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Schwartz, Jeff Sparkes, Sam Sirlin, + Beat Steiner and Norbert Preining e.a. + +Version/Release: 0.6 + +Features: cTibTeX provides an environment for writing + Tibetan on TeX and LaTeX2e systems without + requiring any external preprocessor. + + +Installation: + +emtex users: Read and follow instructions in EMTEX + +MikTeX users: Read and follow instructions in MIKTEX + +tetex users: Installation notes are contained in INSTALL + + +OC, July 2002 diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctib/ctib4tex.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctib/ctib4tex.pdf new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..51541861591 Binary files /dev/null and b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctib/ctib4tex.pdf differ diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctib/ctib4tex.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctib/ctib4tex.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7b33310fef7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ctib/ctib4tex.tex @@ -0,0 +1,525 @@ +\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} +%\usepackage[latin1]{mls} +\usepackage{ctib} +%\usepackage + +\newcommand\exa{\nopagebreak \begin{flushleft}\smallskip \nopagebreak + \begin{minipage}[t]{6cm}\sloppy} +\newcommand\exb{\end{minipage}\kern 1cm\begin{minipage}[t]{8cm}\sloppy } +\newcommand\exc{\end{minipage}\kern -3cm \smallskip\end{flushleft}} + +\title{\TibTeX\ \CtibVersionRelease:\\Tibetan for \TeX\ and \LaTeXe} +\author{Oliver Corff\thanks{This work was partially funded by + DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) in context with + the Mongolian Lexicography Project.}\\ + \texttt{corff@zedat.fu-berlin.de}} + +\date{July 1st, 2001} + +\begin{document} +\maketitle +\begin{abstract} + \TibTeX\ is a package offering Tibetan support for \TeX\ and + \LaTeXe. This package is based on earlier works by Schwartz, + Sparkes, Sirlin, Steiner and Preining + (and would not be possible without their contributions!) but in + contrast to those the complete retransliteration process is + built on the ligature functionality of \TeX\ and Metafont, thus + effectively eliminating the need for installing any external + preprocessor or $\Omega$mega. +\end{abstract} +\tableofcontents + +\section{Introduction} + +Support for Tibetan has been available for the \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ +user community for quite a few years thanks to the contributions of +Ronald Schwartz, Jeff Sparkes, Dominik Wujastyk\footnote{URL: + \texttt{CTAN://tex-archive/language/tibetan/original/}}, +Sam Sirlin\footnote{URL: + \texttt{CTAN://tex-archive/language/tibetan/sirlin/}} +and +Beat Steiner\footnote{URL: + \texttt{CTAN://tex-archive/language/tibetan/steiner/}}. + +\begin{sloppypar} +After studying these sources it became evident to me that these systems +were composed mainly with a \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ user in mind who is willing +to set up additional external software (the Latin--Tibetan +converter/preprocessor) and who, in addition, is willing to cope with + decidedly ``non-\TeX-ish'' code constructs (like \verb-%%-) for marking +Tibetan language portions. I considered it useful if external preprocessors and +unidiomatic code could be avoided at reasonable cost for the user, +i.\,e. without introducing loads of \verb-\ThisIsMySpecialTibetanLetter--like +commands. In addition, I appreciated the idea of a Tibetan support that +seamlessly fits into the \TeX\ and \LaTeXe\ world---after the typical +\verb*-\input ...- or \verb-\usepackage{...}- declaration, the user should +ideally write something like \verb-{\tib .bod skad.}- in order to obtain +\hbox{\tib .bod skad.} which implies that the retransliteration engine +is realized somewhere in the realms of \TeX\ and \LaTeX. +\end{sloppypar} + +The astute observer may inject that Norbert Preining made Tibetan support +without preprocessor available in 1997 for the $\Omega$mega system.\footnote{% + The $\Omega$mega home is: + \texttt{http://www.ens.fr/omega}. $\Omega$mega is also shipped + with recent versions of Thomas Esser's teTeX (URL: + \texttt{http://tug.org/teTeX/}), to name just one example. + + Norbert Preining's adaption of Sirlin's fonts for $\Omega$mega + can be found at: + \texttt{http://www.logic.at/people/preining/tex/tex.html}.} +% +% <- no new paragraph here! +% +As long as +the transition to Unicode and $\Omega$mega has not been completed on a +broad basis, I consider that there is still sufficient need for a \LaTeXe-% +based Tibetan package. If its features were also usable in plain \TeX, +I decided not to frown. + + +\subsection{Words of Thanks} + +Of course, there is D.\,E.\,Knuth who created \TeX\ in the first place, +and whose article on ``The New Versions of \TeX\ and \textsf{METAFONT}''% +\footnote{Originally published in TUGboat 10 (1989), 325--328; 11 (1990), + 12; studied in Knuth: \textit{Digital Typography}, 1999, + CSLI Publications, Stanford, California, p. 563--570.} +ignited the initial spark for building a transliteration engine as a +pure, if not huge ligature table. +Ongoing discussions about Tibetan transliteration issues with Wolfgang Lipp +in the context of the Pentaglot Project were also very helpful. +My special thanks go to Mr.~Florian Reissinger for his patience while +reviewing the glyph lists and his comments after proof-reading the +test runs. The warmhearted patience and understanding support by +\hbox{\tib .phun tshogs bde skyid.} and \hbox{\tib .byin ba.} was +essential for finishing this project. + + +\subsection{Some Technical Notes} + +Readers who are not interested in the internals of \TibTeX\ +can safely proceed to sections~\ref{Installation} and +\ref{UserCommands} of this text. The following notes are intended +for those who want to get an understanding of the workings behind +the scenes. + +In \TibTeX, the Tibetan retransliteration system is based on the +ligature mechanism located at the junction of Metafont and \TeX. +In order to implement the +ligature mechanism Sirlin's Metafont sources were rearranged completely. +A separate coding mechanism with symbolic character codes was introduced +so that all character interaction (numbering, ligtable programs etc.) could +be defined on a purely mnemonic basis, thus avoiding the cumbersome +inflexibility of a fixed numbering scheme. During this work a mistaken +glyph was discovered which appeared \emph{twice}: a second \emph{cwa} +({\tib cwa}) showed up in the slot of \emph{gwa} ({\tib gwa}) while +the \emph{gwa} glyph was missing altogether. A new \emph{gwa} was +then built using outline fragments of other glyphs.\footnote{% + Alas! The mistaken \emph{cwa} which wanted to be taken for + a \emph{gwa} even infiltrated $\Omega$mega Tibetan\dots} +Some character definitions were then taken from Norbert Preining's +work; I added a text symbol \textit{visarga} ({\tib :}) into the font. + +In a further step, the vowel bounding boxes for [\emph{e i o}] were raised +while several duplicate [\emph{u}]s with gradually sinking bounding +boxes were added. Vowels could then be combined with consonants +by simple ligature and kerning instructions, effectively eliminating +the need for any \verb-\accent--construction on the document side. +The exact alignment of carrier consonant and vowel can now be fine-tuned +in the ligature table (\verb-ctibligs.mf- in the \texttt{mfinput} +directory). While most of the conventional Tibetan words can be written +easily in \TibTeX, the system, unlike Steiner's preprocessor, +will fail with Sanskrit input as \emph{buddha} which turns out as +*{\tib buddha} instead of {\tib bu\V{d}{dh},}. In cases like this +users are requested to consult the vertical stacking command \verb|\V{}{}| +which allows explicite stacking of any desired letter combination. + +Finally, a style file was created (\texttt{ctib.sty}) which provides +the user interface to the Tibetan script and related commands. The +style file calls font definition files which were created for accommodating +future extensions like new script styles and typefaces. + +In early summer 2001, contact with Sam Sirlin was renewed, who had +released the version 6.0 of his Tibetan package in the meantime. +A major feature was the greatly enriched collection of glyphs +(additional ligatures, letter elements for combining new and +rare letters, diacritical marks, etc.) which was then made +available to \TibTeX. + +\section{Installation\label{Installation}} + +Installation of this software package is straightforward: +The installation procedure depends on the nature of the actual +\TeX\ system. The directory tree of e.\,g., teTeX is different +from the emtex tree; hence the source archive +\texttt{ctib4tex}\textit{nn}\texttt{.zip} +features the following subdirectories the contents of which has to be +placed into appropriate branches of the \TeX\ installation: +\begin{itemize} + \item \texttt{mfinput} holds the complete Metafont sources + for the Tibetan fonts. The suggested path for emtex + users is \verb"\emtex\mfinput\ctib"; for teTeX users + \verb"$TEXMF/fonts/source/public/ctib" is a suitable + choice. + \item \texttt{tfm} holds all necessary font metrics files. + The suggested path for emtex users is \verb"\emtex\tfm\ctib"; + for teTeX users \verb"$TEXMF/fonts/tfm/public/ctib" + is a suitable choice. + \item \texttt{texinput} holds all style files, font encoding + definitions etc. which are read by \TeX\ and \LaTeXe. + The suggested path for emtex users is + \verb"\emtex\texinput\ctib"; for teTeX users + \verb"$TEXMF/tex/latex/ctib" is a suitable choice. + \item \texttt{doc} contains the documentation (the document + which you are reading right now). It can be placed + in \verb"\emtex\doc\ctib" (for emtex users) or + \verb"$TEXMF/doc/latex/ctib" (for teTeX users). +\end{itemize} + +It may become necessary to rehash the directory database of the +\TeX\ system. When in doubt, consult your system administrator or +local \TeX\ wizard. +On teTeX systems, the command \texttt{texhash} will perform this service. + + +\section{User Commands\label{UserCommands}} + +\LaTeXe\ users activate Tibetan support for their documents via a +\verb-\usepackage- declaration +\begin{verbatim} + \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} + \usepackage{ctib} +\end{verbatim} in the preamble of the document, while +\TeX\ users activate Tibetan support for their documents via an +\verb*-\input - declaration +\begin{verbatim} + \input ctib +\end{verbatim} in the beginning of the document. The only command +necessary is \verb-\tib- which switches to Tibetan: + +\exa + This is Tibetan:\\ + {\tib \swasti. .bod skad.} +\exb + \begin{verbatim} + This is Tibetan:\\ + {\tib \swasti. .bod skad.} + \end{verbatim} +\exc + +The \textit{tsheg} is generated automatically after every syllable +and can be inhibited by the command \verb|\notsheg|. +\marginpar{% + The most important diacritics: + + \textit{tsheg} inhibition via \texttt{\char92 notsheg}. + + \texttt{.} $\rightarrow$ {\tib .}\\[1.2ex] + \texttt{,} $\rightarrow$ {\tib ,}\\[1.2ex] + \texttt{:} $\rightarrow$ {\tib :}\\[1.2ex] + \texttt{!} $\rightarrow$ {\tib !}\\[1.2ex] + + \raggedright + \texttt{@} $\rightarrow$ {\tib @}\\ + +} +So, \verb|\tib go| creates {\tib go} whereas \verb|\tib go\notsheg| +creates {\tib go\notsheg}. The intersentence space after sentences +ending in \textit{k, g} is created by \verb|\K| which removes the +\textit{tsheg} at the same time. Additional \textit{tsheg}s are +produced by commata \verb|,| while the full stop \verb|.| generates +the \textit{shad}, the exclamation mark \verb-!- generates a +\textit{tsheg shad} and the colon \verb|:| produces a +\textit{visarga}. \verb|\swasti| can also be abbreviated as +\verb|@|. See also table~\ref{SpecialDiacritics} for a fairly complete +overview of available special symbols. + +Stacks of consonants used for expressing Sanskrit words are not necessarily +contained in the basic glyph collection of \TibTeX. They can, however, +be generated easily with the \verb|\V{}{}|command (\texttt{V} like +\textit{vertical}). An abbreviation exists also for \emph{om} which is +\verb|\om|. + +\exa + {\tib \om, ma nxi pa\V{de}{ma} + \hung \hrih:} + + Abbreviations exist: + {\tib \dme\ \ai.} +\exb + \begin{verbatim} + {\tib \om, ma nxi pa\V{de}{ma} + \hung \hrih:} + + Abbreviations exist: + {\tib \dme\ \ai.} + \end{verbatim} +\exc + + +\subsection{Transliteration Table} + +Unlike with Steiner's and Preining's systems, there is only one +transliteration model available; at present the user has to accept +what the system offers. Please consult the following tables for +an overview of available symbols. Note: symbols which could be added +with this version thanks to Sam Sirlin's recent work on Tibetan +fonts were \fbox{framed} for easy identification. + +\newcommand{\TF}[1]{\begin{tabular}[t]{c}{\fbox{\tib\vphantom{\hrih}% + #1}}\\\textit{#1a}\end{tabular}} +\newcommand{\TT}[1]{\begin{tabular}[t]{c}{\vphantom{\tib \hrih}% + \tib #1}\\\textit{#1a}\end{tabular}} +\newcommand{\TTa}[1]{\begin{tabular}[t]{c}{\vphantom{\tib \hrih}% + \tib #1}\\\textit{#1}\end{tabular}} + +\begin{table} +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{cccc} + \TT{k} &\TT{kh} &\TT{g} &\TT{ng}\\ + \TT{c} &\TT{ch} &\TT{j} &\TT{ny}\\ + \TT{t} &\TT{th} &\TT{d} &\TT{n}\\ + \TT{p} &\TT{ph} &\TT{b} &\TT{m}\\ + \TT{ts} &\TT{tsh} &\TT{dz} &\TT{w}\\ + \TT{zh} &\TT{z} &\TT{'} &\TT{y}\\ + \TT{r} &\TT{l} &\TT{sh} &\TT{s}\\ + \TT{h} &\TTa{a} \\ +\end{tabular} +\end{center} +\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Alphabet} +\end{table} + +\begin{table} +\begin{center} +\TTa{a} \TTa{i} \TTa{u} \TTa{e} \TTa{o} + +\end{center} +\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Basic Vowels} +\end{table} + +\begin{table} +\begin{center} +\TT{tx} \TT{thx} \TT{dx} \TT{nx} \TT{shx} \TT{kshx} + +\end{center} +\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Sanskrit letters} +\end{table} + + +\begin{table} +\begin{center} +Seven basic consonants with aspiration \textit{h} {\tib h} subjoined:\\ +\TT{gh} \fbox{\TT{jh}} \TT{dh} \TT{bh} \TT{dzh} \TT{dxh} \TT{lh} + +\bigskip Nine basic consonants with \textit{y} {\tib y} subjoined:\\ +\TT{ky} \TT{khy} \TT{gy} \TT{py} \TT{phy} \TT{by} \TT{my} +\fbox{\TT{ry}} \fbox{\TT{hy}} + +\bigskip Fifteen basic consonants with \textit{r} {\tib r} subjoined:\\ +\TT{kr} \TT{khr} \TT{gr} \TT{tr} \TT{thr} \TT{dr} \TT{pr}\\ +\TT{phr} \TT{br} \TT{mr} \fbox{\TT{dzr}} \fbox{\TT{zr}} \TT{shr} \TT{sr} \TT{hr} + +\bigskip Six basic consonants with \textit{l} {\tib l} subjoined:\\ +\TT{kl} \TT{gl} \TT{bl} \TT{rl} \TT{sl} \TT{zl} + +\bigskip Seventeen basic consonants with \textit{wazur} subjoined:\\ +\TT{kw} \TT{khw} \TT{gw} \TT{cw} \fbox{\TT{chw}} \TT{nyw} \TT{tw} \TT{dw} \TT{tsw}\\ +\TT{tshw} \TT{zhw} \TT{zw} \TT{rw} \TT{lw} \TT{shw} \TT{sw} \TT{hw} + +\bigskip Twelve basic consonants with \textit{r} {\tib r} surmounting them:\\ +\TT{rk} \TT{rg} \TT{rng} \TT{rj} \TT{rny} \TT{rt}\\ +\TT{rd} \TT{rn} \TT{rb} \TT{rm} \TT{rts} \TT{rdz} + +\bigskip Ten basic consonants with \textit{l} {\tib l} surmounting them:\\ +\TT{lk} \TT{lg} \TT{lng} \TT{lc} \TT{lj} +\TT{lt} \TT{ld} \TT{lp} \TT{lb} \TT{lh} + +\bigskip Eleven basic consonants with \textit{s} {\tib s} surmounting them:\\ +\TT{sk} \TT{sg} \TT{sng} \TT{sny} \TT{st} +\TT{sd} \TT{sn} \TT{sp} \TT{sb} \TT{sm} \TT{sts} + +\end{center} +\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Composites I} +\end{table} + +\begin{table} +\begin{center} +\TF{bhy} \TT{nr} \TT{dxh} \TF{drw} \TT{grw} \TT{phyw} \TT{rgw} \TT{rtsw}\\ +\TT{rgy} \TT{rky} \TT{rmy} \TT{skr} \TT{sgr} \TT{smr} \TT{spr} \TT{sbr}\\ +\TT{sgy} \TT{sky} \TT{smy} \TT{spy} \TT{sby} \TF{snr} +\end{center} +\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Composites II} +\end{table} + + + +\subsection{Known Transliteration Problems\label{TransliterationProblems}} + +The transliteration services of \TibTeX\ are coded in the ligature +table of the font implying that these services know a lot about adjacent +letters but know next to nothing about Tibetan syllables. The approach +follows thus always a ``first match'' and not a ``correct match'' method. +It is hence possible that consonant clusters are converted to Tibetan +glyphs in a manner which was not intended by the writer. The hyphen +\verb|-| helps solve these ambiguities: + +\exa + The syllable \emph{brtsams} is \\ + {\tib b-rtsams}, not {\tib brtsams}! +\exb + \begin{verbatim} + The syllable \emph{brtsams} is \\ + {\tib b-rtsams}, not {\tib brtsams}! + \end{verbatim} +\exc + + +\subsection{Diacritical Marks} + +Thanks to Sam Sirlin's work, this version of \TibTeX\ provides a +whole range of diacritical marks; most of them can be invoked with a +rather lengthy command name, but for some of them there is also a +short character mnemonic. Please consult table \ref{SpecialDiacritics} on +page~\pageref{SpecialDiacritics}. + +\newcommand{\TC}[2]{% + \tt\string#1 & \tt\string#2 & {\tib#1} \\ + } + +\begin{table} +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{llc} + Generic Name & Alternative & Symbol \\\hline +\TC{\tibvarfive }{} +\TC{\tibvarsix }{} +\TC{\tibvarseven }{} +\TC{\tibvareight }{} +\TC{\tibvarnine }{} +\TC{\tibempty }{} +\TC{\tibShad }{.} +\TC{\tibTsheg }{,} +\TC{\tibSwasti }{\swasti} +\TC{\tibVisarga }{:} +\TC{\tibTshegshad }{!} +\TC{\tibAlttshegshad }{} +\TC{\tibNyistshegshad }{} +\TC{\tibChemgoshad }{} +\TC{\tibSbrulshad }{} +\TC{\tibRgyagramshad }{} +\TC{\tibVarchemgoshad }{} +\TC{\tibRjessungaro }{} +\TC{\tibSnaldan }{} +\TC{\tibRnambcad }{} +\TC{\tibGtertsheg }{} +\TC{\tibRinchenspungsshad }{} +\TC{\tibTopiniyigmgomdunma }{(} +\TC{\tibFinalyigmgomdunma }{)} +\TC{\tibIniyigmgomdunma }{((} +\TC{\tibAngkhyanggyon }{<} +\TC{\tibAngkhyanggyas }{>} +\TC{\tibHalanta }{} +\TC{\tibLcirtags }{} +\TC{\tibNyizlanaada }{} +\TC{\tibHalf }{} +\TC{\tibGteryigmgotr }{} +\TC{\tibPaluta }{} +\end{tabular} +\end{center} +\caption{\TibTeX\ Special Diacritics\label{SpecialDiacritics}} +\end{table} + +\section{Example} + +The following text, ``The Story of \emph{Yug-pa-\`can} the Brahman'', +is blatantly stolen from Sirlin's \texttt{/doc/} directory. Some of the +input conventions have, however, changed slightly, and so the full text +in romanized source and Tibetan target forms is given here. Please note +that the word and sentence spaces are not identical with those of Sirlin's +and Steiner's systems, hence the line and paragraph layout is not completely +identical. Modifications of input syntax are shown in the margins. + +\newcommand{\Kcommand}{\texttt{\char92 K}} +\newcommand{\brahmastory}{% + .yul zhig na bram ze dbyug pa can zhes bya zhig 'dug ste. + rab du dbul 'phongs pa bza' ba dang,. bgo med pa zhig go. + des khyim bdag cig las ba glang zhig b-rnyes te. nyin par + spyad nas ba glang de khrid de khyim bdag de'i khyim du song + ba dang,. de na khyim bdag ni zan za ste. dbyug pa can gyis ba + glang de khyim gyi nang du btang ba dang,. ba glang sgo gzhan + du song nas stor ro.. khyim bdag de zan de zos nas langs pa + dang,. de na ba glang ma mthong nas des dbyug pa can la glang + ga re zhes byas pa dang,. des smras pa. khyod kyi khyim du btang + ngo,. .khyod kyis nga'i glang bor gyis slar byin cig ces smras + pa dang,. des smras pa. ngas ma bor ro.. de nas de gnyis 'grogs + te. rgyal po'i thad du 'dong ba dang,. 'u bu cag gi rigs pa dang + mi rigs pa rtog par 'gyur ro zhes smras nas de gnyis dong ba + dang,. mi gzhan zhig gi rta rgod ma zhig bros nas. des dbyug pa + can la smras pa. rgod ma ma btang zhes smras pa dang,. des rdo + zhig blangs te 'phangs pa dang rta'i rkang pa la phog nas rkang + pa bcag go\Kcommand\marginpar{\small \texttt{\char92 K} eliminates + the \textit{tsheg} and inserts a long space.} .des smras + pa. khyod kyis nga'i rta bsad kyis nga'i rta byin cig\Kcommand\ + .ci'i phyir rta sbyin. des smras pa tshur shog\Kcommand\ + .rgyal po'i drung du 'dong dang,. 'u bu cag gi zhal che gcod du + 'ong ngo zhes smras nas. de dag der song ba dang,. dbyug pa can + des 'bras par b-rtsams te. des rtsig pa zhig gi steng nas mchongs + pa dang,. de'i drung na tha ga pa zhig thags 'thag cing 'dug pa + de'i steng du lhung nas tha ga pa de tshe 'phos pa dang,. tha ga + pa'i chung mas dbyug pa can de bzung nas. khyod kyis nga'i khyo + bsad kyis nga'i khyo byin zhig ces smras pa dang,. ngas khyod kyi + khyo ci ltar sbyin zhes smras nas. tshur shog rgyal po'i drung du + 'dong ngo,.. des 'u bu cag gi zhal ce gcad do zhes dong ba las. + lam gyi bar na chu bo gting zab po zhig yod de. chu de'i nang + nas tshur shing mkhan zhig te'u kha na 'khyer te 'ong ngo,. de la + dbyug pa can gyis chu'i gting ci tsam zhes dris pa dang,. chu'i + gting zab bo zhes smras pas ste'u chur lhung ste. ste'u ma rnyer + pa dang,. des dbyug pa can bzung nas. khyod kyis nga'i ste'u + chur bskyur ro.. des smras pa ngas ma bskyer ro. .tshur shog + rgyal po'i drung du 'dong dang,. des 'u bu cag gi zhal che gcad + do zhes smras nas dong ngo,. {\bit$\ldots continued \ldots$}% +} + +\begin{quote} +\verb*-\swasti. - \brahmastory +\end{quote} + +\renewcommand{\Kcommand}{\K} +{\tib\swasti. \brahmastory} + +\section{Legal Issues} + +\TibTeX\ is published under the GNU Public Licence. And very much like +I did when I picked up the work of my predecessors and changed a few +things here and there, I warmly welcome to change and improve everything, +but then: please rename the files. If not for the sake of source protection, +then at least for making sure that various \TeX\ installations around the +world do not get confused. + +\section{Outlook and Desiderata} + +At the time of this writing, \TibTeX\ is actually already +outdated as $\Omega$mega, the Unicode-capable \TeX\ successor, is +available. Why, then, did I undergo this effort? I needed Tibetan now, +for ongoing Mongolian lexicographical work which is all done using +\LaTeXe\ and Mon\TeX. + +Though the font provided by Schwartz, Sparkes and Sirlin is already +useful, I keep dreaming of a true Tibetan \emph{Meta}font, not just +outlines created by GNU \texttt{fontutils}. Such a genuine metafont +would greatly facilitate the creation of new and different typefaces, +at least with different weights, and the few Unicode characters not +yet covered could then be produced easily. + +Though this is a work slightly more targeted at $\Omega$mega than at +\LaTeXe, I am seriously considering preparing full-fledged Native +Language Support for the standard document formats implying that all +captions and the date and number formats have to be translated into +Tibetan. With transliteration services provided internally, it should +also be possible to integrate Tibetan into the Babel system. + +Anyway, whatever the mistakes and the shortcomings are that have now +crept into this Tibetan system, I can only kindly ask you to blame me, +not my predecessors any more. +\end{document} -- cgit v1.2.3