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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.12: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
<title>greek-fontenc</title>
<meta name="author" content="Günter Milde" />
-<meta name="date" content="2013-09-10" />
+<meta name="date" content="2013-10-01" />
<meta name="copyright" content="© 2013 Günter Milde &lt;milde&#64;users.sf.net&gt;" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../Python/docutils-svn/docutils/docutils/writers/html4strict/html4css1.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../Python/docutils-svn/docutils/docutils/writers/html4strict/html4css2.css" type="text/css" />
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
<dt class="author">Author</dt>
<dd class="author">Günter Milde</dd>
<dt class="date">Date</dt>
-<dd class="date">2013-09-10</dd>
+<dd class="date">2013-10-01</dd>
<dt class="copyright">Copyright</dt>
<dd class="copyright">© 2013 Günter Milde &lt;<a class="reference external" href="mailto:milde&#64;users.sf.net">milde&#64;users.sf.net</a>&gt;</dd>
<dt>Licence</dt>
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ updated to work with XeTeX/LuaTeX.</p></td>
<td><p>0.10.1</p></td>
<td><p>bugfix in <a class="reference external" href="greek-euenc.def">greek-euenc.def</a> and <a class="reference external" href="alphabeta-euenc.def">alphabeta-euenc.def</a>.</p></td>
</tr>
+<tr><td><p>2013-11-28</p></td>
+<td><p>0.11</p></td>
+<td><p>compatibility with Xe/LuaTeX in 8-bit mode,</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><!-- -->
+</td>
+<td>&nbsp;</td>
+<td><p><tt class="literal">\greekscript</tt> TextCommand.</p></td>
+</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
@@ -126,8 +135,12 @@ independent of font encoding and TeX engine.</p>
<dt><a class="reference external" href="alphabeta-euenc.def">alphabeta-euenc.def</a></dt>
<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="alphabeta-euenc.def.html">Composite defintions for alphabeta.sty_ with XeTeX/LuaTeX.</a></p>
</dd>
+<dt><a class="reference external" href="greek-euenc.def">greek-euenc.def</a></dt>
+<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="greek-euenc.def.html">Greek LICR definitions for XeTeX and LuaTeX</a>.
+Requires <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/euenc">euenc</a>.</p>
+</dd>
</dl>
-<p>Literate source files were converted with <a class="reference external" href="http://pylit.berlios.de">PyLit</a> to reStructuredText and
+<p>Literate source files were converted with <a class="reference external" href="http://pylit.berlios.de">PyLit</a> to <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html">reStructuredText</a> and
with <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html">Docutils</a> to the HTML documentation.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="documentation-and-test-documents">
@@ -142,6 +155,10 @@ with <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.htm
<dt><a class="reference external" href="lgrenc-test.tex">lgrenc-test.tex</a>, <a class="reference external" href="lgrenc-test.pdf">lgrenc-test.pdf</a></dt>
<dd><p>Test and usage example.</p>
</dd>
+<dt><a class="reference external" href="euenc-test.tex">euenc-test.tex</a>, <a class="reference external" href="euenc-test.pdf">euenc-test.pdf</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Example for use of the experimental Greek LICR definitions with XeTeX or
+LuaTeX.</p>
+</dd>
<dt><a class="reference external" href="greekhyperref.tex">greekhyperref.tex</a>, <a class="reference external" href="greekhyperref.pdf">greekhyperref.pdf</a></dt>
<dd><p><cite>Greek script in PDF metadata</cite>.</p>
<p>The package <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hyperref">hyperref</a> defines the PU font encoding which also supports
@@ -154,14 +171,6 @@ with <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.htm
<p>These files are still in development and will eventually be moved to/merged
with other packages or removed in future versions:</p>
<dl class="docutils">
-<dt><a class="reference external" href="greek-euenc.def">greek-euenc.def</a></dt>
-<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="greek-euenc.def.html">Greek LICR definitions for XeTeX and LuaTeX</a>.
-Requires <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/euenc">euenc</a>.</p>
-</dd>
-<dt><a class="reference external" href="test-euenc.tex">test-euenc.tex</a></dt>
-<dd><p>Example for use of the experimental Greek LICR definitions with XeTeX or
-LuaTeX.</p>
-</dd>
<dt><a class="reference external" href="lgr2licr.lua">lgr2licr.lua</a></dt>
<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="lgr2licr.lua.html">LGR Transcription to Greek LICR transformation</a></p>
</dd>
@@ -181,23 +190,40 @@ directory (e.g. for testing).</p></li>
</div>
<div class="section" id="usage">
<h1>Usage</h1>
-<p>To ensure Greek support independent of the TeX engine write</p>
+<p>There are many alternatives to use the Greek font encoding setup
+provided by this package/bundle, e.g.:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><p>Ensure Greek support in text mode with <cite>textalpha</cite>:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">\usepackage{textalpha}
</pre>
<p>For details see <a class="reference external" href="textalpha-test.tex">textalpha-test.tex</a> and <a class="reference external" href="textalpha-test.pdf">textalpha-test.pdf</a> (8-bit
-TeX) as well as <a class="reference external" href="test-euenc.tex">test-euenc.tex</a> and <a class="reference external" href="test-euenc.pdf">test-euenc.pdf</a> (XeTeX/LuaTeX).</p>
-<p>To use the established macro names (<tt class="literal">\alpha</tt> … <tt class="literal">\Omega</tt>) in text and
-math mode, write</p>
+TeX) as well as <a class="reference external" href="euenc-test.tex">euenc-test.tex</a> and <a class="reference external" href="euenc-test.pdf">euenc-test.pdf</a>
+(XeTeX/LuaTeX).</p>
+</li>
+<li><p>To use the short macro names (<tt class="literal">\alpha</tt> … <tt class="literal">\Omega</tt>) known from math
+mode in both, text and math mode, write</p>
<pre class="literal-block">\usepackage{alphabeta}
</pre>
<p>For details see <a class="reference external" href="alphabeta-test.tex">alphabeta-test.tex</a> and <a class="reference external" href="alphabeta-test.pdf">alphabeta-test.pdf</a>.</p>
-<p>For 8-bit TeX, you may also pass LGR as option to <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontenc">fontenc</a>. For example,
-specify T1 (Latin) as default font encoding and LGR for Greek with</p>
+</li>
+<li><p>Use the <tt class="literal">greek</tt> option with <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel">Babel</a> (requires <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-greek">babel-greek</a>):</p>
+<pre class="literal-block">\usepackage[greek]{babel}
+</pre>
+</li>
+<li><p>Declare LGR via <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontenc">fontenc</a>. For example, specify T1 (8-bit
+Latin) as default font encoding and LGR for Greek with</p>
<pre class="literal-block">\usepackage[LGR,T1]{fontenc}
</pre>
-<p>In this case, using Greek text macros without explicite font switch will
-lead to errors.</p>
-<p>See <a class="citation-reference" href="#fntguide" id="id4">[fntguide]</a> for details and <a class="reference external" href="lgrenc-test.tex">lgrenc-test.tex</a> for an example.</p>
+<p>Note that without <tt class="literal">textalpha</tt> or <tt class="literal">alphabeta</tt>, Greek text macros work
+only if the current font encoding supports Greek. See <a class="citation-reference" href="#fntguide" id="id5">[fntguide]</a> for
+details and <a class="reference external" href="lgrenc-test.tex">lgrenc-test.tex</a> for an example.</p>
+</li>
+<li><p>LGR encoded fonts can also be used alongside Unicode fonts with
+XeTeX/LuaTeX to enable the input of Greek letters via the Latin
+transcription provided by this font encoding.
+See <a class="reference external" href="euenc-test.tex">euenc-test.tex</a> -&gt; <a class="reference external" href="euenc-test.pdf">euenc-test.pdf</a> and
+<a class="reference external" href="lgrenc-test.tex">lgrenc-test.tex</a> -&gt; <a class="reference external" href="lgrenc-test.tex">lgrenc-test.tex</a>.</p></li>
+</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="greek-text-font-encodings">
<h1>Greek text font encodings</h1>
@@ -206,7 +232,7 @@ Greek letters and symbols are also defined in the Unicode-based font
encodings EU1 (XeTeX), EU2 (LuaTeX) and PU (<a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hyperref">hyperref</a>).</p>
<div class="section" id="t7">
<h2>T7</h2>
-<p>The <a class="citation-reference" href="#encguide" id="id6">[encguide]</a> reserves the name T7 for a Greek <cite>standard font encoding</cite>.
+<p>The <a class="citation-reference" href="#encguide" id="id11">[encguide]</a> reserves the name T7 for a Greek <cite>standard font encoding</cite>.
However, up to now, there is no agreement on an implementation because the
restrictions for general text encodings are too severe for typesetting
polytonic Greek.</p>
@@ -221,7 +247,7 @@ is facilitated by the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pk
<p>The LGR font encoding allows to access Greek characters via an ASCII
transliteration. This enables simple input with a Latin keyboard.
Characters with diacritics can be selected by ligature definitions in the
-font (see <a class="citation-reference" href="#greek-usage" id="id7">[greek-usage]</a>, <a class="citation-reference" href="#teubner-doc" id="id8">[teubner-doc]</a>, <a class="citation-reference" href="#cbfonts" id="id9">[cbfonts]</a>).</p>
+font (see <a class="citation-reference" href="#greek-usage" id="id12">[greek-usage]</a>, <a class="citation-reference" href="#teubner-doc" id="id13">[teubner-doc]</a>, <a class="citation-reference" href="#cbfonts" id="id14">[cbfonts]</a>).</p>
<p>A major drawback of the transliteration is, that you cannot access Latin
letters if LGR is the active font encoding (e.g. in documents or parts of
documents given the <cite>Babel</cite> language <tt class="literal">greek</tt> or <tt class="literal">polutionikogreek</tt>).
@@ -233,7 +259,7 @@ Unicode (with XeTeX or LuaTeX).</p>
<div class="section" id="lgi">
<h2>LGI</h2>
<p>The ‘Ibycus’ fonts from the package <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ibygrk">ibygrk</a> implement an alternative
-transliteration scheme (also explained in <a class="citation-reference" href="#babel-patch" id="id10">[babel-patch]</a>).
+transliteration scheme (also explained in <a class="citation-reference" href="#babel-patch" id="id15">[babel-patch]</a>).
It is currently not supported by <cite>greek-fontenc</cite>.</p>
<p>The font encoding file <tt class="literal">lgienc.def</tt> from <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ibycus-babel">ibycus-babel</a> provides a basic
setup (without any LICR macros or composite definitions).</p>
@@ -385,40 +411,40 @@ from the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/unicode">uc
<p>Aliases from <tt class="literal">puenc.def</tt> ensure that the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hyperref">hyperref</a> package can convert
Greek text in “LICR encoding” to a PDF-string (utf-8 encoded input is used
as-is).</p>
-<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id4">[fntguide]</a></dt>
+<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id5">[fntguide]</a></dt>
<dd id="fntguide">
<p class="first last">LaTeX3 Project Team, <cite>LaTeX2ε font selection</cite>, 2005.
<a class="reference external" href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/fntguide.pdf">http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/fntguide.pdf</a></p>
</dd>
</dl>
-<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id6">[encguide]</a></dt>
+<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id11">[encguide]</a></dt>
<dd id="encguide">
<p class="first last">Frank Mittelbach, Robin Fairbairns, Werner Lemberg,
LaTeX3 Project Team, <cite>LaTeX font encodings</cite>, 2006.
<a class="reference external" href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/encguide.pdf">http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/encguide.pdf</a></p>
</dd>
</dl>
-<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id7">[greek-usage]</a></dt>
+<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id12">[greek-usage]</a></dt>
<dd id="greek-usage">
<p class="first last">Apostolos Syropoulos, <cite>Writing Greek with the greek option
of the babel package</cite>, 1997.
<a class="reference external" href="http://www.tug.org/texlive/Contents/live/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel/greek-usage.pdf">http://www.tug.org/texlive/Contents/live/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel/greek-usage.pdf</a></p>
</dd>
</dl>
-<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id9">[cbfonts]</a></dt>
+<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id14">[cbfonts]</a></dt>
<dd id="cbfonts">
<p class="first last">Claudio Beccari, <cite>The CB Greek fonts</cite>, Εὔτυπον, τεῦχος № 21, 2008.
<a class="reference external" href="http://www.eutypon.gr/eutypon/pdf/e2008-21/e21-a01.pdf">http://www.eutypon.gr/eutypon/pdf/e2008-21/e21-a01.pdf</a></p>
</dd>
</dl>
-<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id8">[teubner-doc]</a></dt>
+<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id13">[teubner-doc]</a></dt>
<dd id="teubner-doc">
<p class="first last">Claudio Beccari, <tt class="literal">teubner.sty</tt>
<cite>An extension to the greek option of the babel package</cite>, 2011.
<a class="reference external" href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/teubner-doc.pdf">http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/teubner-doc.pdf</a></p>
</dd>
</dl>
-<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id10">[babel-patch]</a></dt>
+<dl class="citation"><dt class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id15">[babel-patch]</a></dt>
<dd id="babel-patch">
<p class="first last">Werner Lemberg, <cite>Unicode support for the Greek LGR
encoding</cite> Εὔτυπον, τεῦχος № 20, 2008.