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babel-greek
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Babel support for Greek
=======================
:Copyright: © 1997 Apostolos Syropoulos, Claudio Beccari, Johannes Brahms,
© 2013 Günter Milde
:Licence: This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
conditions of the `LaTeX Project Public License`_, either
version 1.3 of this license or any later version.
:Abstract: Babel-greek is a contributed package providing support for the
Greek language and script via the Babel_ system.
In 1997, Apostolos Syropoulos added support for the Greek language to the
"babel" package. The file ``greek.ldf`` provides options for monotonic
(single-diacritic) and polytonic (multiple-diacritic) modes of writing.
There is now experimental support for Unicode-aware TeX engines
(XeTeX/LuaTeX).
News
----
.. class:: borderless
===== ========== ===========================================================
1.4 2013-05-17 New maintainer.
.. The encoding definition file ``lgrenc.def`` moved to the
greek-fontenc_ package.
1.5 2013-06-21 bugfixes and cleanup,
.. LICR macros in string definitions,
.. LGR font encoding not used with XeTeX/LuaTeX,
.. input "xgreek-fixes.def" from polyglossia_ with Xe/LuaTeX.
1.5a 2013-07-02 Fix LaTeX bugs babel/3707, `babel/4303`_ and `babel/4305`_
1.6 2013-07-19 Experimental support for XeTeX/LuaTeX.
1.7 2013-09-09 CB-Fonts font definition files moved to CB-Fonts package.
.. Do not auto-load euenc.def with XeTeX/LuaTeX.
1.7a 2013-09-13 Fix bug `babel/4360`_: spurious ``\fi``.
1.7b 2013-10-01 bugfix: correct upcasing of babel strings with Xe/LuaTeX.
===== ========== ===========================================================
.. _babel/4303: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4303
.. _babel/4305: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4305
.. _babel/4360: http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=babel/4360
Requirements
------------
The "babel-greek" package requires the babel_ base package and parts of the
greek-fontenc_ package. The greek-inputenc_ package is recommended when
using 8-bit TeX engines.
The language definition file makes use of the `e-TeX`_ extensions (present
in all current TeX distributions).
Use with XeTeX/LuaTeX requires also ``xgreek-fixes.def`` from polyglossia_
for correct up/downcasing.
Typesetting Greek texts requires `Greek text fonts`_.
Plain TeX is currently not supported. Patches are welcome.
Installation
------------
If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation
manager.
Otherwise, make sure LaTeX can find the required files:
* Download and unpack `babel-greek.zip`.
* Run ``tex`` or ``latex`` on the batch file ``greek.ins``.
* Move all files ending in ``.ldf`` or ``.sty`` into a directory searched by
TeX.
* To produce the documentation run the files ``usage.tex`` and all files
ending in ``.dtx`` through LaTeX.
Usage
-----
Pass the "greek" option to babel::
\usepackage[greek]{babel}
For polytonic greek, set the language attribute "polutoniko"::
\languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko}
When compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, it is recommended to load Greek LICR
macro definitions via ``textalpha.sty`` or ``alphabeta.sty`` that are part
of the greek-fontenc_ bundle since version 0.10 (2013-09-13)::
\usepackage{textalpha}
\usepackage[greek]{babel}
For details see `<usage.pdf>`_, `<greek.pdf>`_ and the babel_ documentation.
Literal input of Greek characters is possible with the greek-inputenc_
package or with XeTeX or LuaTeX.
Greek text fonts
----------------
A list of Greek text fonts for use with LaTeX is available at the CTAN
http://www.ctan.org/topic/font-greek
With the XeTeX or LuaTeX engines, the user should ensure that the chosen
font contains the required glyphs (the default Latin Modern fonts miss
them). Examples for suitable fonts are the CM-unicode_ or the `Linux
Libertine`_ OpenType fonts as well as any system-wide installed OTF fonts
that support Greek (e.g. `Deja Vu`_).
The LGR font encoding is the de-facto standard for typesetting Greek with
8-bit LaTeX. Fonts in this encoding include the `CB fonts`_ (matching CM),
grtimes_ (Greek Times), Kerkis_ (matching URW Bookman), and the `GFS font
collection`_. Setup of these fonts as Greek variant to matching Latin fonts
is facilitated by the substitutefont_ package.
The LGR font encoding generates Greek characters via an ASCII
transliteration. This enables simple input with a Latin keyboard.
Characters with diacritics are selected by ligature definitions in the
font (see `<usage.pdf>`_).
A major drawback of this transliteration is, that you cannot access Latin
letters if LGR is the active font encoding (e.g. in documents or parts of
documents given the `Babel` language ``greek`` or ``polutionikogreek``).
This means that for every Latin-written word or acronym an explicit
language-switch is required. This problem can only be solved via a
font-encoding comprising both Latin and Greek like the hypothetical T7 or
Unicode (with XeTeX or LuaTeX).
.. References
----------
.. _LaTeX Project Public License: http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
.. _babel: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel
.. _fontspec: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontspec
.. _CB Fonts: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cbgreek-complete
.. _CM-unicode: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cm-unicode
.. _Deja Vu: http://dejavu-fonts.org
.. _e-TeX: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=etex
.. _grtimes: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/grtimes
.. _greek-fontenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-fontenc
.. _greek-inputenc: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/greek-inputenc
.. _GFS font collection: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/gfs
.. _Kerkis: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/kerkis
.. _Linux Libertine: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/libertine
.. _polyglossia: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia
.. _substitutefont: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/substitutefont
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