created by

Andreas Proteus

script type

utility

description

This is a keyboard layout useful to native Greek speakers and Greek scholars (Hellenists) who wish to use Vim/gVim to type traditional Greek (often referred to as multi-accented or polytonic). This layout allows the typing of multi-accented (polytonic) Greek text in the manner of writing by hand.  Accents and breathings are typed after the vowels in any order without dead keys. In other words, first we type the letter and then we "decorate" it with the required accents.  This serves for a more comfortable typing of Greek.  Furthermore it allows easier correction of errors. A wrong accent (or no accent) can be replaced with with the correct one without deleting the character.  We simply place the cursor to the right of the vowel and press the required accent.  If the character can take the accent, it will be replaced by the accented version of the same character. -------------------------------------------------------------- The main accent keys are as follows: /              Oxia (acute) \              Varia (grave) ~ (or =)   Perispomeni (circumflex) ]               Psili  (lenis) [               Dasia (asper) "               Dialytika (diaeresis) |               Ypogegrammeni (Iota subscript) --------------------------------------------------------------- Examples. Typing the sequence:    a/, will give Small Alpha with Oxia. Typing:  a/]  or  a]/   will give Small Alpha with Oxia and Psili. Typing:  a, followed by any combination of /,],|, will give               Small Alpha with Oxia and Psili and Ypogegrammeni. Typing of multi-accented Greek is easier this way because this method is similar to the way we write by hand.  Only a few accent keys are used (easier to memorize). See the included table. Also read the source file. You can still use the dead keys of the modern Greek keymap. For example, Alpha with Tonos can be derived either with "a/" or with ";a". Installation:   Copy the file greek_polytonic.vim to your home .vim  keymap directory   (~/.vim/keymap/) If the directory does not exist, create it. Usage:   * Load the keymap:               set keymap=greek_polytonic   * Set encodings:                 set encoding=utf-8               set inputenc=utf-8               set fenc=utf-8   * Set vim to use a monospaced unicode font that includes all the "Greek Extented" characters and symbols.      Example: set guifont=Consolas\ Regular\ 16      Note: for m$ windows this should be:  set guifont=Consolas:h16   Examples of suitable fonts are:     Dejavu Sans mono     Courier New     Bitstream Vera Sans Mono     Consolas * Also switch the keyboard to Greek with ALT-SHIFT (or whatever) * To type any of the actual symbols of the accent keys (/, \, ] , [, .. etc.,)      you can toggle off the keymap with CTRL-^. When this keymap is active    the word <Polytonic> appears on the far right of the status bar. *  Search for polytonic text from the search window.    To open search window type: q/ *  To Search/Replace or type other commands that involve arguments    in polytonic text invoke the command window by typing q:    There you can either type or copy/paste polytonic text.   Notes:    Consolas is a Microsoft font found in Windows 7 (The Consolas font shipped    with Windows Vista is not suitable - has no extended Greek characters). It    is a very good monospaced font for displaying and for printing polytonic    Greek text.  (Microsoft is very good to us Greek scholars).    Edit: Lately the open source font DejaVu Sans Mono has become better    than Consolas,  both for displaying and printing polytonic Greek text.    Here is a screenshot of vim editing the text of Homer's Iliad    displayed in 16pt DejaVu Sans Mono. The colour scheme is biogoo:   https://postimg.cc/BjRT8p9Z    If you have problems with printing greek utf-8 from vim,    use paps (http://paps.sourceforge.net/)    I use it from within vim by creating a command as folows:    :command Paps write !paps --font=Consolas\ 10 | lpr    For polytonic Greek spell checking see vimscript#3388.       Below are the settings I use in my .vimrc file so I can type and    spellcheck polytonic Greek:   "--------------------------------------------    set guifont=Monospace\ Regular\ 16    set encoding=utf-8    set fenc=utf-8    set keymap=greek_polytonic    set spelllang=polytonic,en          set spellsuggest=10    set spell   "--------------------------------------------   Note: In my system 'Monospace' is aliased to the font DejaVu Sans Mono.

install details

Unzip contents. Copy the file greek_polytonic.vim to your home .vim keymap directory   (~/.vim/keymap/).  If the directory does not exist, create it.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
greek-polytonic-keymap-1.2.tar.gz	1.2	2012-08-15	7.0	Andreas Proteus	When keymap is active display keymap name in status bar.
greek-polytonic-keymap-1.1.tar.gz	1.1	2010-10-08	7.0	Andreas Proteus	Prefer symbols in the range UCS 0370 - 03FF when available. i.e. all (vowel + oxia) symbols are represented by their equivalent, identical in apearance (vowel + tonos). This simplifies find/replace and spell checking.
greek-polytonic-keymap.tar.gz	1.0	2009-08-17	7.0	Andreas Proteus	Initial upload

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