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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/lgrx/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/lgrx/README index ab87415a71d..e252413d879 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/lgrx/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/lgrx/README @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ Greek text with the LGR font encoding conditions of the `LaTeX Project Public License`_, either version 1.3 of this license or any later version. -:Abstract: The `lgrx` bundle provides packages that help typesetting Greek - symbols with 8-bit LaTeX in multi-lingual documents. - +:Abstract: Obsolete package for Greek in text. News ==== +The `lgrx` package is obsoleted by greek-fontenc_ and greek-inputenc_. + :2013-05-28: The new package greek-fontenc_ provides a comprehensive LGR font encoding file ``lgrenc.def``, that supersedes both this bundles ``lgrxenc.def`` and the minimal ``lgrenc.def`` @@ -31,137 +31,40 @@ News ``lgrxenc.def`` now loads ``lgrenc.def`` and adds some backwards compatibility definitions. -.. note:: The TeXLive 2012 pre-release contained the Unicode definition file - ``lgrenc.dfu`` in the documentation instead of the TEXPATH. To enable - `utf-8 support for Greek`_, update via `tlmgr` or place a copy in the - TEXPATH «by hand». See - http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2012-June/031757.html +:2013-09-13: ``alphabeta.sty`` and ``textalpha.sty`` moved to greek-fontenc_ + and now also support XeTeX/LuaTeX. - -Files +Usage ===== -LaTeX files: - :textalpha.sty: `Default text macros for Greek symbols`_ independent of - the current font encoding. Requires greek-fontenc_, - enhances greek-inputenc_. - - Literal source: `<textalpha.sty.html>`_ - - :alphabeta.sty: `Generic macros for Greek symbols`_ in text and math. - Requires ``textalpha.sty``. - - Literal source: `<alphabeta.sty.html>`_ - - :lgrxenc.def: backwards compatibility file. New documents should use - greek-fontenc_'s ``lgrenc.def`` instead. - -Documentation and test documents: - .. class:: run-in - - :`<textalpha-test.pdf>`_: `The textalpha package`, - source `<textalpha-test.tex>`__ - :`<alphabeta-test.pdf>`_: `The alphabeta package`, - source `<alphabeta-test.tex>`__ - :`<lgrxenc-test.pdf>`_: source `<lgrxenc-test.tex>`__ - - -Components of the `lgrx` bundle -=============================== - - -The `lgrx` bundle consists of the `textalpha` and `alphabeta` packages and -the backwards compatibility file ``lgrxenc.def``. +To update existing documents, replace, e.g., :: + \usepackage[LGRx,T1]{fontenc} -Default text macros for Greek symbols -------------------------------------- +with :: -``textalpha.sty`` makes the ``\textalpha``, ``\textbeta`` ... macros as well as -the ``\ensuregreek`` command aviable in any font encoding. With the -greek-inputenc_ package, Unicode input of Greek letters works in any font -encoding, too. + \usepackage[LGR,T1]{fontenc} -.. _limitations: +No change is required for documents using the ``textalpha`` or ``alphabeta`` +packages now bundled with greek-fontenc_. -However, in any font encoding except LGR: -* there is no kerning between Greek characters, -* composition of diacritics (like ``\'"``) fails, -* accent macros do not select precomposed characters - (pre-composed Unicode literals work fine). - -See the literal source textalpha.sty.html_ and the example document -textalpha-test.pdf_ for details on usage, limitations, and recommended -workarounds. - - -Generic macros for Greek symbols --------------------------------- - -``alphabeta.sty`` allows you to use ``\alpha``, ``\beta``, ... in both, text -and math mode. For this, the math macros are redefined with the help of -``\TextOrMath`` from the standard package fixltx2e_. - -Unicode input of Greek letters works also in mathematical formulas. - -See the literal source alphabeta.sty.html_ and the example document -alphabeta-test.pdf_ for details. - - -LGR font encoding definition file ---------------------------------- - -``lgrxenc.def`` was an alternative to the rudimentary LGR encoding -definition file ``lgrenc.def`` that came with babel_'s Greek -support. It is now superseded by ``lgrenc.def`` from greek-fontenc_ but kept -here for backwards compatibility. - - -UTF-8 support for Greek ------------------------ - -Moved to the greek-inputenc_ package. +Files +===== +`<lgrxenc.def>`_ + backwards compatibility font encoding file -References -========== +`<lgrxenc-test.pdf>`_, `<lgrxenc-test.tex>`_ + test document -.. [fntguide] LaTeX3 Project Team, `LaTeX 2ε font selection`, 2005. - http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/fntguide.pdf -.. [encguide] Frank Mittelbach, Robin Fairbairns, Werner Lemberg, - LaTeX3 Project Team, `LaTeX font encodings`, 2006. - http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/encguide.pdf -.. [greek-usage] Apostolos Syropoulos, `Writing Greek with the greek option - of the babel package`, 1997. - http://www.tug.org/texlive/Contents/live/texmf-dist/doc/generic/babel/greek-usage.pdf -.. [cbfonts] Claudio Beccari, `The CB Greek fonts`, Εὔτυπον, τεῦχος № 21, 2008. - http://www.eutypon.gr/eutypon/pdf/e2008-21/e21-a01.pdf -.. [teubner-doc] Claudio Beccari, ``teubner.sty`` - `An extension to the greek option of the babel package`, 2011. - http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/teubner/teubner-doc.pdf -.. [lemberg2008] Werner Lemberg, - `Unicode support for the Greek LGR encoding`, Εὔτυπον, τεῦχος № 20, 2008. - http://www.eutypon.gr/eutypon/pdf/e2008-20/e20-a03.pdf +.. References + ========== .. _LaTeX Project Public License: http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt -.. _CB Fonts: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cbgreek-complete -.. _grtimes: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/grtimes -.. _GFS font collection: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gfs -.. _Kerkis: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/kerkis -.. _lgrx: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lgrx -.. _substitutefont: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/substitutefont -.. _babel: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel .. _babel-greek: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel-greek .. _fontenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontenc -.. _inputenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/inputenc -.. _fontspec: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontspec .. _greek-fontenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc .. _greek-inputenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-inputenc -.. _polyglossia: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia -.. _textgreek: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/textgreek -.. _fixltx2e: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fixltx2e -.. _hyperref: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/hyperref -.. _bookmark: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/bookmark |