Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:53:26 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.9/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h55HrNPQ019761 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:53:24 +0200 Received: from sun.dante.de (root@sun.dante.de [134.100.9.52]) by rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h55Heach024415 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:41:01 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C32B8B.5D2A2F00" Received: from rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de [134.100.9.61]) by sun.dante.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h55He2HS022332 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:40:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.185]) by rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h55Hcrcg024352 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:40:00 +0200 (CEST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from [212.227.126.206] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19NyhR-0002Vf-00; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 19:38:53 +0200 Received: from [80.129.5.205] (helo=istrati.mittelbach-online.de) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (TLSv1:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19NyhR-0006N0-00; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 19:38:53 +0200 Received: (from frank@localhost) by istrati.mittelbach-online.de (8.11.2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) id h55Hbb108466; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:37:37 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: Return-Path: X-Mailer: VM 6.96 under Emacs 20.7.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jun 2003 17:53:26.0616 (UTC) FILETIME=[5D882D80:01C32B8B] X-Authentication-Warning: istrati.mittelbach-online.de: frank set sender to frank@mittelbach-online.de using -f X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-Spam-Score: -16.7 () IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,USER_AGENT_VM,X_AUTH_WARNING Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: announce: inputenc support for utf8 Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:37:37 +0100 Message-ID: <16095.32737.201598.296665@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: announce: inputenc support for utf8 Thread-Index: AcMri126mCbrpkjRQxWwkf+VbLWdLw== From: "Frank Mittelbach" To: "Apostolos Syropoulos" Cc: Reply-To: "Frank Mittelbach" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4622 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C32B8B.5D2A2F00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apostolos, > ... and I would be very happy to work for the support of the Greek > language! that's fine, but before that is possible there would need to be a greek = font encoding that conforms to LaTeX specifications. we looked at what is = there right now, but all we found have been encodings that replace ascii chars = by something else.=20 see what happened to cyrillic: there is T2(A-C) which are official LaTeX encodings as well as X2 which is an extended encoding where you are on = your own. If there will be a greek encoding (or more) that fit those = restrictions needed for multi-lingual processing then adding utf8 support will be = possible without much fuss.=20 right now what is possible is to have a .dfu file accompanying the local encoding file(s) but they will not be distributed with the core files = --- not that this matters much since they will become part of distributions like = TeX live nevertheless). best frank >=20 > A.S. >=20 > **************************************************************** > *Apostolos Syropoulos * > *snail mail: 366, 28th October Str., GR-671 00 Xanthi, HELLAS * > *email : apostolo@ocean1.ee.duth.gr * > *phone num.: +30-(0)5410-28704 * > *home page : http://obelix.ee.duth.gr/~apostolo * > **************************************************************** ------_=_NextPart_001_01C32B8B.5D2A2F00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: announce: inputenc support for utf8

Apostolos,

 > ... and I would be very happy to work for = the support of the Greek
 > language!

that's fine, but before that is possible there would = need to be a greek font
encoding that conforms to LaTeX specifications. we = looked at what is there
right now, but all we found have been encodings that = replace ascii chars by
something else.

see what happened to cyrillic: there is T2(A-C) which = are official LaTeX
encodings as well as X2 which is an extended encoding = where you are on your
own. If there will be a greek encoding (or more) that = fit those restrictions
needed for multi-lingual processing then adding utf8 = support will be possible
without much fuss.

right now what is possible is to have a .dfu file = accompanying the local
encoding file(s)  but they will not be = distributed with the core files --- not
that this matters much since they will become part of = distributions like TeX
live nevertheless).

best
frank

 >
 >   A.S.
 >
 > = ****************************************************************
 > *Apostolos = Syropoulos          &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;       *
 > *snail mail: 366, 28th October Str., = GR-671 00  Xanthi, HELLAS *
 > *email     : = apostolo@ocean1.ee.duth.gr        = ;            =     *
 > *phone num.: = +30-(0)5410-28704         &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           *
 > *home page : http://obelix.ee.duth.gr/~apo= stolo          &nbs= p;     *
 > = ****************************************************************

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