[OS X TeX] hebrew?

[David Derbes]

I'm writing a do it yourself physics book. Occasionally I like to put in quotes from non-Latin languages. Here's a method that works for me, using babel. 

\documentclass[10 pt]{letter}  
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,greek,russian]{babel}
\languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko}
\usepackage{gfsporson}
\addtolength{\textwidth}{140 pt}
\addtolength{\evensidemargin}{-70 pt}
\addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{-70 pt}
\begin{document}

Imagine an astronomical object so massive and so compact that even \emph{light} is too slow to leave the object's surface; for this object, $v_{\text{esc}} \ge c$. Presumably it would be \emph{invisible}. Such an object is called a \textbf{black hole}. The term was popularized by John A. Wheeler of Princeton around 1967, who is often credited with its invention; the Russian relativists originally called these objects \selectlanguage{russian}застывшие зв\"{е}зды\selectlanguage{english} (\emph{zast\'{y}vshiye zvy\'{o}zdy}), \textbf{frozen stars}, for reasons that will have to wait a bit.

The Greek historian Plutarch (46-120 CE) relates that before the wreath investigation, Archimedes had boasted to his cousin the king that if he had another earth to stand upon, with a long enough lever, he could move this earth. The claim is usually written in Greek as \selectlanguage{greek}\textporson{D'os moi po~u st~w ka`i kin~w t`hn g~hn} \selectlanguage{english}
(\emph{Dos moi pou st\={o} kai kin\={o} t\={e}n g\={e}n}: Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth.)

\end{document}

I assume something similar will work for Hebrew or Arabic or other alphabets. Alternatively you can use XeLaTeX and the fontspec package. (I entered the Cyrillic after going to "Language & Text" in System Preferences, then "Input Sources". You can specify which alphabet/keyboard you want to use. There are two different Hebrew keyboard layouts.)

Hope this helps.

David Derbes
U of Chicago Laboratory Schools

On Jun 10, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Art Werschulz wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I have a *very* small amount of Hebrew that I would like to include in a book.  I will be working on both a Mac and a Linux system (installed from TeXLive 2008).  The latter suggests that I may not be able to do anything that involves (say) Macintosh Hebrew fonts.
> 
> What's the easiest way of doing this?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Art Werschulz
> 207 Stoughton Avenue, Cranford  NJ 07016-2838
> (908) 272-1146
> 
> 
> 
> ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------
> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
> List Reminders and Etiquette: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
> List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/
> TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/
> List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex
> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/attachments/20100611/16300212/attachment.html>