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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
babel-greek
***********
-Babel support for Greek
-=======================
+Babel support for the Greek language and script
+===============================================
:Copyright: © 1997 Apostolos Syropoulos, Claudio Beccari, Johannes Brahms,
© 2013 Günter Milde
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ In 1997, Apostolos Syropoulos added support for the Greek language to the
"babel" package. The file ``greek.ldf`` provides options for monotonic
(single-diacritic) and polytonic (multiple-diacritic) modes of writing.
-There is now experimental support for Unicode-aware TeX engines
+Since 2013-07-19, babel-greek supports also Unicode-aware TeX engines
(XeTeX/LuaTeX).
News
@@ -25,36 +25,65 @@ News
.. class:: borderless
-===== ========== ============================================================
-1.4 2013-05-17 New maintainer.
-.. The encoding definition file ``lgrenc.def`` moved to the
- greek-fontenc_ package.
-
-1.5 2013-06-21 bugfixes and cleanup,
-.. LICR macros in string definitions,
-.. LGR font encoding not used with XeTeX/LuaTeX,
-.. input "xgreek-fixes.def" from polyglossia_ with Xe/LuaTeX.
-1.5a 2013-07-02 Fix LaTeX bugs babel/3707, `babel/4303`_ and `babel/4305`_
-1.6 2013-07-19 Experimental support for XeTeX/LuaTeX.
-1.7 2013-09-09 CB-Fonts font definition files moved to CB-Fonts package.
-.. Do not auto-load euenc.def with XeTeX/LuaTeX.
-1.7a 2013-09-13 Fix bug `babel/4360`_: spurious ``\fi``.
-1.7b 2013-10-01 bugfix: correct upcasing of babel strings with Xe/LuaTeX.
-1.8 2013-12-02 Rename ``greek.dtx`` to ``babel-greek`` so that texdoc_
- shows the right documentation.
-.. Compatibility with Xe/LuaTeX in Unicode and 8-bit mode.
-1.8a 2013-12-03 Set ``\encodingdefault`` in ``\greekscript`` to fix
- Greek in footnotes etc. with document language Greek.
-1.9 2014-07-20 Added attribute for ancient Greek, load correct hyphenation
- patterns: Patch by Claudio Beccari. Bugfix for Makeuppercase
-
-===== ========== ============================================================
+===== ============ ============================================================
+1.4 2013-05-17 New maintainer.
+.. The encoding definition file ``lgrenc.def`` moved to the
+ greek-fontenc_ package.
+
+1.5 2013-06-21 bugfixes and cleanup,
+.. LICR macros in string definitions,
+.. LGR font encoding not used with XeTeX/LuaTeX,
+.. input "xgreek-fixes.def" from polyglossia_ with Xe/LuaTeX.
+1.5a 2013-07-02 Fix LaTeX bugs babel/3707, `babel/4303`_ and `babel/4305`_
+1.6 2013-07-19 Experimental support for XeTeX/LuaTeX.
+1.7 2013-09-09 CB-Fonts font definition files moved to CB-Fonts package.
+.. Do not auto-load euenc.def with XeTeX/LuaTeX.
+1.7a 2013-09-13 Fix bug `babel/4360`_: spurious ``\fi``.
+1.7b 2013-10-01 bugfix: correct upcasing of babel strings with Xe/LuaTeX.
+1.8 2013-12-02 Rename ``greek.dtx`` to ``babel-greek`` so that texdoc_
+ shows the right documentation.
+.. Compatibility with Xe/LuaTeX in Unicode and 8-bit mode.
+1.8a 2013-12-03 Set ``\encodingdefault`` in ``\greekscript`` to fix
+ Greek in footnotes etc. with document language Greek.
+1.9 2014-07-20 Added attribute for ancient Greek, load correct hyphenation
+ patterns: Patch by Claudio Beccari. Bugfix for Makeuppercase
+1.9a 2014-09-12 Remove duplicate code, documentation review.
+1.9b 2014-09-18 Remove spurious whitespace from "extrasgreek" definition.
+.. Use named macros instead of non-standard short macros
+ for psili and dasia in the string definitions.
+
+===== ============ ============================================================
.. _babel/4303: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4303
.. _babel/4305: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4305
.. _babel/4360: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4360
+Files
+-----
+
+`<babel-greek.ins>`_; `<babel-greek.pdf>`_
+ Source of the language definition file ``greek.ldf`` for use with Babel_.
+`<athnum.dtx>`_; `<athnum.pdf>`_
+ Athenian Numerals.
+`<grmath.dtx>`_; `<grmath.pdf>`_
+ Greek log-like Operators.
+`<grsymb.dtx>`_; `<grsymb.pdf>`_
+ Macros for Greek symbols (obsoleted by the greek-fontenc_ package).
+
+`<test-greek.pdf>`_; `<test-greek.tex>`_
+ Tests and Examples for 8-bit TeX.
+`<test-unicode-greek.pdf>`_; `<test-unicode-greek.tex>`_
+ Tests and Examples for XeTeX/LuaTeX.
+`<test-unicode-lgr.pdf>`_; `<test-unicode-lgr.tex>`_
+ Tests and Examples for XeTeX/LuaTeX with LGR 8-bit fonts.
+
+`<usage.pdf>`_; `<usage.tex>`_
+ Description of the Latin transliteration for Greek defined by the
+ LGR font encoding.
+
+
+
Requirements
------------
@@ -85,7 +114,7 @@ Otherwise, make sure LaTeX can find the required files:
* Move all files ending in ``.ldf`` or ``.sty`` into a directory searched by
TeX.
-* To produce the documentation run the files ``usage.tex`` and all files
+* To produce the documentation, run the file ``usage.tex`` and all files
ending in ``.dtx`` through LaTeX.
Usage
@@ -97,8 +126,16 @@ Pass the "greek" option to babel::
For polytonic Greek, set the language attribute "polutoniko"::
+ \usepackage[greek]{babel}
\languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko}
+or ::
+
+ \usepackage[greek.polutoniko,english]{babel}
+
+Similarly, the attribute "ancient" selects the ancient Greek language
+variant.
+
With XeTeX/LuaTeX, load fontspec_ before babel_, so that babel-greek can
set up the Unicode font encoding for use with Greek, e.g. ::
@@ -111,7 +148,7 @@ For details see `<babel-greek.pdf>`_ and the babel_ documentation.
Literal input of Greek characters is possible with the greek-inputenc_
package or with XeTeX or LuaTeX. For the Latin transliteration provided by
-the LGR font encoding see `<usage.pdf>`_ and the example files provided with
+the LGR font encoding, see `<usage.pdf>`_ and the example files provided with
greek-fontenc_.
Greek text fonts
@@ -126,31 +163,55 @@ them). Examples for suitable fonts are the CM-unicode_ or the `Linux
Libertine`_ OpenType fonts as well as any system-wide installed OTF fonts
that support Greek (e.g. `Deja Vu`_).
-The LGR font encoding is the de-facto standard for typesetting Greek with
+The LGR `font encoding`_ is the de-facto standard for typesetting Greek with
8-bit LaTeX. Fonts in this encoding include the `CB fonts`_ (matching CM),
grtimes_ (Greek Times), Kerkis_ (matching URW Bookman), and the `GFS font
collection`_. Setup of these fonts as Greek variant to matching Latin fonts
is facilitated by the substitutefont_ package.
+LGR Latin Transliteration
+-------------------------
+
The LGR font encoding generates Greek characters via an ASCII
transliteration. This enables simple input with a Latin keyboard.
Characters with diacritics are selected by ligature definitions in the
font (see `<usage.pdf>`_).
-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 `Babel` language ``greek`` or ``polutionikogreek``).
-This means that for every Latin-written word or acronym an explicit
+The following ASCII characters are converted to Greek symbols:
+
+= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+A B G D E Z H J I K L M N X O P R S T U F Q Y W
+Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω
+a b g d e z h j i k l m n x o p r s c t u f q y w
+α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω
+= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+
+Accent symbols and punctuation:
+
+================= ===== == ====================== ======== ====
+tonos ``'`` ά semicolon ``;`` ·
+varia \` ὰ question mark ``?`` ;
+perispomeni ``~`` ᾶ left apostrophe \` \` ‘
+dasia ``<`` ἁ right apostrophe ``''`` ’
+psili ``>`` ἀ left quotation mark ``((`` »
+ypogegrammeni ``|`` ᾳ right quotation mark ``))`` »
+dialytika ``"`` ϊ zero width non-joiner v
+================= ===== == ====================== ======== ====
+
+A major drawback of the LGR transliteration is that you cannot access Latin
+letters and some symbols if LGR is the active font encoding (e.g. in
+documents or parts of documents given the `Babel` language ``greek``). 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 hypothetical T7 or
Unicode (with XeTeX or LuaTeX).
-
.. References
----------
.. _LaTeX Project Public License: http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
.. _babel: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel
+.. _font encoding: http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/encguide.pdf
.. _fontspec: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontspec
.. _CB Fonts: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cbgreek-complete
.. _CM-unicode: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cm-unicode