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@@ -32,26 +32,59 @@ Greek language and script via the <a class="reference external" href="http://www
<p>In 1997, Apostolos Syropoulos added support for the Greek language to the
“babel” package. The file <tt class="literal">greek.ldf</tt> provides options for monotonic
(single-diacritic) and polytonic (multiple-diacritic) modes of writing.</p>
-<p>Currently, it only works with LaTeX and 8-bit TeX engines. Users of the
-XeTeX and LuaTeX engines are advised to use the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia">polyglossia</a> package
-instead.</p>
+<p>There is now partial support for Unicode-aware TeX engines (XeTeX/LuaTeX).
+However, users of the XeTeX and LuaTeX engines are advised to use the
+<a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia">polyglossia</a> package.</p>
<div class="section" id="news">
<h1>News</h1>
-<dl class="field-list simple">
-<dt>2013-05-17</dt>
-<dd><ul class="simple">
-<li><p>New maintainer.</p></li>
-<li><p>The encoding definition file <tt class="literal">lgrenc.def</tt> moved to the
-<a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc">greek-fontenc</a> package.</p></li>
-</ul>
-</dd>
-</dl>
+<table class="borderless">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="7%" />
+<col width="14%" />
+<col width="80%" />
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr><td><p>1.4</p></td>
+<td><p>2013-05-17</p></td>
+<td><p>New maintainer.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><!-- -->
+</td>
+<td>&nbsp;</td>
+<td><p>The encoding definition file <tt class="literal">lgrenc.def</tt> moved to the
+<a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc">greek-fontenc</a> package.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><p>1.5</p></td>
+<td><p>2013-06-21</p></td>
+<td><p>bugfixes and cleanup,</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><!-- -->
+</td>
+<td>&nbsp;</td>
+<td><p>LICR macros in string definitions,</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><!-- -->
+</td>
+<td>&nbsp;</td>
+<td><p>LGR font encoding not used with XeTeX/LuaTeX,</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr><td><!-- -->
+</td>
+<td>&nbsp;</td>
+<td><p>input “xgreek-fixes.def” from <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia">polyglossia</a> with Xe/LuaTeX.</p></td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
</div>
<div class="section" id="requirements">
<h1>Requirements</h1>
-<p>The “babel-greek” package requires the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel">babel</a> base package, <a class="reference internal" href="#greek-text-fonts">Greek text
-fonts</a> in the LGR encoding, and the encoding definition file <tt class="literal">lgrenc.def</tt>
-from the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc">greek-fontenc</a> package.</p>
+<p>Typesetting Greek texts requires a <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/topic/font-greek">font containing Greek glyphs</a>.</p>
+<p>The “babel-greek” package requires the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel">babel</a> base package. <a class="reference internal" href="#greek-text-fonts">Greek text
+fonts</a> in the LGR encoding and the encoding definition file <tt class="literal">lgrenc.def</tt>
+from the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc">greek-fontenc</a> package are required with 8-bit TeX engines.</p>
+<p>For correct up/downcasing with XeTeX/LuaTeX, the file <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">xgreek-fixes.def</span></tt>
+from <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia">polyglossia</a> is required.</p>
+<p>“plain” TeX is currently not supported. Patches are welcome.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="installation">
<h1>Installation</h1>
@@ -69,17 +102,25 @@ ending in <tt class="literal">.dtx</tt> through LaTeX.</p></li>
</div>
<div class="section" id="usage">
<h1>Usage</h1>
-<p>Pass the “greek” or “polutonikogreek” options to babel:</p>
+<p>Pass the “greek” option to babel:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">\usepackage[greek]{babel}
</pre>
+<p>For polytonic greek, set the language attribute “polutoniko”:</p>
+<pre class="literal-block">\languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko}
+</pre>
<p>For details see <a class="reference external" href="usage.pdf">usage.pdf</a>, <a class="reference external" href="greek.pdf">greek.pdf</a> and the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel">babel</a> documentation.
Literal input of Greek characters is possible with the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-inputenc">greek-inputenc</a>
-package.</p>
+package and XeTeX/LuaTeX.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="greek-text-fonts">
<h1>Greek text fonts</h1>
+<p>With the XeTeX or LuaTeX engines, the user should ensure that the choosen
+font contains the required glyphs (the default Latin Modern fonts miss
+them). Examples for suitable fonts are the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cm-unicode">CM-unicode</a> or the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/libertine">Linux
+Libertine</a> OpenType fonts as well as any system-wide installed OTF fonts
+that support Greek (e.g. <a class="reference external" href="http://dejavu-fonts.org">Deja Vu</a>).</p>
<p>The LGR font encoding is the de-facto standard for typesetting Greek with
-(8-bit) LaTeX. Fonts in this encoding include the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cbgreek-complete">CB fonts</a> (matching CM),
+8-bit LaTeX. Fonts in this encoding include the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cbgreek-complete">CB fonts</a> (matching CM),
<a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/grtimes">grtimes</a> (Greek Times), <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/kerkis">Kerkis</a> (matching URW Bookman), and the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gfs">GFS font
collection</a>. Setup of these fonts as Greek variant to matching Latin fonts
is facilitated by the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/substitutefont">substitutefont</a> package.</p>