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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
\newcommand{\sg}{\selectlanguage{greek}}
\newcommand{\sa}{\selectlanguage{american}}
\begin{document}
-%\show\extrasgreek
+\show\extrasgreek
%\show\extraspolutonikogreek
\selectlanguage{american}
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ labels in second and fourth level enumerations are lowercase
and uppercase Greek numerals correspondingly.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Typing Greek Text}
-\TeX\ understands only the basic ASCII characters, so it is not possible
-to enter directly Greek letters.\footnote{Literal input of Greek characters
-is possible with the greek-inputenc LaTeX package.}
+By default, \TeX\ understands only 7-bit ASCII characters, so it is not
+possible to enter directly Greek letters.%
+\footnote{Literal input of Greek characters
+is possible with XeTeX, LuaTeX, or the greek-inputenc LaTeX package.
+G. Milde, 2013/07/19}
Instead, someone enters Latin letters
which are mapped to their Greek ``counterparts'' by \TeX. The following
table shows the transliteration employed: