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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2014-12-29 23:24:17 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2014-12-29 23:24:17 +0000 |
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greek-fontenc (25dec14)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/greek-fontenc/diacritics.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/greek-fontenc/diacritics.tex index e05f24b38d4..4a6f89d0787 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/greek-fontenc/diacritics.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/greek-fontenc/diacritics.tex @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ % Load encoding definitions (after font package) \usepackage[LGR,T1]{fontenc} -% \usepackage{greek-fontenc} +\usepackage{textalpha} \usepackage{listings} \lstset{basicstyle=\ttfamily} @@ -47,17 +47,28 @@ \section*{Greek diacritics with standard accent macros} -The font encoding definition file \texttt{lgrxenc.def} defines -LICR macros for all non-ASCII characters in the LGR font encoding. - -Diacritics can be input using an extension of the standard macro -commands with composite diacritics input as -backslash followed by the LGR transliteration.% +The font encoding definition file \texttt{lgrenc.def} defines LICR macros +for all non-ASCII characters in the LGR font encoding. Greek accent macros +have names starting with \verb|\acc| followed by the Greek accent name as +used in the Unicode standard (e.g. \verb|\acctonos|). The standard symbol +accents \verb|\' \` \~| behave according to Greek typography if used in the +LGR font encoding. + +The \emph{textalpha} or \emph{alphabeta} packages define the symbol macros +\verb|\<| and \verb|\>| as alias for the breathings (Dasia and Psili). With +this, all diacritics can be input as backslash followed +by the LGR transliteration. % \footnote{This makes it easy to follow the advise in \emph{teubner-doc}: ``typeset your paper with the regular accent vowel ligatures and [{\ldots}] substitute them in the final revision with the accented vowel macros only in those instances where the lack of kerning is disturbing''.} +\footnote{The definition of the macros + \texttt{\textbackslash<} and \texttt{\textbackslash>} was moved + from the font definition file \texttt{greek-fontenc.def} to + \texttt{textalpha.sty} in order to avoid clashes with local + definitions of this macros in documents using the LGR font + encoding via \emph{fontenc} or \emph{babel}.} The example in greek-usage.pdf: % @@ -73,7 +84,7 @@ can be input as S\'wstrate, \>er\~wn \'ap\~hljec e\>uj\'uc? \end{lstlisting} % -Improvements: +Improvements over the ligature-based approach in LGR: % \begin{itemize} @@ -130,9 +141,10 @@ Improvements: \end{itemize} \selectlanguage{british} Composite diacritics can be specified as -backslash + LGR transliteration or combined accent macros, +named macro, backslash + LGR transliteration, or combined accent macros, e.\,g. \textgreek{\~>a} can be written as \begin{quote} + \verb+\accpsiliperispomeni{a}+, \verb+\~>a+, \verb+\>~a+, \verb+\~\>{a}+, or \verb+\~\>a+. \end{quote} |