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@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ News
.. 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.
===== ========== ===========================================================
@@ -45,19 +47,19 @@ News
Requirements
------------
-Typesetting Greek texts requires a `font containing Greek glyphs`__.
+The "babel-greek" package requires the babel_ base package and parts of the
+greek-fontenc_ package. The greek-inputenc_ package is recommended when
+using 8-bit TeX engines.
-The "babel-greek" package requires the babel_ base package. `Greek text
-fonts`_ in the LGR encoding and the encoding definition file ``lgrenc.def``
-from the greek-fontenc_ package are required with 8-bit TeX engines.
+The language definition file makes use of the `e-TeX`_ extensions (present
+in all current TeX distributions).
-Use with XeTeX/LuaTeX requires ``greek-euenc.def`` from greek-fontenc_ for
-Greek LICR macros and ``xgreek-fixes.def`` from polyglossia_ for correct
-up/downcasing .
+Use with XeTeX/LuaTeX requires also ``xgreek-fixes.def`` from polyglossia_
+for correct up/downcasing.
-"Plain" TeX is currently not supported. Patches are welcome.
+Typesetting Greek texts requires `Greek text fonts`_.
-__ http://www.ctan.org/topic/font-greek
+Plain TeX is currently not supported. Patches are welcome.
Installation
@@ -72,8 +74,8 @@ Otherwise, make sure LaTeX can find the required files:
* Run ``tex`` or ``latex`` on the batch file ``greek.ins``.
-* Move all files ending in ``.def``, ``.fd``, ``.ldf``, or ``.sty``
- into a directory searched by TeX.
+* 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
ending in ``.dtx`` through LaTeX.
@@ -90,14 +92,24 @@ For polytonic greek, set the language attribute "polutoniko"::
\languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko}
+When compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, it is recommended to load Greek LICR
+macro definitions via the greek-fontenc_ package (``greek-fontenc.sty``,
+added 2013-09-10 in version 0.9.4)::
+
+ \usepackage{greek-fontenc}
+ \usepackage[greek]{babel}
+
For details see `<usage.pdf>`_, `<greek.pdf>`_ and the babel_ documentation.
Literal input of Greek characters is possible with the greek-inputenc_
-package and XeTeX/LuaTeX.
+package or with XeTeX or LuaTeX.
Greek text fonts
----------------
+A list of Greek text fonts for use with LaTeX is available at the CTAN
+http://www.ctan.org/topic/font-greek
+
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 CM-unicode_ or the `Linux
@@ -120,8 +132,8 @@ 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 explicite
language-switch is required. This problem can only be solved via a
-font-encoding comprising Latin and Greek like the hypothetic T7 or Unicode
-(with XeTeX or LuaTeX).
+font-encoding comprising both Latin and Greek like the hypothetic T7 or
+Unicode (with XeTeX or LuaTeX).
.. References
@@ -133,6 +145,7 @@ font-encoding comprising Latin and Greek like the hypothetic T7 or Unicode
.. _CB Fonts: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cbgreek-complete
.. _CM-unicode: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cm-unicode
.. _Deja Vu: http://dejavu-fonts.org
+.. _e-TeX: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=etex
.. _grtimes: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/grtimes
.. _greek-fontenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc
.. _greek-inputenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-inputenc