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index 3e8cdb8f8f7..959c5b1bcc4 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/greek-inputenc/greek-utf8.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/greek-inputenc/greek-utf8.tex
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
% \usepackage{kerkis}
% \usepackage{gfsdidot}
-% The document should work with and without babel:
+% Greek utf8 definitions work with and without "Babel",
+% with monotonic, polytonic, and ancient Greek variants.
+% However, this document uses babel language switches, so it requires Babel:
\usepackage[greek,english]{babel}
% \languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko}
-
-% from textalpha.sty and babel (greek.ldf):
-\DeclareTextCommandDefault{\ensuregreek}[1]{{\fontencoding{LGR}\selectfont #1}}
+\languageattribute{greek}{ancient}
\begin{document}
@@ -32,17 +32,18 @@ the Greek script based on \emph{inputenc} and the \emph{LaTeX internal
character representation} macros (LICRs) defined in the \emph{greek-fontenc}
package.
-\section{Motivation}
+\section{Requirements}
-The \href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/inputenc}{inputenc} standard package
-enables the use of non-ASCII characters with 8-bit TeX. However, it misses
-definitions for Greek characters. The \emph{greek-inputenc} package extends
-\emph{inputenc} to allow the use of Greek literals in the document source.
+The \href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/inputenc}{\emph{inputenc}} standard
+package enables the use of non-ASCII characters with 8-bit TeX. However, it
+misses definitions for Greek characters. The \emph{greek-inputenc} package
+extends \emph{inputenc} to allow the use of Greek literals in the document
+source.
As with all \emph{inputenc} definitions, this only works if the active font
encoding supports the characters. For the Greek script, this is usually the
-non-standard \emph{LGR} font encoding (see
-\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontec}{greek-fontec}).
+non-standard \emph{LGR} font encoding set up by
+\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc}{\emph{greek-fontenc}}.
% e.g. Π produces:
% ! LaTeX Error: Command \textPi unavailable in encoding T1.
% just like Ж produces:
@@ -75,10 +76,11 @@ used in the text (see below).
\item
For text in the Greek language, it is recommended to use the
-\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel}{Babel} package with the Greek language
-definitions in \href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-greek}{babel-greek}.
-Babel sets the font encoding automatically to LGR and Greek Unicode
-characters work as expected. Write in the preamble, e.g.,
+\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel}{\emph{Babel}} package with the Greek
+language definitions in
+\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-greek}{\emph{babel-greek}}. Babel sets
+the font encoding automatically to LGR and Greek Unicode characters work as
+expected. Write in the preamble, e.g.,
%
\begin{verbatim}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
@@ -88,11 +90,11 @@ characters work as expected. Write in the preamble, e.g.,
%
and use \verb+\foreignlanguage+ or \verb+\selectlanguage+ to set the text
language to Greek (see the
-\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-greek}{babel-greek} documentation for
-detailled examples).
+\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-greek}{\emph{babel-greek}} documentation
+for detailled examples).
\begin{quote}
- \selectlanguage{greek}
+ \greekscript
Τί φήις; Ἱδὼν ἐνθέδε παῖδ’ ἐλευθέραν
τὰς πλησίον Νύμφας στεφανοῦσαν, Σώστρατε,
ἐρῶν άπῆλθες εὐθύς;
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ detailled examples).
\item
In combination with the \emph{textalpha} package from
-\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc}{greek-fontenc}, Greek Unicode
+\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc}{\emph{greek-fontenc}}, Greek Unicode
characters can be used in text with any font encoding -- just like the
symbols provided by the ``textcomp'' package (i.e. with some limitations
described in
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ resistor.
\item
In combination with the \emph{alphabeta} package (also from
-\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc}{greek-fontenc}),
+\href{http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc}{\emph{greek-fontenc}}),
Greek Unicode literals can also be used in math mode:
%
\begin{verbatim}
@@ -174,8 +176,7 @@ with an LGR-encoded font.
\subsection{Greek and Coptic}
-\noindent
-% \selectlanguage{greek}
+\centerline{
\begin{tabular}{rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr}
\toprule
& 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & A & B & \textlatin C & D & E & F\\
@@ -191,15 +192,14 @@ with an LGR-encoded font.
\textlatin{3F0} & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & * & *\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
-\selectlanguage{english}
-
+} % end centerline
\noindent
legend: * glyph missing in LGR, [space] Unicode point not defined
\subsection{Greek Extended}
-% \selectlanguage{greek}
+\centerline{
\begin{tabular}{rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr}
\toprule
& 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & A & B & \textlatin C & D & E & F\\
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ legend: * glyph missing in LGR, [space] Unicode point not defined
\textlatin{1FF0} & & & ῲ & ῳ & ῴ & & ῶ & ῷ & Ὸ & Ό & Ὼ & Ώ & ῼ & ´ & ῾ & \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
-\selectlanguage{english}
-
+} % end centerline
\subsection{Other Unicode Blocks}
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ legend: * glyph missing in LGR, [space] Unicode point not defined
Capital Greek letters have diacritics (except the dialytika) to the left
(instead of above) and drop them in uppercase, e.g.
-\ensuregreek{μαΐστρος $\mapsto$ \MakeUppercase{μαΐστρος}}.
+\foreignlanguage{greek}{μαΐστρος $\mapsto$ \MakeUppercase{μαΐστρος}}.
Tonos and dasia on the first vowel of a diphthong (\ensuregreek{άι, άυ, έι})
imply a \emph{hiatus}. A dialytika must be placed on the second
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ Therefore, the diaresis is missing in the following examples:
κέικ, $\mapsto$ \MakeUppercase{κέικ},
ἀυπνία $\mapsto$ \MakeUppercase{ἀυπνία}}.
-Fixing this shortcoming requires knowledge of what the
+Fixing this shortcoming requires knowledge of what
\verb+\LGR@ifnextchar+ ``sees'' when the next character is an upcased
Unicode literal.
@@ -303,25 +302,21 @@ characters defined in lgrenc.dfu:
\subsection{Greek and Coptic}
-\newcommand{\GreekAndCoptic}{ʹ͵ͺ; ΄ ΅ Ά·ΈΉΊΌΎΏΐΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩΪΫϘϚϜϠ}
+\newcommand{\GreekAndCoptic}{ʹ͵ͺ; ΄ ΅Ά·ΈΉΊΌΎΏΐΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩΪΫϘϚϜϠ}
\newcommand{\greekandcoptic}{άέήίΰαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψωϊϋόύώϙϛϝϟϡ}
Characters of the Greek and Coptic Unicode Block:
-
\begin{quote}
\selectlanguage{greek}
\GreekAndCoptic\\
\greekandcoptic
\end{quote}
-
MakeUppercase:
-
\begin{quote}
\selectlanguage{greek}
\MakeUppercase{\GreekAndCoptic}\\
\MakeUppercase{\greekandcoptic}
\end{quote}
-
Letters and ypogegrammeni upcased, tonos dropped, dialytika kept.
There is no capital Koppa in LGR, therefore \ensuregreek{ϟ} is left unchanged