From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- info/digests/tex-mag/v5.n3 | 1299 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 1299 insertions(+) create mode 100644 info/digests/tex-mag/v5.n3 (limited to 'info/digests/tex-mag/v5.n3') diff --git a/info/digests/tex-mag/v5.n3 b/info/digests/tex-mag/v5.n3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d2422ecb72 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/tex-mag/v5.n3 @@ -0,0 +1,1299 @@ + + =====//===== \\ // ____ + // \\ // |\ /| // + // //====== \V/ ||\ //| \\ + // // // \\ || \// | /\ \\ ===\ + // //==== // \\ || | // \ \\ | + // // // \\ || | //===\ \\___/ + //======= // \ + + + Volume 5 Number 3 + + A Mostly Unofficial Publication for + Users of the TeX Typesetting System + + + + + + + + +Contents + +Departments + \footnote{}........................................................2 + Letters to the Editor..............................................3 + ToolBox............................................................4 + +Articles + Help with Letters and Envelopes in LaTeX...........................5 + +Special International Articles + Towards a Font for Africa.........................................6 + Announcing YUNUS, a Turkish TeX List..............................7 + Call for the Discussion and Development of Greek TeX..............8 + + + + + + + + + +TeXMaG Volume 5 Number 3 page 2 +_______________________________________________________________________________ +| | +| \footnote{Interesting Developments in International TeX} | +|_____________________________________________________________________________| + + +As you will note in this issue, there are some international +developments in the international field of TeX, namely, African, +Turkish, and Greek TeX all make an appearance in this issue. If you +are at all interested in the development of international TeX you will +find a great wealth of information below. For the Greek speakers there +is a bilingual article towards the end. + +The TeXMaG.TeX Macro mentioned last issue should surface sometime this +summer. I'll try to quit breaking my self-imposed deadlines when it +comes to these kinds of things. + +See you all next month... + +-neil + + + + + + + + + +TeXMaG Volume 5 Number 3 page 3 +_______________________________________________________________________________ +| | +| Letters to the Editor | +|_____________________________________________________________________________| + + ++-----------------------------+ +| More on MF and Hershey | ++-----------------------------+ + + +In TeXMaG V5N1, someone wrote that the Hershey fonts do not exist in +MF form. This is not true. The Hershey fonts can be produced by +running a program which translates a "Hershey spec file" into an MF +file, then Metafont will process this file as usual. There are two +databases from which character descriptions for the spec file can be +taken: an occidental database and an oriental database; together they +contain instructions for drawing some 2400 characters. Ken Yap did +the work on this, I believe, and separated out four distinct fonts, a +script font and three "Gothic" fonts. I retrieved all the material +required to build the fonts from some server or other about a year +ago. + +I have written or modified a number of programs to turn the database +into MF files under VMS (Yap's stuff is all UNIX and I had a bit of +trouble getting everything to work right). I now have files and +programs which make it easy to print the entire database for +examination, and I have MF files for Yap's four fonts plus a font +containing a number of the symbols in the database which I found +interesting. These include planetary symbols, astrological symbols and +a variety of oddball symbols. I also have a TeX file which defines +reasonable control sequences to produce the symbols. I would be happy +to send what I have to anyone or to post it in some appropriate +place---perhaps YMIR? I'd also be glad to write a longer description +for TeXMaG if you like. + +-- David + + ++--------------------------+ +| Mode_def list for MF | ++--------------------------+ + + +I have collected all the Metafont modes I could find, with Doug +Henderson's help, and also auxiliary definitions for write-write +printers, GF specials, etc., etc. I hope people will start using this +as their ``local'' file. + +It's on ftp.cs.umb.edu [192.12.26.23] in pub/tex/modes.mf. + +karl@cs.umb.edu + + + ++--------------------------+ +| On LaTeX and Patents | ++--------------------------+ + +Are you aware of the existence of a LaTeX style file suitable for +writing up applications for US patents? It is a two-column style, but +the columns are numbered, rather than the pages, and the lines are +numbered between the columns, every 5th line. Any assistance you can +give would be appreciated. + +[Sounds like a good job for some industrious LaTeXer! -ed.] + + + ++-------------------+ +| More On LaTeX | ++-------------------+ + + +>Is there a way to design a non-standard pagenumbering in LaTeX? I need a +>document to have hyphenated page numbers such as 1-1, 1-2, 1-3,... and +>nothing I've tried has worked! +> +>INTERNET: a1grandbois@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu + + +If all you wanted was each page number to be prefixed with 1- you +could just do + + \renewcommand{\thepage}{1-\arabic{page}} + +either in the preamble of your document (between the \documentstyle +line and the \begin{document} or in a seperate .sty file you refer to +in square brackets in the \documentstyle line. + +However, chances are you want to actually have the number before the +hyphen be the chapter number (or perhaps section or part, which would +be analogous). You can nearly do this with + + \renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{chapter}-\arabic{page}} + +The only problem is that the page number will continue to be stepped +consecutively through the whole document, rather than reset to one at +the start of each chapter as you probably desire. To achieve that +effect, you have to add the page counter to the "reset list" for the +chapter counter. Unfortunately, that would reset it to zero rather +than one, so we have to change the reseting mechanism to make a +special case of the page counter, reseting it to one instead. To get +all of these things to happen, but the following in a file such as +chappg.sty and then use \documentstyle[chappg]{report} or whatnot: + +\renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{chapter}-\arabic{page}}% chapter-page numbering +\@addtoreset{page}{chapter}% reset page number when chapter is stepped +% The next magic makes the page counter be reset to one rather than zero +\def\@stpelt#1{\global\csname c@#1\endcsname + \expandafter\ifx \csname#1\endcsname \page + \@ne + \else + \z@ \fi} + + +Hope this helps. + +-Max Hailperin for LaTeX-help + + ++------------------------------+ +| On Writing Device Drivers | ++------------------------------+ + + +I am having difficulty locating information on how to write a device +driver for TeX. I have a DeskJet 500 and sent away for a device driver, +for a cost, only to receive a badly coded "correction" to a LaserJet driver +that does not even work. I think I could write a very good DeskJet driver +and would be glad to make it available free. + +-Ken Burrell + ktb@r.lanl.gov + + + + + + + + + +TeXMaG Volume 5 Number 3 page 4 +_______________________________________________________________________________ +| | +| The ToolBox | +|_____________________________________________________________________________| + +[Inwords.TeX revisited! -ed.] + +I enjoyed Raymond Chen's macros in TeXMaG 5/2 to convert a number to its +verbose equivalent. When I used them I quickly found some small problems: +Some spaces get doubled ("one hunderd thousand") and zero is ignored. +I made some patches, including the ability to capitalise the first letter. +(I would have sent this to Ray Chen, but his address was not given with his +letter.) + +So here is the modified version of inwords.tex + +% inwords.tex -- convert a number into words (in English) +% +% Usage: \inwords{...} \Cap\inwords{...} +% +% where ... is the number to be converted. Specifying \Cap capitalizes +% the first letter of the first word, as for the beginning of a sentence. +% +% Example: +% +% The number \inwords{314159265} is very large. +% +% produces +% +% The number three hundred fourteen million one hundred fifty-nine +% thousand two hundred sixty-five is very large. +% +% +% Bugs: Some versions of TeX (produced by web2c) erroneously claim that +% \count0=2 +% \multiply\count0 by 1000000000 +% generates an overflow error. It shouldn't; the result is still +% within the range of a count variable. Hence, the \inwords +% macro may generate overflow errors if you try to print out +% numbers greater than or equal to 2 billion. +% +%% by Raymond Chen +% % change to avoid doubled spaces, allow zero or negative, and +% % allow capitalization via \Cap -- Donald Arseneau +\catcode`\@=11 + +\def\undertwenty#1{\expandafter \C@ + \ifcase#1\relax\or one \or two \or three \or four \or five \or + six \or seven \or eight \or nine \or ten \or eleven \or twelve \or + thirteen\or fourteen \or fifteen \or sixteen \or seventeen \or + eighteen \or nineteen \fi} + +% The careful sidestepping involved in \count@=#1 \allocationnumber=\count@ +% is to make sure the right thing happens, even if #1=\count@ or +% #1=\allocationnumber. +% +% We use \allocationnumber as a scratch count variable. It and \count@ +% are always used inside a group, so their original values will be +% restored when the macros finish their job. + +\def\underhundred#1{\ifnum#1<20 \undertwenty{#1}\else + {\count@#1\relax \allocationnumber\count@ \divide\count@ 10 + \expandafter \C@ + \ifcase\count@ \or\or twenty\or thirty\or forty\or fifty\or sixty\or + seventy\or eighty\or ninety\fi + \multiply\count@ 10 + \advance\allocationnumber by-\count@ + \ifnum\allocationnumber>\z@ -\undertwenty\allocationnumber + \else\space\fi + }\fi} + +\def\numbersplit#1#2#3#4#5{% + \ifnum#5<#1\relax#2{#5}\else + {\count@#5\relax \allocationnumber\count@ \divide\count@ #1\relax + #3\count@#4\multiply\count@ #1\relax + \advance\allocationnumber-\count@ #2\allocationnumber + }\fi} + +\def\underthousand{\numbersplit{100}\underhundred\undertwenty{hundred }} +\def\undermillion{\numbersplit\@m\underthousand\underthousand{thousand }} +\def\underbillion{\numbersplit{1000000}\undermillion\underthousand{million }} +\def\inwords#1{\ifnum#1=\z@ \C@ zero \else\ifnum#1<\z@ \C@ negative % + \numbersplit{1000000000}\underbillion\underthousand{billion }{-#1}\else + \numbersplit{1000000000}\underbillion\underthousand{billion }{#1}\fi\fi + \unskip} + +\def\Cap{\global\let\C@\C@pit} +\def\C@pit#1{\uppercase{#1}\global\let\C@\relax} +\global\let\C@\relax + +\catcode`\@=12 +%------------- % End of inwords.tex ---------- + +Some tests: +I have \inwords{163} dollars and \inwords{84} cents, and \inwords{0} sense. +Counting my mortgage, I have \inwords{-85340} dollars. +\Cap\inwords{314159265} is a very large number. +\Cap\inwords{-100000} is a round negative number; +\inwords{1000000001} is a positive number, but slightly eccentric. +\bye + +At the risk of making the macros too "smart" for their own good, we +could make capitalization "automatic" by substituting: + + \def\inwords#1{\ifnum2999<\spacefactor\Cap\fi \ifnum#1=\z@ \C@ zero... + +But this would be so prone to failure that I would recommend against it. + + +Donald Arseneau asnd@triumfcl.bitnet + asnd@reg.triumf.ca + + + + + + + + + +TeXMaG Volume 5 Number 3 page 5 +_______________________________________________________________________________ +| | +| Help with Letters and Envelopes in LaTeX | +|_____________________________________________________________________________| + + +In the article Letter Printing using DVIlaser/HP (V2N4), information +was presented to show how to get envelopes with the TeX Letter style. +Working with that idea I have tried to use the LaTeX letter style + + % LETTER DOCUMENT STYLE -- Released 20 July 1987 + % for LaTeX version 2.09 + % Copyright (C) 1987 by Leslie Lamport + +and the envelope style + + %From: + +to create a LaTeX letter/envelope style which would automatically +generate the input file for the envelope style file. + +I have had limited success in this project. The envelope style file +uses for the return address a command "\from{address}". I have not +been able to get LaTeX to write out the "{" and"}" characters. The +number of lines in the from address must be known in advance and the +style modified to only display that number of lines for the return +address. + +An additional feature would be to parse the zip code from the last line +of the address and include the envelope command "\zipcode{12345-6789}" +to typeset the barcode for the zipcode. Also the definition of a +flag to turn on or off the creation of the envelope file. + +The file created is the same name as the letter file with the +extension of "env". + +Any help on this would be appreciated enclosed are the three commands +I modified, Begin Document, End letter, and End document. + +%begin document +\def\document{\endgroup + \@colht\textheight \@colroom\textheight \vsize\textheight + \columnwidth\textwidth \@clubpenalty\clubpenalty + \if@twocolumn \advance\columnwidth -\columnsep + \divide\columnwidth\tw@ \hsize\columnwidth \@firstcolumntrue + \fi + \hsize\columnwidth \linewidth\hsize + \begingroup\@floatplacement\@dblfloatplacement\endgroup + \if@filesw \immediate\openout\@mainaux=\jobname.aux + \immediate\write\@mainaux{\string\startlabels\string\@startlabels}\fi + \immediate\openout0=\jobname.env + \immediate\write0{\noexpand\documentstyle[12pt,env]{article}} + \immediate\write0{\noexpand\nofiles} + \immediate\write0{\noexpand\begin{document}} + \immediate\write0{\noexpand\sf} + \immediate\write0{\noexpand\from} + \immediate\write0{\noexpand\beginfrom} + \write0{\fromname\noexpand\\} + \write0{\fromlineone\noexpand\\} + \write0{\fromlinetwo\noexpand\\} + \ifx\fromlinethree\@empty % + \else\write0{\fromlinethree\noexpand\\}\fi + \ifx\fromlinefour\@empty % + \else\write0{\fromlinefour\noexpand\\}\fi + \ifx\fromlinefive\@empty % + \else\write0{\fromlinefive\noexpand\\}\fi + \write0{\noexpand\endfrom} + \def\do##1{\let ##1\@notprerr} + \@preamblecmds + \let\do\noexpand + \@normalsize\everypar{}} +%%%% End Document +\def\enddocument{\@checkend{document}\newpage\begingroup +\if@filesw \immediate\closeout\@mainaux +\makeatletter\input \jobname.aux\clearpage +\fi\endgroup +\immediate\write0{\noexpand\end{document}} +\immediate\write0{}\closeout0% +\deadcycles\z@\@@end} + +%%%% End letter +\def\endletter{\stopletter\@@par\pagebreak\@@par + \begingroup + \def\protect{\string} + \let\\=\relex + \def\\protect##1{\string##1\space} + {\immediate\write0{\noexpand\begin{envelope}} + \ifx\tolineone\@empty % + \else\immediate\write0{\tolineone\noexpand\\}\fi + \ifx\tolinetwo\@empty % + \else\immediate\write0{\tolinetwo\noexpand\\}\fi + \ifx\tolinethree\@empty % + \else\immediate\write0{\tolinethree\noexpand\\}\fi + \ifx\tolinefour\@empty % + \else\immediate\write0{\tolinefour\noexpand\\}\fi + \ifx\tolinefive\@empty % + \else\immediate\write0{\tolinefive\noexpand\\}\fi + \ifx\tolinesix\@empty % + \else\immediate\write0{\tolinesix\noexpand\\}\fi + \ifx\tolineseven\@empty % + \else\immediate\write0{\tolineseven\noexpand\\}\fi + \immediate\write0{\noexpand\end{envelope}}} + \endgroup +% + \if@filesw + \begingroup + \def\protect{\string} + \let\\=\relax + \def\protect##1{\string##1\space} + \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\mlabel{\returnaddress}{\toname + \\\toaddress}} + \endgroup + \fi} + + +TeXMaG Volume 5 Number 3 page 6 +_______________________________________________________________________________ +| | +| Towards a Font for Africa | +|_____________________________________________________________________________| + +% fcreadme.txt +by J"org Knappen +10-MAR-1991 + +African languages use several zusatz characters, which are not included in +european standards. This was the starting point for this work. + +I evaluated a list of characters to include into an african font and +created a font encoding scheme. This scheme I call FC (aFrican Computer) +and it is now at the status of a draft. It is designed to overlap the EC +font encoding scheme (TeX-conference hold at Cork 1990) as much as +possible. + +I composed a metafont including the characters needed for african +languages. This font was named ear and provided several variant glyphs of +the same character. + + The ffcmr Font + +The ffcmr font is the First aFrican Computer Modern Roman font. It includes +computer modern roman in the lower 128 code positions and 36 african zusatz +characters in the upper half. The latter already have their fc code +positions, but some of the lower half will be moved. + + Next Steps + +The next step will be an afc (Almost aFrican Computer) font. This will have +all characters positioned according to the EC/FC scheme, but will not be +complete. Some accented letters might be absent (and are probable so). + +After completion, the name will change to fc, which will be the final form. + + Appendix: The fc font encoding scheme (draft) + +% fc.txt by J"org Knapen 19-dec-1990 +% last change 23-jan-1991 + +Draft for an african font coding scheme + +The TUG conference of Cork 1990 has proposed a 256 character font encoding +scheme well suited for european languages. This scheme does not fit for the +various african languages with latin writing. So I want to propose a scheme +suited for the so called critical languages of africa. It should be named +FC or FCM for aFrican Computer. + +The coding is arbitrary besides the following rules: + +* The lower 128 codes are identical to the Cork scheme +* A glyph also occurring in the Cork scheme is placed on the same code point + as in the Cork scheme +* Each letter from the 128-char cm-font is saved (Thus !', \L, \O etc. will + work) +* The uppercase/lowercase mechanism holds + +The following languages are covered: +Akan, Bamileke, Basa (Kru), Bemba, Ciokwe, Dinka, Efik, Ewe-Fon, Fulani +(Fulful), G\%a, Gbaya, Hausa, Igbo, Kanuri, Kikuyu, Kikongo, Kpelle, Krio, +Luba, Mandekan (Bambara), Mende, More, Ngala, Nyanja, Oromo, Rundi, Kinya +Rwanda, Sango, Shona, Somali, Songhai, Sotho (two different writing +systems), Suaheli, Tiv, Yao, Yoruba, Xhosa and Zulu. + +Also covered are: Maltese and Sami (European languages not covered by the +Cork scheme). + +I tried to consult the most recent dictionaries. A good part of the +mentioned languages has not yet a standardised writing system. + +I considered accents which are only tonal marks and optional in writing not +to be a part of a letter. These should be created by using floating +accents. (Even double accenting is possible, e.g. Open e with tilde and +acute.) Accented letters, where the accent is a part of the letter, are +included. + + The table: (U means uppercase, L lowercase): + +octal code description +200 U hooktop B +201 U hooktop D +202 U open E (\varepsilon-like) +203 U reversed E (like \exists) +204 U long F +205 U E with ha\v{c}ek +206 U ipa Gamma +207 U double barred H + +210 U hooktop K +211 U Enj +212 U open O (revesed C) +213 U N with acute +214 U Esh +215 U Eng +216 U variant U (\upsilon-like) +217 U hooktop Y + +220 U G with dot above +221 U M with acute +222 U S with ha\v{c}ek +223 U N with dot above +224 U N with line below +225 U S with dot below +226 U W with breve +227 U crossed T + +230 U E with dot above +231 U E with dot below +232 U I with tilde +233 U O with macron +234 ligature t-esh +235 ligature fj +236 L crossed d +237 double grave accent + +240 L hooktop b +241 L hooktop d +242 L open e +243 L inverted e +244 L long f +245 L e with ha\v{c]ek +246 L ipa gamma +247 L crossed h + +250 L hooktop k +251 L enj +252 L open O +253 L n with acute +254 L esh +255 L eng +256 L variant u (\upsilon) +257 L hooktop y + +260 L g with dot above +261 L m with acute +262 L s with ha\v{c}ek +263 L n with dot above +264 L n with line below +265 L s with dot below +266 L w with breve +267 L crossed t + +270 L e with dot above +271 L e with dot below +272 L i tilde +273 L o with macron +274 small raised w +275 inverted exclamation mark +276 inverted question mark +277 universal accent + +300 U A with acute +301 U I with dot below +302 U A with circumflex +303 U A with tilde +304 U Open E with tilde +305 U Open O with tilde +306 U ligature AE +307 U C with cedilla + +310 U E with grave +311 U E with acute +312 U E with circumflex +313 U E with diaresis +314 U E with line below +315 U E with macron +316 U E with tilde +317 U I with diaresis + +320 U crossed D (Edh) +321 U N with tilde +322 U O with grave +323 U O with dot above +324 U O with circumflex +325 U O with tilde +326 U O with diaresis +327 U ligature OE + +330 U crossed O (\O) +331 U O with dot below +332 U O with line below +333 U U with circumflex +334 U O with ha\v{c}ek +335 U U with dot below +336 U U with tilde +337 cross piece for polish L and l + +340 L a with acute +341 L i with dot below +342 L a with circumflex +343 L a with tilde +344 L open e with tilde +345 L open o with tilde +346 L ligature ae +347 L c with cedilla + +350 L e with grave +351 L e with acute +352 L e with circumflex +353 L e with diaresis +354 L e with line below +355 L e with macron +356 L e with tilde +357 L i with diaresis + +360 L d with tail (note: not edh!) +361 L n with tilde +362 L o with grave +363 L o with dot above +364 L o with circumflex +365 L o with tilde +366 L o with diaresis +367 L ligature oe + +370 L crossed o (\o) +371 L o with dot below +372 L o with line below +373 L u with circumflex +374 L o with ha\v{c}ek +375 L u with dot below +376 L u with tilde +377 L eszet (\ss) + +J"org Knappen email: knappen@vkpmzd.physik.uni-mainz.de +Institut f"ur Kernphysik Knappen@dmznat51.bitnet +Postfach 3980 +D-W6500 Mainz + + + + + + + + + +TeXMaG Volume 5 Number 3 page 7 +_______________________________________________________________________________ +| | +| YUNUS -- Turkish TeX Users Group and Discussion List | +|_____________________________________________________________________________| + + +I would like to announce formation of a BITNET List YUNUS as an +informal and semi official publication of Turkish TeX Users Group +with the purpose: to discuss, disseminate and exchange information +about the TeX typesetting system, its variants, and, especially, +Turkish TeX. + +YUNUS EMRE is a 15'th century Turkish poet and philosopher, who is one +of the best users of turkish language. The list is named after him. + +List is located at TRMETU.bitnet. So so you can send post files to +list by sending them to YUNUS@TRMETU.bitnet, and subscribe to the list +via a mail message consisting of + +SUB YUNUS First_Name Middle_name Last_name + +to LISTSERV@TRMETU.bitnet. + +There are no language restrictions on the list. + +`Owners' of the list: +* Owner= akgul@trbilun (Mustafa Akgul) +* Owner= a07820@trmetua (Bulent Karasozen) +* Owner= ZIYA@TRMETU (Ziya Karakaya) + +For ordinary mail use: +Mustafa Akgul +Bilkent University +06533 Bilkent +Ankara +Turkey. + + + + + + + + + + +TeXMaG Volume 5 Number 3 page 8 +_______________________________________________________________________________ +| | +| Call for Standardization of GREEK TeX | +| and Creation of a GREEK TeX Users Group | +|_____________________________________________________________________________| + +Contents: + + 1. Why standardization? + 2. What kind of standardization? + 3. The circumflex problem. + 4. What else should be done? + 5. How to start? + 6. The Dedham TUG Annual Meeting 1991 + 7. Final conclusion + 8. A significant motto + Appendix 1. Transliteration table + Appendix 2. The font table + + ---------------------------------------------------------------- + | THIS MESSAGE IS BILINGUAL: ENGLISH AND GREEK; IF YOU HAVE ANY | + | PROBLEMS IN READING THE GREEK PART, THERE IS A TRANSLITERATION | + | TABLE AT THE END. | + ---------------------------------------------------------------- + +***************************************|*************************************** + | +1. Why standardization? | 1. Giat'i tupopo'ihsh? + | +Dear Friends, | Agaphto'i f'iloi, +with the release of TeX3.0 and MF2.0 | af'otou bg'hke to TeX3.0 kai to MF2.0 +new horizons have been opened to TeX, | kaino'urgioi or'izontec ano'iqthkan +especially concerning the adaptation | sto TeX kai eidik'a 'oson afor'a thn +of TeX to different languages. For | prosarmog'h tou se diaf'orec gl'wssec. +many european languages, fonts of 256 | Gia poll'ec eurwpa"ik'ec gl'wssec +characters have been created, together | fti'aqthkan grammatoseir'ec me 256 +with the corresponding hyphenation | qarakt'hrec, maz'i me ta ant'istoiqa +patterns and LaTeX styles. | mot'iba sullabismo'u kai stul LaTeX. + What about Greek? | Me ta ellhnik'a ti g'inetai? + Actually Greek TeX evolved in | To ellhnik'o TeX exel'iqthke se +three stages: first Professor Knuth | tr'ia st'adia: pr'wta o kajhght'hc +created the uppercase characters which | Knuth 'eftiaxe ta kefala'ia ellhnik'a +are in the CM fonts (but not anymore | gr'ammata pou br'iskontai stic gramma- +in the DC/EC ones); then Silvio Levy | toseir'ec thc oikog'eneiac CM (all'a +made his well-known package of fonts; | 'oqi stic DC/EC); met'a o Silvio Levy +and finally Klaus Thull and myself | 'eftiaxe to gnwst'o pak'eto grammato- +made some changements and added some | seir'wn; kai t'eloc o Klaus Thull kai +new features to Silvio's work (see | eg'w k'aname merik'ec allag'ec kai +TUGboat 9,1 and 10,3). The fact is | prosj'esame orism'enec dunat'othtec +that today the two latter approaches | sthn doulei'a tou Silvio (bl. TUGboat +are obsolete in many points. Silvio | 9,1 kai 10,3). Gegon'oc e'inai 'oti oi +uses 256-characters to face the | d'uo teleuta'iec doulei'ec e'inai xe- +problem of the final sigma, which can | perasm'enec s'hmera se poll'a shme'ia. +be solved very easily today thanks | O Silvio qrhsimopoie'i grammatoseir'ec +to MF2.0's end-of-word ligatures. | 256 qarakt'hrwn gia na l'usei to pr'o- +Klaus and I use 128-character fonts, | blhma tou teliko'u s'igma, pou mpore'i +which are useless today. | na luje'i s'hmera pol'u eukol'wtera me + On the other hand, many things | tic ((sund'eseic t'elouc l'exhc)) tou +remain undone: hyphenation patterns | MF2.0. O Klaus kai eg'w qrhsimopoi- +for 256-character fonts, LaTeX and | o'ume grammatoseir'ec 128 qarakt'hrwn +AMSTeX styles, documentation on Greek | pou e'inai 'aqrhstec s'hmera. +TeX and last-but-not-least a common | Tounant'ion poll'a pr'agmata +7-bit transliteration for email pur- | pr'epei n'a g'inoun ak'oma: mot'iba +poses. Most of this can't be done | sullabismo'u gia grammatoseir'ec 256 +without a once-for-all standard and | qarakt'hrwn, stul gia LaTeX, AMSTeX, +complete font table! And this again | odhg'iec qr'hshc tou ellhniko'u TeX +can't be done without the participa- | kai --ac mh to xeqn'ame-- 'enac koi- +tion of every GreekTeX user. | n'oc metagrammatism'oc gia ta 7 bit + | tou hlektroniko'u taqudrome'iou. Ta + | pio poll'a ap''aut'a den mporo'un na + | g'inoun prin kajor'isoume pr'wta kai + | mia gia p'anta, 'enan pl'hrh p'inaka + | ellhnik'hc grammatoseir'ac! Ki aut'o + | p'ali den mpore'i na g'inei qwr'ic + | thn summetoq'h KAJE qr'hsth tou ellh- + | niko'u TeX. + | +2. What kind of standardization? | 2. Ti e'idouc tupopo'ihsh? + | +A font table must contain ALL possi- | 'Enac p'inakac grammatoseir'ac pr'epei +ble accent+character combinations. | na peri'eqei OLOUC touc dunato'uc sun- +They should be reachable by ligatures | duasmo'uc t'onwn, pneum'atwn, gramm'a- +AS WELL as by direct 8-bit input. | twn kai upogegramm'enhc. Pr'epei na +One-accent fonts should contain exac- | up'arqei pr'osbash s''auto'uc touc +tly the same characters, only accents | sunduasmo'uc TOSO m'esw sund'esmwn OSO +should be invisible. This stands also | kai m'esw kateuje'iac eisagwg'hc 8 bit +for the small-capitals-font. | Oi monotonik'ec grammatoseir'ec pr'e- + These are the standard principia | pei na 'eqoun akrib'wc touc 'idiouc +to start with. The concrete place of | qarakt'hrec me ton ant'istoiqo toni- +each character should be fixed after | sm'o. To 'idio isq'uei kai gia thn +common agreement, also the kind of | grammatoseir'a twn kefala'iwn. +ponctuation marks and other symbols | Aut'ec e'inai oi arq'ec gia na xe- +appearing in the font. | kin'hsoume. H pragmatik'h j'esh k'aje + Since the best start is a real | qarakt'hra ja pr'epei na apofasisje'i +proposal instead of empty words, I | met'a ap'o koin'h sumfwn'ia, ep'ishc +include my own proposal for a Greek | to poia shme'ia st'ixhc kai 'alla +font table at the end of this text. | s'umbola ja up'arqoun sthn grammato- +Of course it requires a lot of imagi- | seir'a. +nation since almost all is written in | Gia na mhn e'inai l'ogia tou a'era +Silvio's transliteration; you can | 'ola aut'a sac paraj'etw thn dik'h mou +find a printed sample of the table | pr'otash sto t'eloc auto'u tou keim'e- +in the forthcoming TUGboat paper "On | nou. Ja br'hte aut'on ton p'inaka tu- +TeX and Greek...". The first 8 sym- | pwm'eno sto ep'omeno TUGboat (12,2) +bols are used by Oxford for critical | sthn dhmos'ieush ((On TeX and Greek... +editions of epigraphical texts. The | )). Ta pr'wta 8 s'umbola tou p'inaka +digamma is simply at positions 'v' | qrhsimopoio'untai apo tic ekd'oseic +and 'V' of the table, for two rea- | thc Oxf'ordhc gia thn perigraf'h kei- +sons: digamma was pronounced as a vee | m'enwn ap'o arqa'iec epigraf'ec. 'Eba- +and this position is the only empty | la to d'igamma stic j'eseic "v" "V" +one inside the alphabet. | gia d'uo l'ogouc: pr'wton giat'i 'etsi + | profer'otan ((ton kair'o eke'ino)) kai + | de'uteron giat'i 'htan h m'onh 'adeia + | j'esh m'esa sto latinik'o alf'abhto. + | +3. The circumflex problem. | 3. To pr'oblhma thc perispwm'enhc. + | +Silvio uses % (\char'176) to encode | O Silvio qrhsimopo'ihse to % (\char' +the circumflex accent. This choice | 176) gia thn perispwm'enh. E'inai h +is very natural, except that TeX uses | pio fusik'h epilog'h, ekt'oc ap''to +the same ASCII code for the line-brea- | gegon'oc 'oti aut'oc o qarakt'hrac +king-prevention-character. Of course | ASCII qrhsimopoie'itai ap''to TeX gia +any other character could be used for | thn paremp'odish thc kop'hc thc gram- +line-breaking-prevention, *but* the | mhc. B'ebaia ja mporo'usame na b'a- +actual problem is that changing the | me k'apoion 'allo qarakt'hra na k'anei +categories of characters encloses | aut'h thn doulei'a, 'ela 'omwc pou +Greek text in a special environment | all'azontac tic kathgor'iec twn qara- +which often conflicts with TeX-macros | kt'hrwn perior'izoume to ellhnik'o +defined outside of it. | ke'imeno s'''ena eidik'o perib'allon + In my opinion switching to Greek | kai suqn'a 'eqoume probl'hmata me +should be as easy as changing a font; | entol'ec TeX pou 'eqoun orisje'i 'exw +there should be no macros and no | ap''aut'o. +\catcode changing, everything should | Kat'a thn tapein'h mou gn'wmh, to +be left to the font. This can be rea- | ellhnik'o TeX pr'epei na e'inai to +lized if we choose some other chara- | 'idio e'ukolo 'oso mia apl'h allag'h +cter to encode the circumflex accent. | grammatoseir'ac; na mhn up'arqoun +I know, this is rather a radical | o'ute n'eec entol'ec o'ute allag'ec +change, besides being against intui- | \catcode; 'olec oi plhrofor'iec pr'e- +tion (% *is* a circumflex). But I | pei na peri'eqontai sthn ellhnik'h +assure you, it will also be a big | grammatoseir'a. Aut'o mpore'i na g'i- +relief to handle Greek just like any | nei an dial'exoume k'apoion 'allo +other TeX-font, especially since | qarakt'hra ASCII gia thn perispwm'enh. +macros tend to become more and more | X'erw, pr'okeitai gia m'allon rizik'h +obscure and complicated (ever looked | allag'h; q'wria ap''to gegon'oc 'oti +*inside* LaTeX?). | e'inai kai k'ontra sthn koin'h logik'h + Since ~, _ and | are used for | (to % 'opwc kai na to k'anoume, +special purposes, the only ASCII | *e'inai* perispwm'enh). All'a sac dia- +characters which could potentially | bebai'w 'oti ja aisjanje'ite anako'u- +serve as circumflex are + and =. | fish 'otan ja mpore'ite na gr'afete +Of course these are my personal | ellhnik'a sto TeX apl'wc all'azontac +thoughts and I would be very glad | thn grammatoseir'a, id'iwc t'wra pou +if a discussion could be started on | oi entol'ec g'inontai 'olo kai pio +this topic. Also the same problem | pol'uplokec. +arises with " for diaeresis (used by | Afo'u ta ~, _ kai | qrhsimopoi- +several macro-packages for indexing) | o'untai allo'u, oi m'onoi qarakt'hrec +and | for subscript iota (used for | ASCII gia thn perispwm'enh ja 'htan + +verbatim mode etc). | kai =. B'ebaia aut'ec e'inai proswpi- + I think --and hope-- it's not too | k'ec sk'eyeic kai ja qair'omoun pol'u +late to make such radical changes, | an xek'inage mia suz'hthsh p'anw +which are necessary for a solid and | s''aut'o to j'ema. To 'idio pr'oblhma +efficient use of the Greek language | up'arqei kai me ta dialutik'a kai thn +by TeX. | upogegramm'enh: t'oso to " 'oso to | + | qrhsimopoio'untai gia diaf'orouc sko- + | po'uc ap'o ta di'afora pak'eta TeX. + | Piste'uw ---kai elp'izw--- 'oti den + | e'inai arg'a gia na k'anoume t'oso + | rizik'ec allag'ec, afo'u m'alista + | e'inai apara'ithtec gia 'ena sumpag'ec + | kai apotelesmatik'o ellhnik'o TeX. + | + +4. What else should be done? | 4. Ti 'allo pr'epei na g'inei; + | +After a font table has been fixed, | Afo'u kajor'isoume 'enan p'inaka gram- +the real work can start. We need a | matoseir'ac, h pragmatik'h doulei'a +whole TeX system in Greek. Macros, | mpore'i n''arq'isei. Qreiaz'omaste +LaTeX styles, AMSTeX styles, LAMSTeX | 'enan pl'hrec s'usthma TeX sta ellh- +styles, AMSLaTeX styles...should I go | nik'a. Entol'ec, stul gia LateX, gia +on? Yes I know, all this *can* be | AMSTeX, LAMSTeX, AMSLaTeX,...kai p'aei +done easily, but nevertheless it | l'egontac. Nai x'erw, 'ola aut'a +represents many men-hours of work | *mporo'un* na g'inoun; antiproswpe'u- +and someone *has* to do it. | oun 'omwc poll'h doulei'a, kai k'a- + Then all this should be made AVAI- | poioc *pr'epei* na thn k'anei. +LABLE in a common place, together with | Met'a, 'ola aut'a pr'epei na e'inai +DOCUMENTATION, in English *and* | DIAJESIMA se ena koin'o m'eroc, maz'i +Greek. I don't want to sound as a | me plhrofor'iec sta agglik'a *kai* sta +fanatic one, but the TeX community | ellhnik'a. Den j'elw na fan'w fanati- +should --by our efforts-- stop | k'oc, alla h koin'othta tou TeX pr'epei +seeing Greek like some exotic thing, | m'esa ap''tic prosp'ajei'ec mac na +just like the punk font or music-- | stamat'hsei na bl'epei ta ellhnik'a +typesetting. It is a living language | san exwtik'o fro'uto! E'inai mia +and the "handicap" of having another | zwntan'h gl'wssa kai to pr'oblhma tou +alphabet can be faced by the STEADY | na 'eqoume 'allo alf'abhto xeperni'e- +and CONSISTENT use of a COMMON | tai me thn STAJERH kai ENTATIKH qr'hsh +transliteration. Just think that | en'oc KOINOU metagrammatismo'u. Ske- +other languages like french and | fte'ite m'ono 'oti ki 'allec gl'wssec +czech have the same sacrifices to | 'opwc ta gallik'a 'h ta ts'eqika +make when using 7-bit ASCII code: | k'anoun 'allec t'osec jus'iec 'otan +either accents are omitted (which | pr'epei na gr'ayoun sta 7 bit: 'h den +looks awful) or they are placed in TeX | b'azoun kaj'olou t'onouc 'h touc b'a- +macro-form (which also looks awful). | zoun up'o thn morf'h entol'wn TeX; kai + So the first step to a rehabi- | stic d'uo peript'wseic to apot'elesma +litation of Greek TeX is an agree- | e'inai q'alia. +ment on the transliteration. It is | 'Ara to pr'wto b'hma gia mia apo- +only natural that we use the same | kat'astash tou ellhniko'u TeX e'inai +transliteration in TeX and in our | na sumfwn'hsoume 'enan koin'o meta- +everyday's email writing. Silvio's | grammatism'o. O metagrammatism'oc tou +transliteration looks a good choice | S'ilbio mou fa'inetai mia kal'h epilo- +to me, of course the discussion is | g'h, fusik'a h suz'hthsh e'inai anoi- +open. But please STOP writing the | qt'h. All'a parakal'w STAMATHSTE na +letter chi as an x or upsilon as an | gr'afete to qi san x 'h to 'uyilon san +y just because they look like that!! | y m'ono kai m'ono giat'i moi'azoun!!!! +If you don't like Silvio's transli- | An den sac ar'esei o metagrammatism'oc +teration try instead finding another | tou S'ilbio prote'inete allag'ec 'h +one!! all proposals are welcome. | fti'axte 'enan kal'utero, k'aje pr'o- + | tash e'inai eupr'osdekth. + | +5. How to start? | 5. P'wc na xekin'hsoume? + | +The first thing to do is to inter- | Pr'wta ap'''ola pr'epei n''antall'a- +change opinions. To make proposals | xoume ap'oyeic. Na k'anoume prot'aseic +and discuss on them. To get some | kai na tic suzht'hsoume. Na kateb'a- +new ideas. To ask people who deal | soume id'eec. Na rwt'hsoume k'osmo pou +with standards, with greek systems | asqole'itai me diejn'h st'antartc, me +on different computers etc. | ellhnik'a sust'hmata sta di'afora ko- + I volunteer to collect your ans- | mpio'uter klp. +wers, and make a general report on | Proswpik'a prote'inw na maz'eyw +them in the autumn's issue of TUGboat | tic apant'hseic sac kai na tic parou- +(by this occasion I would like to | si'asw sthn fjinopwrin'h 'ekdosh tou +thank once again the editorial board). | TUGboat. + It would be nice to have an email | Ja 'htan wra'ia an e'iqame mia +list on this subject; but I have not | l'ista hlektroniko'u taqudrome'iou gia +the slightest idea where and how. | thn anoiqt'h suz'hthsh, all'a den 'eqw +If some "kind sould" or institution | thn paramikr'h id'ea po'u kai p'wc. +could provide such a facility, I | An k'apoia ((eugenik'h yuq'h)) 'h k'a- +would be very grateful. | poio 'idruma (Hr'akleio, P'atra, + For this and for other organisa- | Aj'hna m''ako'ute?) mporo'use na mac +tory problems it would be useful to | prosf'erei aut'hn thn dieuk'olunsh +create a Greek TeX Users Group sub- | ja 'hmoun pol'u eugn'wmwn. +structure. Later on we could esta- | Gi''aut'o kai gia 'alla probl'hma- +blish an FTP server with the totality | ta org'anwshc prote'inw thn 'idrush +of Greek TeX stuff, AND documentation. | miac ellhnik'hc om'adac qrhst'wn tou +Such a LUG could also serve to propa- | TeX. Arg'otera ja mporo'usame na orga- +gate TeX in Greece, as well as in | n'wsoume 'ena server FTP pou na peri'e- +scholar circles having to typeset | qei otid'hpote 'eqei g'inei p'anw sto +ancient Greek. Please write me your | ellhnik'o TeX ME tic pr'epousec plhro- +opinion on all this, and | for'iec kai odhg'iec qr'hshc. Mia t'e- + KEEP IN TOUCH! | toia om'ada ja 'htan pol'u qr'hsimh + | gia thn di'adosh tou TeX af''en'oc men + | sthn Ell'ada, af''et'erou stouc k'u- + | klouc twn filol'ogwn pou asqolo'untai + | me arqa'ia ellhnik'a. Parakal'w gr'ay- + | te mou thn gn'wmh sac, kai propant'oc + | DWSTE TO PARON! + | +6. The Dedham TUG Annual Meeting | 6. H et'hsia sun'anthsh tou TUG sthn + | Bost'wnh + | +In this meeting I plan to organize | S''aut'h thn sun'anthsh skope'uw na +a discussion on Greek TeX, in the | diorgan'wsw mian anoiqt'h suz'hthsh +form of a networking lunch, which | p'anw sto ellhnik'o TeX. +could potentially lead to a bird-of- | Sac proskal'w loip'on e'ite na +feather session. | summet'asqete sthn sun'anthsh, e'ite + I count on you for either joining | na mo'u ste'ilete tic ap'oyeic kai +the meeting, or joining the discus- | prot'aseic sac prin thn sun'anthsh +sion by sending me your remarks and | 'wste na mpor'esw n''anaferj'w kai na +proposals before the meeting so that | sthriqt'w s''aut'ec. Eg'w ap''thn +I can report on them. Conversely, if | meri'a mou analamb'anw na sac plhro- +you can't join the meeting I will | for'hsw gia 'oti leqte'i sthn suz'h- +inform you on things having been said. | thsh aut'h. + | +7. Final conclusion | 7. Telik'o sump'erasma + | +Please don't take anything for pre- | Parakal'w mhn jewr'hsete t'ipota san +established! Greek TeX is still in | prokajwrism'eno! To ellhnik'o TeX +an early stage and independent enough | e'inai ak'oma sta pr'wta st'adia tou +from plain TeX so that *everything* | kai arket'a anex'arthto ap'o to plain +can still be changed. | TeX, 'wste *otid'hpote* na mpore'i + It is our responsability to make | ak'oma na tropopoihje'i. +a consistent and user-friendly Greek | E'inai dik'h mac euj'unh na k'a- +TeX and we must all help since this is | noume 'ena sumpag'ec kai euq'aristo +really *too much* work to be done by | ellhnik'o TeX kai pr'epei 'oloi na +just one or two persons! | bohj'hsoume s''aut'o to 'ergo! + | +******************************************************************************* + | +Let me resume the topics to discuss: | Epanalamb'anw ta j'emata suz'hthshc: + 1) the font table: which chara- | 1) o p'inakac thc grammatoseir'ac: + cters, where and why. | poia gr'ammata, po'u kai giat'i + 2) the transliteration: how and | 2) o metagrammatism'oc: p'wc kai + why, and how to avoid conflicts | giat'i, kai p'wc n''apof'ugoume + with plain TeX | asumbat'othtec me to plain TeX. + 3) the 7-bit transliteration for | 3) o metagrammatism'oc sta 7 bit + e-mail (which could in fact be | (gia hlektronik'o taqudrome'io) + a simplified version of 2)) | to protim'wtero se monotonik'o. + 4) the possibility of creating a | 4) h 'idrush miac topik'hc om'adac + local TeX Users Group, an | f'ilwn tou TeX, miac l'istac + email list and an FTP server. | hlektroniko'u taqudrome'iou kai + 5) the use you make of Greek TeX, | en'oc server FTP. + your achievements, problems, | 5) pwc qrhsimopoie'ite to TeX sta + wishes. | ellhnik'a, ta probl'hmata kai + 6) TeX in Greece: where, how, why | oi tuq'on epijum'iec sac. + by whom, in which extend. | 6) To TeX sthn Ell'ada: po'u, p'wc, + 7) Greek TeX for scholars: which | giat'i, ap'o poion, kai se poia + are the special needs and | kl'imaka. + standards. | 7) To ellhnik'o TeX gia filol'ogouc + | poi'ec e'inai oi eidik'ec an'a- +and finally | gkec kai oi 'hdh up'arqousec + 8) Ideas, ideas, ideas. | n'ormec. + | + | kai t'eloc + | 8) Id'eec, poll'ec id'eec. + | + Thanks for reading this long text; | Sac euqarist'w pou diab'asate aut'o to + I hope to hear from you soon. | ke'imeno, e'uqomai n'aqw n'ea sac + | s'untoma. + | +******************************************************************************* + Yannis Haralambous | Gi'annhc Qaral'ampouc +******************************************************************************* + 101/11, rue Breughel + 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq + France Gall'ia + Bitnet: yannis@frcitl81 + Tel. +33 20052880 + FAX: +33 20910564 +******************************************************************************* +A significant motto: | Meriko'i st'iqoi me shmas'ia: +******************* **************************** + + Perno'un gerno'un ta gegon'ota - ma e'inai kal'o po'umaste ed'w + fant'asou ft'anei kai mia n'ota - ki all'azei 'olo ton skop'o. + + Nom'izw 'etsi ki h zw'h mac - san 'opwc len ((t`a p'anta +Diaeresis (dialutika): " Subscript iota: | +Apostrophe: '' Question mark: ? Upper point (anw teleia): ; +Opening, closing guillemets (eisagwgika): ((, )) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Appendix 2: the font table: +******** + + | '0 | '1 | '2 | '3 | '4 | '5 | '6 | '7 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '02x | (|) | (||) | ([[) | (]]) | ({) | (}) | (<) | (>) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "1x + '03x | <' | >' | <` | >` | <% | >% | "' | "` | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '04x | | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "2x + '05x | ( | ) | * | _ | , | - | . | / | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '06x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "3x + '07x | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '10x | @ | A | B | S | D | E | F | G | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "4x + '11x | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '12x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "5x + '13x | X | Y | Z | [ |Section| ] |UpSanpi|UpQoppa| +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '14x | ` | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "6x + '15x | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '16x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "7x + '17x | x | y | z | (( | '' | )) | % | --- | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '20x | `a | a | <`a | `a_ | a_ | <`a_ | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "8x + '21x | 'a | <'a | >'a | >`a | 'a_ | <'a_ | >'a_ | >`a_ | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '22x | %a | <%a | >%a | qoppa | %a_ | <%a_ | >%a_ | sanpi | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "9x + '23x | `h | h | <`h | `h_ | h_ | <`h_ | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '24x | 'h | <'h | >'h | >`h | 'h_ | <'h_ | >'h_ | >`h_ | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ax + '25x | %h | <%h | >%h | %" | %h_ | <%h_ | >%h_ | -- | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '26x | `w | w | <`w | `w_ | w_ | <`w_ | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bx + '27x | 'w | <'w | >'w | >`w | 'w_ | <'w_ | >'w_ | >`w_ | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '30x | %w | <%w | >%w | | %w_ | <%w_ | >%w_ | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Cx + '31x | `i | i | <`i | `u | u | <'u | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '32x | 'i | <'i | >'i | >`i | 'u | <'u | >'u | >`u | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dx + '33x | %i | <%i | >%i | | %u | <%u | >%u | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '34x | `e | e | <`e | `o | o | <'o | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ex + '35x | 'e | <'e | >'e | >`e | 'o | <'o | >'o | >`o | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + '36x | "i | "`i | "'i | "%i | "u | "`u | "'u | "%u | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Fx + '37x | a_ | h_ | w_ | r | |\macron| \breve| +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + | "8 | "9 | "A | "B | "C | "D | "E | "F | + +Remarks: 1) characters '000 to '007 are special symbols used by Oxford for + critical editions of epigraphical texts. + 2) in characters '053, '204--'372 I used *exceptionally* the + symbol _ for the subscript iota, just for better reading. By + no means I propose _ as a transliteration of the subscript iota. + 3) character '073 is the upper point (anw teleia), '077 the question + mark. + 4) characters '074 and '075 are spirits. Character "Section" is a + section mark (like \char'170 in the cmsy font). + 5) characters '047 and '140 are accents, while '174 is the opening + quote (apostrofoc). + 6) positions '015 and '040 are left empty in purpose to maintain + compatibility with PostScript fonts. + + + + + *********************************************************************** + * LATE BREAKING NEWS * DERNIERES NOUVELLES * LETZTE NACHRICHTEN * + *********************************************************************** + * TELEUTAIA NEA * + *********************************************************************** + +Thanks to the friendly support of DANTE and especially of Joachim +Lammarsch a discussion list on Greek TeX (cf. 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