On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net> wrote: > On 2013-07-08, Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> The knowledgeable egreg gives advice about what packages to load when >> using Greek and a lot depends on how new the TeX distribution is: > >> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/122992/classic-thesis-lyx-language-problem > >> Currently, LyX outputs this in the preamble for Greek: > >> \documentclass[greek]{article} >> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} >> \usepackage[iso-8859-7]{inputenc} >> \usepackage{babel} > >> Is that correct? > > This is the "save fallback" without ane new "bells and whistles". > > As LyX does not check the installed versions of Greek support files, it is > (currently) the right thing to do. > > With a more recent TeX installation (containing the "lgrx" bundle), I > recommend to manually change the input encoding: > > Document>Settings>Language>LaTeX encoding: Unicode (utf8) > > and insert in Document>Settings>LaTeX preamble > > \usepackage{textalpha} > > This way, Greek Unicode characters will also show up in PDF-strings > (contents sidebar) and can be used independent of the language setting > (nice for things like \beta-particles). Setting the correct language is > still recommended for words and text parts, as this enables kerning > between the letters and correct hyphenation.
Thanks for the informative explanation, Guenter. It sounds like things are as they should be (safe!) for now. Scott
