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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/fonts/malayalam/dng/dng.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/source/fonts/malayalam/dng/dng.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ccfd931ab46 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/fonts/malayalam/dng/dng.tex @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +% dng.tex -- guide for using Devanagari with Malayalam-TeX +% (c) Jeroen Hellingman 1993 +% Last edit: 07-JAN-1993 + +\input dngmacs +\input mmtrmacs +\input dntrmacs + +\beginsection {\twelvebf How To Type Devanagari} + +Since a package for typesetting Devanagari, +{\tt devnag}, designed by Frans Velthuis, was already available +I~decided to adapt it to Malayalam-\TeX s input conventions. + +To start using Devanagari, all you have to do is say + +\medskip +{\tt \bslash input dngmacs} + +{\tt \bslash input dntrmacs} +\medskip + +Somewhere near the start of your document. Then you can switch to +any of the principle languages that use Devanagari-script by saying +{\tt<{}sanskrit>}, {\tt<{}hindi>}, {\tt<{}marathi>}, or {\tt<{}nepali>}. +You will then enter the mode of the indicated language --~together +called {\it Devanagari-mode}. +You can switch back to normal mode by saying respectively +{\tt<{}/sanskrit>}, {\tt<{}/hindi>}, {\tt<{}/marathi>}, or {\tt<{}/nepali>}. +If you wish to use Roman transcription for any of those +languages, you will have to append {\tt .transcription} to the language +name in the start-tag; so Hindi in transcription can be started +with {\tt<{}hindi.transcription>}. No modification of the end-tag is +required (or even allowed). + +The following table shows the character(s) you have to type to produce +a Devanagari character. + +\bigskip +\input dngtrans +\bigskip + +If you want to view or print your document after typing (a part of) it, +you will have to do some extra pre-processing\footnote*{I admit, if you +use several languages in one document, this can get pretty booring.}. +Saying + +\medskip +{\tt patc -p dng.pat {\it input-file}.dng {\it temporary-file}.dn } + +{\tt devnag {\it temporary-file}.dn {\it output-file}.tex} +\medskip + +{\it after} pre-processing for Malayalam, if it is used, +will do all the neccessary pre-processing for Devanagari. As you +can see, you will still have to use Frans Velthuis' +pre-processor\footnote{**}{As a matter of fact, I have only changed +the transcription --~all functionality of {\tt devnag}, including +{\tt@}-directives to it is still there.}. +To find out how it should be used exactly, read the manual that +comes with {\tt devnag}. + +\endinput |