babel} + +For polytonic Greek, set the language attribute "polutoniko":: + + \usepackage[greek]{babel} + \languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko} + +or :: + + \usepackage[greek.polutoniko,english]{babel} + +Similarly, the attribute "ancient" selects the ancient Greek language +variant. + +For details see `<babel-greek.pdf>`_ and the babel_ documentation. + +With XeTeX/LuaTeX, load fontspec_ before babel_, so that babel-greek can +set up the Unicode font encoding for use with Greek, e.g. :: + + \usepackage{fontspec} + \setmainfont{Linux Libertine O} + \setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O} + \usepackage[greek,english]{babel} + +Note, that the default font used with XeTeX/LuaTeX (Latin Modern) misses most +Greek letters. Warnings about missing charcters are only written to the log +file, not the console output! + + +Input of Greek characters is possible as literal characters (with the +greek-inputenc_ package or with XeTeX or LuaTeX) or the `LGR Latin +transliteration`_. See `<usage.pdf>`_ and the example files provided with +greek-fontenc_. + +Greek text fonts +---------------- + +A list of Greek text fonts for use with LaTeX is available at the CTAN +http://www.ctan.org/topic/font-greek + +With the XeTeX or LuaTeX engines, the user should ensure that the chosen +font contains the required glyphs (the default Latin Modern fonts miss +them). Examples for suitable fonts are the CM-unicode_ or the `Linux +Libertine`_ OpenType fonts as well as any system-wide installed OTF fonts +that support Greek (e.g. `Deja Vu`_). + +The LGR `font encoding`_ is the de-facto standard for typesetting Greek with +8-bit LaTeX. Fonts in this encoding include the `CB fonts`_ (matching CM), +grtimes_ (Greek Times), Kerkis_ (matching URW Bookman), and the `GFS font +collection`_. Setup of these fonts as Greek variant to matching Latin fonts +is facilitated by the substitutefont_ package. + +LGR Latin Transliteration +------------------------- + +The LGR font encoding allows input of Greek characters via an ASCII +transliteration. This enables simple input with a Latin keyboard. Characters +with diacritics may be selected with accent macros (cf. greek-fontenc_) or +via the ligature definitions in the font (see `<usage.pdf>`_). + +The following ASCII characters are converted to Greek symbols: + += = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = +A B G D E Z H J I K L M N X O P R S T U F Q Y W +Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω +a b g d e z h j i k l m n x o p r s c t u f q y w +α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω += = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = + +Accent symbols and punctuation: + +================= ===== == ====================== ======== ==== +tonos ``'`` ά semicolon ``;`` · +varia \` ὰ question mark ``?`` ; +perispomeni ``~`` ᾶ left apostrophe \` \` ‘ +dasia ``<`` ἁ right apostrophe ``''`` ’ +psili ``>`` ἀ left quotation mark ``((`` « +ypogegrammeni ``|`` ᾳ right quotation mark ``))`` » +dialytika ``"`` ϊ zero width non-joiner v +================= ===== == ====================== ======== ==== + +A major drawback of the LGR transliteration is that you cannot access Latin +letters and some symbols if LGR is the active font encoding (e.g. in +documents or parts of documents given the `Babel` language ``greek``). This +means that for every Latin-written word or acronym an explicit +language-switch is required. This problem can only be solved via a +font-encoding comprising both Latin and Greek like the hypothetical T7 or +Unicode (with XeTeX or LuaTeX). + +.. References + ---------- + +.. _LaTeX Project Public License: http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt +.. _babel: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel +.. _docstrip: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/docstrip +.. _font encoding: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/encguide.pdf +.. _fontspec: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontspec +.. _CB Fonts: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cbgreek-complete +.. _CM-unicode: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cm-unicode +.. _Deja Vu: http://dejavu-fonts.org +.. _e-TeX: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=etex +.. _grtimes: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/grtimes +.. _textalpha: +.. _greek-fontenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc +.. _greek-inputenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-inputenc +.. _GFS font collection: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gfs +.. _Kerkis: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/kerkis +.. _Linux Libertine: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/libertine +.. _polyglossia: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia +.. _substitutefont: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/substitutefont +.. _texdoc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/texdoc |