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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-greek/README.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-greek/README.html index 42085387bd3..adf7d7009c3 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-greek/README.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-greek/README.html @@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ Greek language and script via the <a class="reference external" href="http://www <td><p>2013-10-01</p></td> <td><p>bugfix: correct upcasing of babel strings with Xe/LuaTeX.</p></td> </tr> +<tr><td><p>1.8</p></td> +<td><p>2013-12-02</p></td> +<td><p>Rename <tt class="literal">greek.dtx</tt> to <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">babel-greek</span></tt> so that <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/texdoc">texdoc</a> +shows the right documentation.</p></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><!-- --> +</td> +<td> </td> +<td><p>Compatibility with Xe/LuaTeX in Unicode and 8-bit mode.</p></td> +</tr> +<tr><td><p>1.8a</p></td> +<td><p>2013-12-03</p></td> +<td><p>Set <tt class="literal">\encodingdefault</tt> in <tt class="literal">\greekscript</tt> to fix +Greek in footnotes etc. with document language Greek.</p></td> +</tr> </tbody> </table> </div> @@ -105,8 +120,6 @@ Greek language and script via the <a class="reference external" href="http://www <p>The “babel-greek” package requires the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel">babel</a> base package and parts of the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc">greek-fontenc</a> package. The <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-inputenc">greek-inputenc</a> package is recommended when using 8-bit TeX engines.</p> -<p>The language definition file makes use of the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=etex">e-TeX</a> extensions (present -in all current TeX distributions).</p> <p>Use with XeTeX/LuaTeX requires also <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> for correct up/downcasing.</p> <p>Typesetting Greek texts requires <a class="reference internal" href="#greek-text-fonts">Greek text fonts</a>.</p> @@ -131,24 +144,27 @@ ending in <tt class="literal">.dtx</tt> through LaTeX.</p></li> <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> +<p>For polytonic Greek, set the language attribute “polutoniko”:</p> <pre class="literal-block">\languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko} </pre> -<p>When compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, it is recommended to load Greek LICR -macro definitions via <tt class="literal">textalpha.sty</tt> or <tt class="literal">alphabeta.sty</tt> that are part -of the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc">greek-fontenc</a> bundle since version 0.10 (2013-09-13):</p> -<pre class="literal-block">\usepackage{textalpha} -\usepackage[greek]{babel} +<p>With XeTeX/LuaTeX, load <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontspec">fontspec</a> before <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel">babel</a>, so that babel-greek can +set up the Unicode font encoding for use with Greek, e.g.</p> +<pre class="literal-block">\usepackage{fontspec} +\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O} +\setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O} +\usepackage[greek,english]{babel} </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 or with XeTeX or LuaTeX.</p> +<p>For details see <a class="reference external" href="babel-greek.pdf">babel-greek.pdf</a> and the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel">babel</a> documentation.</p> +<p>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 or with XeTeX or LuaTeX. For the Latin transliteration provided by +the LGR font encoding see <a class="reference external" href="usage.pdf">usage.pdf</a> and the example files provided with +<a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc">greek-fontenc</a>.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="greek-text-fonts"> <h1>Greek text fonts</h1> <p>A list of Greek text fonts for use with LaTeX is available at the CTAN <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ctan.org/topic/font-greek">http://www.ctan.org/topic/font-greek</a></p> -<p>With the XeTeX or LuaTeX engines, the user should ensure that the choosen +<p>With the XeTeX or LuaTeX engines, the user should ensure that the chosen 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 @@ -165,9 +181,9 @@ font (see <a class="reference external" href="usage.pdf">usage.pdf</a>).</p> <p>A major drawback of this 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>). -This means that for every Latin-written word or acronym an explicite +This means that for every Latin-written word or acronym an explicit language-switch is required. This problem can only be solved via a -font-encoding comprising both Latin and Greek like the hypothetic T7 or +font-encoding comprising both Latin and Greek like the hypothetical T7 or Unicode (with XeTeX or LuaTeX).</p> <!-- References - - - - - - - - - - --> |