TeXgreek

[Antonis Tsolomitis]

Dev 0elw va syvexisw to thread opws ksekivnse. Etsi allaksa tov titlo.

Opws eipa kai se prongoumevo myvnma mou eivai efikto kai tetrimmevo
va grafei kaveis eva agglo-ellnviko keimevo kai me ta encodings
pou leei o Pavos kai tritn glwssa mporei va balei kai tetartn
kai oses 0elei.

Alla prepei va katalaboume kai to eksns ousiwdes:
To TeX *dev* eivai epeksergastns keimevou. Eivai programma stoixeio0esias
kai auto snmaivei kapoia pragmata.

Apo tn stigmn pou yparxei ellnviko plnktrologio kai oi efarmoges
(editors) grafouv ellnvika eivai tetrimmevo va grapsei kaveis
ellnvika sto TeX xwris Babel kai xwris GreekTeX.

To Babel mpaivei sto paixvidi otav arxisoume kai exoume apaitnseis,
apaitnseis avamevomeves apo eva stoixeio0etiko systnma. Opws swsto
hyphenation *avaloga* me tnv glwssa pou ekeivn tn stigmn stoixeio0etei.

(oti pw gia to GreekTeX isxyouv gia tnv ekdosn pou douleue movo se DOS
gia tis teleutaies dev gvwrizw)
> ... Gia ayto loipov, to GreekTeX exei kapoious kavoves syllabismou
oi opoioi eivai "hardwired" mesa stov kwdika tou. Dioti dev
gvwrizei stnv ousia ka0e fora ti eidous keimevo stoixeio0etei.
Gia ayto tov logo kavei polla la0n syllabismou.

Se avti0esn me ayto, sto babel stoixeio0etoume me diaforetikous
kavoves otav prokeite gia movotoviko (option: greek)
diaforetikous gia polytoviko (option: polutonikogreek)
kai poly syvtoma kai gia arxaio keimevo. Malista me tous teleutaious
kavoves tou Filippou exouv givei diafora tests kai akoma la0os dev
exei bre0ei stov syllabismo. Kai dev givetai auto giati
eimaste trelloi me tov syllabismo alla giati etsi eivai n grammatikn mas.
Ti va kavoume dnladn ? Na ta isopedwsoume ola?

Twra kalws n' kakws opws eipe kai o Pavos to babel eivai edraiwmevo
kai diavemetai me oles tis standard diavomes tou TeX.
Epavnleimevws exw avtallaksei arxeia me ellnvika me av0rwpous
sto ekswteriko (mn-ellnves) xwris kaveva problnma.

To va kavoume "forking" me aitia tnv \textlatin eivai vomizw adiko
kai lav0asmevo. Na to pw wma: Edw dev exoume mia Type1 grammatoseira
gia to TeX va ftiaksoume eva pdf tns prokopns, ta metafont fonts pou
exoume mas ta eftiakse o Italos ka0ngntns Beccari 
(toso axrnstoi eimaste^+) kai 0eloume va kavoume forking gia tnv
\textlatin.

(+ exouv yparksei prospa0eies petyxnmeves mexri kapoio ba0mo
apo ellnves opws ta fonts tou Dryllerakn. Alla ayta tou Beccari eivai
aygkrita apo pleuras plnrotntas. Eva stoixeio0etiko systnma apaitei
grammatoseires se diafora mege0n. To scaling dev eivai option
giati mazi me to mege0os givetai scale kai to  paxos grammns (penstroke).
Gia ayto sxetika prosfata n Adobe ebgale kapoies grammatoseires (liges)
se morfn MultipleMaster --- opws ovomastnke. Ta fonts tou Dryllerakn eixav
sxediastei movo sto mege0os twv 10pt. Dev amfisbntw tnv prosfora tou
Kwsta tou Dryllerakn. Htav snmavtikn. Proxwrame omws.).


Yparxei kai 0ema symbatotntas twv paketwv. Gia trekste GreekTeX
me fortomevo to pstricks (milaw pavta gia tnv ekdosn tou DOS) kai ama
treksei va mou to deiksete. To Babel **eggyate** ---kai auto eivai
snmavtikotato--- tnv symbatotnta me ola ta paketa tou LaTeX.

Kai vai! giati dev prepei dnladn o pavepnstnmiakos amerikavos daskalos
va mporei va grafei ellnvika xwris va exei ellnviko plnktrologio
n' ellnvika fonts gia tov editor? Na trexei pisw apo tov administrator
gia va grapsei eva keimevo 3 grammwv sto biblio tou otav mporei
va to grapsei aveta me to babel pou eivai standard?

Egw loipov vomizw oti av yparxouv dyvameis stnv ellnvikn koivotnta
tou Linux pou 0a n0elav va symbalouv 0a proteiva va balouv eva xeri va
oloklnrw0ei mia Type1 grammatoseira. Ayto xreiazomaste. Kai av
0elete va grafete xwris \textlatin va parw tnv greektimes tou graphis
va sas tnv ftiaksw va grafete xwris to babel.

Dev 0elw va prosbalw kavevav se sxesn me to GreekTeX. Alla opws swsta
eipe o Pavos to teleutaio pragma pou xreiazomaste sto ellnviko
TeX eivai to forking.

AT.





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