TypeGreek Code
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Alphabet Key
Type Greek uses beta code, converting each beta code keystroke into the corresponding Greek character. Beta code is standard way to represent Greek characters as a combination of Roman characters and punctuation. For example, ἀ is represented in beta code as a) — a for alpha and ) for smooth breathing.
The following chart shows which Roman character corresponds to which Greek character (adapted fromLaura Gibbs’ site):
| a | b | g | d | e | z | h | q | i | k | l | m |
| α | β | γ | δ | ε | ζ | η | θ | ι | κ | λ | μ |
| n | c | o | p | r | s | t | u | f | x | y | w |
| ν | ξ | ο | π | ρ | σ | τ | υ | φ | χ | ψ | ω |
The following chart shows which punctuation mark corresponds to which Greek diacritic. (To add a diacritic to a Greek letter, simply type one of these punctuation marks after the letter.)
| / | \ | = | ) | ( | | | + |
| ά | ὰ | ᾶ | ἀ | ἁ | ᾳ | ϊ |
TypeGreek vs. Standard Beta Code
Some aspects of standard beta code are a little quirky when the beta code characters are being converted to Greek characters in real-time. TypeGreek differs from standard beta code in the following ways:
- Capital Letters: To make a capital letter on TypeGreek, you press the SHIFT key plus the letter that you want (for example, SHIFT+Y creates a capital Ψ). Standard beta code is case-insensitive, so an extra symbol — an asterisk (*) in front of the letter — was necessary to distinguish between capital and lowercase letters; TypeGreek does not treat the asterisk as a character that needs to be converted.In standard beta code, the diacritics for capitals are placed after the asterisk but before the letter itself. This does not make sense when the diacritics are combined with the letter in real-time and the asterisk is not used for capitals. On TypeGreek, diacritics are added to any letter by typing the punctuation mark after the letter, even with capitals.
- Order of Diacritics: You can add multiple diacritics to a letter by typing the correct punctuation marks. In standard beta code, the diacritics must go in a specific order (breathing, accent, iota subscript / dieresis). On TypeGreek, it does not matter which order the characters are added: as long as the resulting character is valid, the diacritic will be added.
- Terminal Sigma: TypeGreek determines whether or not to display a terminal sigma when a lowercase sigma is present based on what immediately follows the sigma. A terminal sigma is displayed when the next character is a hard return, a comma, a semi-colon, a period, a colon, a Greek semi-colon (·‡), and a Greek question mark (;). In standard beta code, a j represents a terminal sigma and an s represents a regular sigma. On TypeGreek, j and s are interchangeable.
More Information
The content above should be all that you need to know about beta code for using TypeGreek. If you are interested in more information about beta code, visit the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae page on beta code.
Beta Code
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beta Code is a method of representing, using only ASCII characters, characters and formatting found in ancient Greek texts (and other ancient languages). Its aim is to be not merely a romanization of the Greek alphabet, but to represent faithfully a wide variety of source texts – including formatting as well as rare or idiosyncratic characters.
Beta Code was developed by David W. Packard in the late 1970s and adopted by Thesaurus Linguae Graecae in 1981. It has become the standard for encoding polytonic Greek and has also been used by a number of other projects such as the Perseus Project (which encodes all its Ancient Greek texts using Beta code,[1] the Packard Humanities Institute, the Duke collection of Documentary Papyri, and the Greek Epigraphy Project at Cornell and Ohio State University. Beta Code can be easily converted to a variety of systems for display, most notably the Unicode.[2] Systems such as Sophokeys for typing Beta Code but producing Greek glyphs directly in the entered text (rather than when it is typeset or otherwise output) are increasingly popular, with the result that Beta Code, with some variations, has become a sort of universal default keymap for text entry in polytonic Greek.
Encoding
Greek alphabet
| Upper case | Beta Code | Character name | Lower case | Beta Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Α | *A | Alpha | α | A |
| Β | *B | Beta | β | B |
| Γ | *G | Gamma | γ | G |
| Δ | *D | Delta | δ | D |
| Ε | *E | Epsilon | ε | E |
| Ϝ | *V | Digamma | ϝ | V |
| Ζ | *Z | Zeta | ζ | Z |
| Η | *H | Eta | η | H |
| Θ | *Q | Theta | θ | Q |
| Ι | *I | Iota | ι | I |
| Κ | *K | Kappa | κ | K |
| Λ | *L | Lambda | λ | L |
| Μ | *M | Mu | μ | M |
| Ν | *N | Nu | ν | N |
| Ξ | *C | Xi | ξ | C |
| Ο | *O | Omicron | ο | O |
| Π | *P | Pi | π | P |
| Ρ | *R | Rho | ρ | R |
| Σ | *S | Medial Sigma | σ | S, S1 |
| Σ | *S | Final Sigma | ς | S, S2, J |
| Ϲ | *S (*S3) | Lunate Sigma | ϲ | S (S3) |
| Τ | *T | Tau | τ | T |
| Υ | *U | Upsilon | υ | U |
| Φ | *F | Phi | φ | F |
| Χ | *X | Chi | χ | X |
| Ψ | *Y | Psi | ψ | Y |
| Ω | *W | Omega | ω | W |
Notes
- The TLG Beta Code Manual uses upper-case ASCII letters to represent Greek letters. A variant (used by the Perseus Project) uses lower-case ASCII letters instead. In both cases, the unadorned ASCII letter represents a lower-case Greek letter, and an asterisk must be added to indicate an upper-case Greek letter.
- In general, one encoding character S for Greek sigma is sufficient; it is interpreted as a final sigma at the end of words or when followed by punctuation, and as a medial sigma in other positions. In cases where this auto-disambiguation is not correct, the specific codes S1 and S2 are available.
- The codes *S3 and S3 for lunate sigma are deprecated and do not occur in new texts; TLG regards the lunate sigma as a glyph variant of medial and final sigmas and unifies lunate sigma with these, using *S and S (or, if necessary, S1 or S2, as appropriate), respectively.
- Some representations use J for the final sigma and S for the medial sigma.
Punctuation[edit]
| Punctuation | Beta Code | Name |
|---|---|---|
| . | . | Period |
| , | , | Comma |
| · | : | Colon (Ano Stigme) |
| ; | ; | Question Mark |
| ’ | ' | Apostrophe |
| ‐ | - | Hyphen |
| — | _ | Dash |
Accents and diacritics[edit]
| Diacritic | Beta Code | Name | Examples | Coded as |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ̓ | ) | Smooth breathing | ἐν | E)N |
| ̔ | ( | Rough breathing | ὁ, οἱ | O(, OI( |
| ́ | / | Acute accent | πρός | PRO/S |
| ͂ | = | Circumflex accent | τῶν | TW=N |
| ̀ | \ | Grave accent | πρὸς | PRO\S |
| ̈ | + | Diaeresis | προϊέναι | PROI+E/NAI |
| ͅ | | | Iota subscript | τῷ | TW=| |
| ̄ | & | Macron | μαχαίρᾱς | MAXAI/RA&S |
| ̆ | ' | Breve | μάχαιρᾰ | MA/XAIRA' |
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This version of the Greek Bible includes a document map which allows you to go direct to the head of any chapter (click on View - Document Map). Each chapter is headed with an abbreviation of the book title for easier identification. There is also a brief note on sources. Many thanks to Harmai Gábor for preparing this new version.
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