; TeX output 1997.11.07:2128y?QgDtGGcmr17WVriting7tGreekwiththe߆TG cmtt12greekoptionoftheȻbabel7tpacqkage>XQ cmr12ApSostolosSyropoulos 366,28thOctobSerStr.GR-67100Xanrthi,GREECEPe-mail:8߆T cmtt12apostolo@platon.ee.duth.grA{SNorvembSer7,1997+č>Nff cmbx121VLOverview>K`y cmr10The( someone towriteGreektextwithL5ffٓRcmr7A͉TU>'ExX.!Thecurrentversionofthegreek>optionzsuppGortsthe] grmn1000poluto nikƲaccentualzsystemoftheGreeklanguage.I)More->over,=there6isnowsuppGortforGreeknumerals.iOnecanproGduceeasilyvqalid>GreekXenumeralsbGothinuppercaseandlowercaseXeforms,Y)e.g,azandAZ.>The0labGelsinsecondandfourthlevelenumerationsarelowercaseanduppGercase>Greek>numeralscorrespGondingly*.Thelatestversionofthe le(1.2basofthis>writing)suppGortsthepolutonikogreekdialectforpeoplewillingtotypeset>doGcumentsUUinpoluto nikugreek.!č>2VLTypingffGreekTfext>TU>'ExXDunderstandsonlythebasicASCIGIDcharacters,Gsoitisnotpossibletoenter>directlyRGreekletters.pInstead,S$someoneentersLatinletterswhicharemappGed>to~theirGreek\counterparts"byTU>'ExX.AThefollowingtableshowsthetranslit->erationUUemployed:& `vL͉ffʩfd͟ ffΟfdaG b([g:cdKe]8zmEhjTyiZkSl8mEno ff͟ ffΟfdaG b([g:cdKe]8zmEhjTyiZkSl8mEn͟ ffffʦ͟ ffΟfdxG o([p:crKsv]8tmEufTyqZySw8c砗 ff͟ ffΟfdxG o([p:crKs]8tmEufTyqZySw8c砗 ffffʎ>Please,?notethatinordertoproGducethelettersv,inisolation,onhastotypGesv.>This~featureisduetothestrongligaturethatTU>'ExXemploys.DAInthe\moGdern">mo notonikxaccentualsystemonlyoneaccentisused|oxea(acute).P0Inthe>traditionalH8poluto nik옲accentualsystemweneedmoreaccentsandbreathing>signs.OSincethelaterhassomepGeculiarities,asfaritregardsTU>'ExX,wedecided1*y?>tomaketheprimarylanguagethemo notonikܲandtoprovidethepoluto nikܲas >a,dialect.yKConsequently*,!ifsomeonewishestocorrectlytypGesetpoluto nik,!he>mustUUusethepolutonikogreekoption,insteadofthegreekoption.MW*eecanproGduceanaccentedletterbypre xingtheletterwithhesymbGol>thatjJdenotestheaccent,oe.g.,>a'eracjJproGducesthewordrac.^1 -Herearethe>symbGolsUUthatarerecognized:<6lRL͉ffZfdAccent_)SymbGolN9ExampleӴOutputffZ acutel.'G'g'ata٪gta gravel.`G'dad`idadȎ#circum exl.~)ful~hc-͹fulc |sroughUUbreathingl.<)<'otan1- tansmoGothUUbreathingl.>)>'aneu*neusubscriptl.|0>anate'ilh|gnatelwdieresisl."0qa"ide'uh|cGqadeԀcffZ>Note>thatthesubscriptsymbGolisplaced#"V cmbx10aftertheletter.Thelastthingsomeone >mustݴknowinordertobGeabletowritenormalGreektextisthepunctuation>marksUUusedinthelanguage:N6#L͉fffd PunctuationUUSignnSymbGolOutputff&pGeriod{.9. wsemicolon{;9; ȲexclamationUUmark{!9!$q̲comma{,9,(xcolon{:9:questionUUmark{?9?.UsingWtheseconventionsWitisastraightforwardWexercisetowriteGreekpolu- >to nik text. 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