How to Write Greek TextPressBooks.HowToWriteGreekText HistoryHide minor edits - Show changes to output 02 October 2012 at 06:35 PM
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The author writes text in the Roman alphabet, the text displays as Greek. For example: (:markup:) (:grc T'i f'hic? <Id`wn >enj'ede pa~id'' >eleuj'eran t`ac plhs'ion N'umfac stefano~usan, S'wstrate, >er~wn 'ap~hljec e>uj'uc? :) (:markupend:) This is the translation table: || align=center || a || b || c || d || e || f || g || h || i || j || k || l || m || || (:el a :) || (:el b :) || (:el c :) || (:el d :) || (:el e :) || (:el f :) || (:el g :) || (:el h :) || (:el i :) || (:el j :) || (:el k :) || (:el l :) || (:el m :) || || ` |||||||||||||||||||||||||| || n || o || p || q || r || s || t || u || v || w || x || y || z || || (:el n :) || (:el o :) || (:el p :) || (:el q :) || (:el r :) || (:el s :) || (:el t :) || (:el u :) || (:el v :) || (:el w :) || (:el x :) || (:el y :) || (:el z :) || For accents, use the following table. By combining these, an author can write the full polytonic Greek [[extended character set -> http://www.utf8-chartable.de/unicode-utf8-table.pl?start=7936&unicodeinhtml=dec]]. Note the use of ''two single quotes'' for left and right apostrophes. ||! Accent ||! Symbol ||! Example ||! Output || || acute || [='=] || [=g'ata=] || (:grc g'ata :) || || grave || [=`=] || [=dad`i=] || (:grc dad`i :) || || circumflex || ~ || ful~hc || (:grc ful~hc :) || || rough breathing || < || [=<'otan=] || (:grc <'otan :) || || smooth breathing || > || [=>'aneu=] || (:grc >'aneu :) || || subscript || | || [=>anate'ilh|=] || (:grc >anate'ilh| :) || || dieresis || [="=] || [=qa"ide'uh|c=] || (:grc qa"ide'uh|c :) || || apostrophes || [=''=] || [=''M'imhc''=] || (:grc ''M'imhc'' :) || |