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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-greek/babel-greek-doc.rst b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-greek/babel-greek-doc.rst index fe62a4ff668..08bc93633be 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-greek/babel-greek-doc.rst +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel-greek/babel-greek-doc.rst @@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ babel-greek Babel support for the Greek language and script =============================================== +:Version: 1.13.1 (changelog_) + :Copyright: © 1997 Apostolos Syropoulos, Claudio Beccari, Johannes Brahms, - © 2013 -- 2022 Günter Milde. + © 2013 -- 2023 Günter Milde. :Licence: This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the `LaTeX Project Public License`_, either version 1.3 of this license or any later version. @@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ Babel support for the Greek language and script :Abstract: `babel-greek` is a contributed package providing comprehensive support for the Greek language and script via the Babel_ system. Document authors can select between the *monotonic* - (single-diacritic), *polytonic* (multiple-diacritic) and + (single-diacritic), *polytonic* (multiple-diacritic), and *ancient* orthography of the Greek language. .. contents:: @@ -36,8 +38,9 @@ Files `<usage.tex>`_ Description of the `LGR Latin transliteration`_ and the `Greek numerals`_. [`<usage.pdf>`_] -test-* - Documented test sample documents. +test-\*.tex + Documented test samples. + [`<test-greek.pdf>`_, `<test-greeknum.pdf>`_, `<test-athnum.pdf>`_] Requirements @@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ Alternatively: ending in ``.dtx`` through LaTeX. The last steps can be automated using the Unix `make`_ tool. -The provided `<Makefile>`_ defines the targets +The repository sources include a `Makefile`_ defining the targets :``all``: (re)build packages, documentation, and tests, :``packages``: (re)build the packages, @@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ The provided `<Makefile>`_ defines the targets .. _greek-tex: https://codeberg.org/milde/greek-tex/ .. _snapshot: https://codeberg.org/milde/greek-tex/archive/master.zip .. _make: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(software) +.. _Makefile: https://codeberg.org/milde/greek-tex/src/branch/master/babel-greek/Makefile Usage @@ -106,49 +110,69 @@ Usage .. role:: latex(code) -Use the "greek" document option or pass the "greek" option to Babel, [#]_ -e.g.: +To **load Greek language support** with Babel, use the ``greek`` +document option or pass the ``greek`` option to Babel. For example, .. code:: latex \usepackage[greek,english]{babel} -For polytonic Greek, set the language attribute "polutoniko", either +activates support for Greek text parts in an English document. [#]_ + +For ancient Greek, set the language attribute "ancient", either after loading Babel .. code:: latex \usepackage[greek,english]{babel} - \languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko} + \languageattribute{greek}{ancient} or as modifier .. code:: latex + \usepackage[greek.ancient,english]{babel} + +Similarly, the attribute "polutoniko" selects the modern polytonic Greek +language variant, + +.. code:: latex + \usepackage[greek.polutoniko,english]{babel} -Similarly, the attribute "ancient" selects the ancient Greek language -variant. +The Babel_ core provides two commands to **select the active language**: -For details see [babel-greek.pdf]_ and the babel_ documentation. +* The declaration ``\selectlanguage{greek}`` switches to the Greek + language, -Input of Greek characters is possible as literal characters (α ... Ω) -[#]_, as LICR macro (``\textalpha{} ... \textOmega``), or via the `LGR -Latin transliteration`_ (a ... W) [#]_. See -[usage.pdf]_ and the example files provided with greek-fontenc_. +* the function ``\foreignlanguage{greek}{<some text>}`` sets + its second argument in Greek. -.. [#] Alongside other languages that will be used in the document. - The *last* language option sets the document's main language. +Both ensure support for the Greek script and select Greek +case-changing and hyphenation rules. +For details see the Babel_ documentation and babel-greek.pdf_. + +Input of Greek characters is possible + +* as literal characters (α ... Ω) [#]_, +* as LICR macro (``\textalpha{} ... \textOmega``), +* or via the `LGR Latin transliteration`_ (a ... W) [#]_. + +For details and caveats, see test-greek.pdf_ and the example files +provided with greek-fontenc_. + +.. [#] The *last* language option sets the document's main language. .. [#] with the greek-inputenc_ package or XeTeX/LuaTeX -.. [#] only with LGR fonts +.. [#] only with 8-bit LGR_ fonts + Greek text fonts ---------------- A list of `Greek text fonts for use with LaTeX`_ is available at CTAN. -The non-standard LGR `font encoding`_ is used for typesetting Greek with -"traditional" 8-bit TeX engines (pdfTeX). Fonts in this encoding include +The non-standard **LGR** `font encoding`_ is used for typesetting Greek with +"traditional" **8-bit TeX** engines (pdfTeX). Fonts in this encoding include the `CB fonts`_ (matching CM), grtimes_ (Greek Times), Kerkis_ (matching URW Bookman), and the `GFS font collection`_. The package `cbfonts-fd`_ registers the CB fonts as Greek substitute for @@ -157,20 +181,22 @@ families, declaring Greek fonts as supplement for matching Latin font families can be done with the :latex:`\DeclareFontFamilySubstitution` macro (see section `Providing font family substitutions` in [fntguide]_). -Unicode fonts used with XeTeX or LuaTeX provide slots for all Unicode -characters in one font but commonly only a subset of the actual glyphs. +**Unicode fonts** used with **XeTeX** or **LuaTeX** provide slots for all +Unicode characters in one font but commonly only a subset of the actual +glyphs. .. Warning:: - The default **Latin Modern contains only a few Greek letters!** + The default **Latin Modern** Unicode font + **contains only a few Greek letters!** Unsupported characters are silently dropped from the output. - Warnings about missing glyphs are written to the log - file only, not to the console. + Warnings about missing glyphs are written to the log file + but not to the console. -Select a suitable font with Babel_'s font selecting framework or -directly with fontspec_. Examples for suitable fonts are CM-unicode_ -or `Linux Libertine`_ as well as any system-wide installed OTF font -that supports Greek (e.g. `Deja Vu`_). See, e.g., the list of free -`fonts supporting Greek script`_ by openSUSE's fontinfo. +Select a suitable font with Babel_'s font selecting framework or fontspec_. +Examples for suitable fonts are CM-unicode_ or `Linux Libertine`_ as well +as any system-wide installed OTF font that supports Greek (e.g. `Deja Vu`_). +See, e.g., the list of free `fonts supporting Greek script`_ by +openSUSE's fontinfo. .. _Greek text fonts for use with LaTeX: https://ctan.org/topic/font-greek .. _fonts supporting Greek script: @@ -183,7 +209,7 @@ LGR Latin Transliteration The LGR font encoding allows input of Greek characters via a Latin transliteration. This enables simple input with a Latin keyboard. Characters with diacritics may be selected with accent macros (cf. greek-fontenc_) or -via the ligature definitions in the font (see [usage.pdf]_). +via the ligature definitions in the font (see usage.pdf_). The following ASCII characters are converted to Greek symbols: @@ -197,12 +223,12 @@ 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 Accent symbols and punctuation: ============== ======= == ====================== ======= == -tonos ``'a`` ά right apostrophe ``''`` ’ +tonos/oxia ``'a`` ά right apostrophe ``''`` ’ varia ```a`` ὰ left apostrophe \`\` ‘ dasia ``<a`` ἁ left quotation mark ``((`` « psili ``>a`` ἀ right quotation mark ``))`` » perispomeni ``\~a`` ᾶ erotimatiko ``?`` ; -dialytika ``"i`` ϊ middle dot ``;`` · +dialytika ``"i`` ϊ ano teleia [#]_ ``;`` · ypogegrammeni ``a|`` ᾳ zero width non-joiner ``av|`` αͺ ============== ======= == ====================== ======= == @@ -211,6 +237,10 @@ LGR is the active font encoding. This means that for every Latin-written word or acronym in a Greek text part, an explicit font encoding switch is required. +.. [#] The "_`keep-semicolon`" language attribute prevents the mapping of + a semicolon to a middle dot to allow its use as Greek question mark + (erotimatiko). + Greek Numerals -------------- @@ -364,6 +394,13 @@ Changelog - `athnum.dtx`_ 2.0: Don't require Babel. Use LICR macros instead of the Latin transliteration. +1.13 (2023-03-15) + - New language attribute "keep-semicolon_". + - Rename ``\greek@tilde`` to ``\bbl@greek@tilde``, simplify definition. + - Fix links, update documentation. +1.13.1 (2023-03-17) + - Don't use text command in math mode with "keep-semicolon". + - `athnum.dtx`_ 2.0.1: Fix behaviour in math mode. .. _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 @@ -405,6 +442,7 @@ References .. _hyperref: https://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref .. _textalpha: .. _greek-fontenc: https://ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc +.. _LGR: http://mirrors.ctan.org/language/greek/greek-fontenc/greek-fontenc-doc.html#lgr .. _greek-inputenc: https://ctan.org/pkg/greek-inputenc .. _GFS font collection: https://ctan.org/pkg/gfs .. _Kerkis: https://ctan.org/pkg/kerkis |