[XeTeX] Hyphenation in polyglossia - Latin and Greek

[wodzicki at math.berkeley.edu]

I have a lot of sympathy for what Yannis says and share his sentiments
though I wouldn't phrase them in similarly strong words.

Let's indeed be more careful and pay attention to the fact that the
distinction `polytonic' versus `monotonic' is NOT `Ancient' Greek versus
`Modern'.

> I know this may be out of the scope of this list, but ***PLEASE*** do
not talk about "monotonic" vs. "ancient" Greek.
>
> Modern Greek is also written polytonically. It has always been written
polytonically. Of course, there have been some corrupted politicians and
some inscrupulous linguists who have done a reform in 1982, to the (IMHO
criminal) "monotonic system". But not all Greeks have accepted that
"reform" and there is still a community of people, publishers,
institutions, who write **modern** Greek polytonically, as it always has
been written.
>
> The slightest respect to that community would be to talk about
> "monotonic" and "polytonic" Greek, since this is orthogonal to the fact
whether it is modern or ancient. (Some people outside Greece there may
not believe it, but, depending on their degree of
> irresponsability, monotonists will write every kind of Greek without
accents...)
>
> I'm fighting for years now for the re-introduction of the polytonic
system. For further information you are welcome to visit the Web site of
the Citizen's Movement for the Re-introduction of the Polytonic System
<http://www.polytoniko.gr/index.php?newlang=en>
>
> If the "monotonic" vs. "ancient" terminology is part of MikTeX GUI, I
will write to Christian ad ask him to change it.
>
> Thanks in advance
>

> | Yannis Haralambous, Ph.D.      yannis.haralambous at telecom-
> bretagne.eu |
> | Directeur d'Études                      http://omega.enstb.org/


I just checked MiKTeX Options, the Language tab. The relevant portion:

Language      Hypehenation Table        Synonyms
--------      ------------------        --------

(...)
greek         loadhyph-el-polyton.tex   polygreek
monogreek     loadhyph-el-monoton.tex
ancientgreeek loadhyph-grc.tex
(...)

So, it seems, Yannis should be satisfied, especially so that `greek' in
MiKTeX by default is polytonic.

Mariusz Wodzicki