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authorNorbert Preining <preining@logic.at>2013-05-27 04:50:31 +0000
committerNorbert Preining <preining@logic.at>2013-05-27 04:50:31 +0000
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
%
% This work has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained".
%
-% The Current Maintainer of this work is Johannes Braams.
+% The Current Maintainer of this work is Günter Milde.
%
% The list of all files belonging to the Babel system is
% given in the file `manifest.bbl. See also `legal.bbl' for additional
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@
\section{Overview}
The \texttt{greek} option of the \texttt{babel} package is an attempt to
make it possible for someone to write Greek text with \LaTeX. The current
-version of the \texttt{greek} option supports the \sg polutonik'o \sa\
-accentual system of the Greek language.
+version of the \texttt{greek} option supports the
+\textgreek{monotonik'o} and \textgreek{polutonik'o}
+accentual systems of the Greek language.
Moreover, there is now support for Greek numerals. One can produce easily
valid Greek numerals both in uppercase and lowercase forms, e.g,
\textgreek{\greeknumeral{1997}}\ and \textgreek{\Greeknumeral{1997}}. The
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ and uppercase Greek numerals correspondingly.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Typing Greek Text}
\TeX\ understands only the basic ASCII characters, so it is not possible
-to enter directly Greek letters. Instead, someone enters Latin letters
+to enter directly Greek letters.\footnote{Literal input of Greek characters
+is possible with the greek-inputenc LaTeX package.}
+Instead, someone enters Latin letters
which are mapped to their Greek ``counterparts'' by \TeX. The following
table shows the transliteration employed:
\begin{center}
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ greek counterparts:
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{cc}\hline
Command & Output\\ \hline
-\verb|$\sin^{2}x+\cos^{2}x=1$| & $\sin^{2}x+\cos^{2}y=1$\\
+\verb|$\sin^{2}x+\cos^{2}x=1$| & $\sin^{2}x+\cos^{2}x=1$\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}