[comp.text.tex] TeX / LaTeX macros for Greek

gh@cs.rochester.edu (Graeme Hirst) (01/10/91)

I would appreciate hearing of any source of macros for easing the
problem of typesetting Greek words in a LaTeX manuscript (primarily
English).  For example, I would like to say some thing like this:

  Any attempt to derive {\gk %el\'andion} from {\gk eg%el\'udion}
  entails hardly justifiable phonetic changes.

where A,a map to \Alpha,\alpha, etc, and %, say, maps to \chi.
Handling breathings as well would be a welcome bonus.  Please reply by
e-mail.

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teexdwu@ioe.lon.ac.uk (DOMINIK WUJASTYK) (01/13/91)

In article <1991Jan10.002810.22342@cs.rochester.edu> gh@cs.rochester.edu (Graeme Hirst) writes:
>I would appreciate hearing of any source of macros for easing the
>problem of typesetting Greek words in a LaTeX manuscript (primarily
>English).  For example, I would like to say some thing like this:

What you want exists.  Silvio Levy (Princeton) created a very successful
Greek font in Metafont, and macros to go with.  Full breathing, accents,
context-sensitive sigma, the lot.  (No digamma, I think.)  Silvio
reported on his work in TUGboat, issue 9.1 as I recall.  The fonts and
macros should be available from the usual TeX archives.

Dominik