[OS X Emacs] latex-aquamacs-greek characters

Peter Dyballa Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE
Mon Jan 17 11:24:14 EST 2011


Am 17.01.2011 um 10:53 schrieb Marinos Koutsomichalis:

> sudo texhash
> sudo updmap  -enable Map=greek.map

This is completely inadequate! (And document inside your TeX Live  
distribution document this.) The web page you named has:

	updmap-sys

> sudo fmtutil  -byfmt latex
> sudo fmtutil  -byfmt pdflatex

And it also has:

	fmtutil-sys --byfmt ...

You produced a mess. Try to find out where updmap and fmtutil wrote  
their output files and remove all that scrap! A command like 'sudo rm - 
rf <path to close of the root of the branch of the file system into  
they wrote>' would be adequate.

In the commands above you were using the sudo command, so you have to  
use the sys(tem) variants of the TeX utilities. For a private  
installation you can use the "pure" forms, and without "sudo".


>
> On a Mac os X 10.6.5 running Aquamacs
>
> then while trying to pdfLatex-ing this:
>
> \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
> \usepackage{auto-greek}
>
> \def\tit{ Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα}
> \def\name{Μαρίνος Κουτσομιχάλης dsdsa das dsa  
> dasdsa}
> \begin{document}
> {\huge \name} \\
> {\huge \tit}
> \section*{ Στοιχεία Επικοινωνίας}
> \begin{itemize}
> \item δκσαξηδσκαξηδκασξ  dasdjhaskjdhaskjdhask
> \end{itemize}
> \end{document}

This document misses or hides a few things: input and font encodings  
(and making Greek letters text letters – they're by default only  
allowed in a maths environment). And it produces a problem: there  
aren't so many encodings that allow a (good, working) mix of Latin and  
Greek letters. UTF-8 is a possible choice, and it's one that pdfLaTeX  
understands (UTF-16 variants and UTF-32 it does not understand). ISO  
8859-7 is another choice (that pdfLaTeX *might* understand, because  
there is work going on in LaTeX to create a corresponding font  
encoding), but it's restricted to "plain" letters and digits, no Latin  
and (almost) no Greek accents. FYI, here is a list of this encoding,  
also known as ELOT928 (I leave away the US-ASCII part, you can get it  
with 'man ascii' or M-x manual-entry RET ascii RET):

;   oct   dec   hex    UCS2    UTF-8
;=====================================
   = 240 = 160 = A0 = U+00A0 =    C2 A0 : NO-BREAK SPACE
‘ = 241 = 161 = A1 = U+02BD =    CA BD : MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED  
COMMA
’ = 242 = 162 = A2 = U+02BC =    CA BC : MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE
£ = 243 = 163 = A3 = U+00A3 =    C2 A3 : POUND SIGN
¦ = 246 = 166 = A6 = U+00A6 =    C2 A6 : BROKEN BAR
§ = 247 = 167 = A7 = U+00A7 =    C2 A7 : SECTION SIGN
¨ = 250 = 168 = A8 = U+00A8 =    C2 A8 : DIAERESIS
© = 251 = 169 = A9 = U+00A9 =    C2 A9 : COPYRIGHT SIGN
« = 253 = 171 = AB = U+00AB =    C2 AB : LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE  
QUOTATION MARK
¬ = 254 = 172 = AC = U+00AC =    C2 AC : NOT SIGN
- = 255 = 173 = AD = U+00AD =    C2 AD : HYPHEN-MINUS
― = 257 = 175 = AF = U+2015 = E2 80 95 : HORIZONTAL BAR
° = 260 = 176 = B0 = U+00B0 =    C2 B0 : DEGREE SIGN
± = 261 = 177 = B1 = U+00B1 =    C2 B1 : PLUS-MINUS SIGN
² = 262 = 178 = B2 = U+00B2 =    C2 B2 : SUPERSCRIPT TWO
³ = 263 = 179 = B3 = U+00B3 =    C2 B3 : SUPERSCRIPT THREE
΄ = 264 = 180 = B4 = U+0384 =    CE 84 : GREEK TONOS
΅ = 265 = 181 = B5 = U+0385 =    CE 85 : GREEK DIALYTIKA TONOS
Ά = 266 = 182 = B6 = U+0386 =    CE 86 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA  
WITH TONOS
· = 267 = 183 = B7 = U+00B7 =    C2 B7 : MIDDLE DOT
Έ = 270 = 184 = B8 = U+0388 =    CE 88 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON  
WITH TONOS
Ή = 271 = 185 = B9 = U+0389 =    CE 89 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA WITH  
TONOS
Ί = 272 = 186 = BA = U+038A =    CE 8A : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA  
WITH TONOS
» = 273 = 187 = BB = U+00BB =    C2 BB : RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE  
QUOTATION MARK
Ό = 274 = 188 = BC = U+038C =    CE 8C : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON  
WITH TONOS
½ = 275 = 189 = BD = U+00BD =    C2 BD : VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
Ύ = 276 = 190 = BE = U+038E =    CE 8E : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON  
WITH TONOS
Ώ = 277 = 191 = BF = U+038F =    CE 8F : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA  
WITH TONOS
ΐ = 300 = 192 = C0 = U+0390 =    CE 90 : GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH  
DIALYTIKA AND TONOS
Α = 301 = 193 = C1 = U+0391 =    CE 91 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA
Β = 302 = 194 = C2 = U+0392 =    CE 92 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA
Γ = 303 = 195 = C3 = U+0393 =    CE 93 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
Δ = 304 = 196 = C4 = U+0394 =    CE 94 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA
Ε = 305 = 197 = C5 = U+0395 =    CE 95 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON
Ζ = 306 = 198 = C6 = U+0396 =    CE 96 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA
Η = 307 = 199 = C7 = U+0397 =    CE 97 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA
Θ = 310 = 200 = C8 = U+0398 =    CE 98 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA
Ι = 311 = 201 = C9 = U+0399 =    CE 99 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA
Κ = 312 = 202 = CA = U+039A =    CE 9A : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA
Λ = 313 = 203 = CB = U+039B =    CE 9B : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA
Μ = 314 = 204 = CC = U+039C =    CE 9C : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU
Ν = 315 = 205 = CD = U+039D =    CE 9D : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU
Ξ = 316 = 206 = CE = U+039E =    CE 9E : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI
Ο = 317 = 207 = CF = U+039F =    CE 9F : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON
Π = 320 = 208 = D0 = U+03A0 =    CE A0 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI
Ρ = 321 = 209 = D1 = U+03A1 =    CE A1 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO
Σ = 323 = 211 = D3 = U+03A3 =    CE A3 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA
Τ = 324 = 212 = D4 = U+03A4 =    CE A4 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU
Υ = 325 = 213 = D5 = U+03A5 =    CE A5 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON
Φ = 326 = 214 = D6 = U+03A6 =    CE A6 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI
Χ = 327 = 215 = D7 = U+03A7 =    CE A7 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI
Ψ = 330 = 216 = D8 = U+03A8 =    CE A8 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI
Ω = 331 = 217 = D9 = U+03A9 =    CE A9 : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA
Ϊ = 332 = 218 = DA = U+03AA =    CE AA : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA  
WITH DIALYTIKA
Ϋ = 333 = 219 = DB = U+03AB =    CE AB : GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON  
WITH DIALYTIKA
ά = 334 = 220 = DC = U+03AC =    CE AC : GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH  
TONOS
έ = 335 = 221 = DD = U+03AD =    CE AD : GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON  
WITH TONOS
ή = 336 = 222 = DE = U+03AE =    CE AE : GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH  
TONOS
ί = 337 = 223 = DF = U+03AF =    CE AF : GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH  
TONOS
ΰ = 340 = 224 = E0 = U+03B0 =    CE B0 : GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON  
WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS
α = 341 = 225 = E1 = U+03B1 =    CE B1 : GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
β = 342 = 226 = E2 = U+03B2 =    CE B2 : GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA
γ = 343 = 227 = E3 = U+03B3 =    CE B3 : GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA
δ = 344 = 228 = E4 = U+03B4 =    CE B4 : GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA
ε = 345 = 229 = E5 = U+03B5 =    CE B5 : GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON
ζ = 346 = 230 = E6 = U+03B6 =    CE B6 : GREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA
η = 347 = 231 = E7 = U+03B7 =    CE B7 : GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA
θ = 350 = 232 = E8 = U+03B8 =    CE B8 : GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA
ι = 351 = 233 = E9 = U+03B9 =    CE B9 : GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA
κ = 352 = 234 = EA = U+03BA =    CE BA : GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA
λ = 353 = 235 = EB = U+03BB =    CE BB : GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA
μ = 354 = 236 = EC = U+03BC =    CE BC : GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
ν = 355 = 237 = ED = U+03BD =    CE BD : GREEK SMALL LETTER NU
ξ = 356 = 238 = EE = U+03BE =    CE BE : GREEK SMALL LETTER XI
ο = 357 = 239 = EF = U+03BF =    CE BF : GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON
π = 360 = 240 = F0 = U+03C0 =    CF 80 : GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
ρ = 361 = 241 = F1 = U+03C1 =    CF 81 : GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO
ς = 362 = 242 = F2 = U+03C2 =    CF 82 : GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA
σ = 363 = 243 = F3 = U+03C3 =    CF 83 : GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA
τ = 364 = 244 = F4 = U+03C4 =    CF 84 : GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU
υ = 365 = 245 = F5 = U+03C5 =    CF 85 : GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON
φ = 366 = 246 = F6 = U+03C6 =    CF 86 : GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI
χ = 367 = 247 = F7 = U+03C7 =    CF 87 : GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI
ψ = 370 = 248 = F8 = U+03C8 =    CF 88 : GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI
ω = 371 = 249 = F9 = U+03C9 =    CF 89 : GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA
ϊ = 372 = 250 = FA = U+03CA =    CF 8A : GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH  
DIALYTIKA
ϋ = 373 = 251 = FB = U+03CB =    CF 8B : GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON  
WITH DIALYTIKA
ό = 374 = 252 = FC = U+03CC =    CF 8C : GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON  
WITH TONOS
ύ = 375 = 253 = FD = U+03CD =    CF 8D : GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON  
WITH TONOS
ώ = 376 = 254 = FE = U+03CE =    CF 8E : GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH  
TONOS


The TeX utility kpsewhich (actually a family of similar commands)  
should be able to determine whether (La)TeX can find the font files  
you installed. A better choice to typeset Greek (with or without  
Latin, Cyrillic, or any other scripts) are XeTeX and LuaTeX. The  
former uses the fonts installed on your Mac, the latter works  
similarly, but needs some efforts to make these system fonts known.

In the next few hours I'll try to understand what's behind (in) latex- 
auto-greek-1.0b...

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