Directory language/armenian/armtex
README
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% This is the `README' file of the ArmTeX project. %% %% This file is a part of the ArmTeX project [2024/01/13 v3.0-beta5] %% %% ArmTeX is a system for writing in Armenian with plain TeX and/or LaTeX(2e). %% %% Copyright 1997 - 2024: %% Serguei Dachian (Serguei.Dachian_AT_univ-lille.fr), %% Arnak Dalalyan (arnak.dalalyan_AT_ensae.fr), %% Vardan Akopian (vakopian_AT_yahoo.com). %% %% ArmTeX may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX %% Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your %% option) any later version. %% %% The latest version of this license is in %% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt %% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version %% 2005/12/01 or later. %% %% ArmTeX has the LPPL maintenance status `author-maintained'. %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1. Description ArmTeX is a system for writing in Armenian with plain TeX and/or LaTeX(2e). It can be used with a standard Latin keyboard without any special support for Armenian letters. It can also be used with an Armenian keyboard which supports either Unicode (UTF-8) encoding, or any single-byte encoding having Armenian letters in the second half (characters 128-255) of the extended ASCII table (however, single-byte encoding definition files are provided for ArmSCII8 encoding only; for other single-byte encodings you will have to write corresponding encoding definition files for plain TeX and/or for LaTeX yourself, using respectively `armkb-a8.tex' and `armscii8.def' as examples). This is a freeware system by Serguei Dachian, Arnak Dalalyan and Vardan Akopian, and it can be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License (see above). 2. About fonts The ArmTeX system includes two families of fonts: a) Artm (Armenian Times) family contains the fonts artmr10, artmsl10, artmi10, artmb10, artmbs10 and artmbi10: a Serif font (something like Times New Roman or Computer Modern Roman), along with its Slanted, Italic, Bold, Bold Slanted and Bold Italic versions. These fonts were initially converted from the TrueType font family ArTarumianTimes created by Ruben Hakobian (Tarumian). We would like to thank Ruben once again for giving us the permission to use his fonts. b) Arss (Armenian SansSerif) family contains the fonts arssr10, arsssl10, arssb10 and arssbs10: a SansSerif font (something like Arial or Computer Modern SansSerif), along with its Slanted, Bold and Bold Slanted versions. These fonts were initially converted from the PostScript font Sassoun created by Raffi Kojian (n_w$$h). We would like to thank Raffi once again for giving us the permission to use his font. 3. Obtaining ArmTeX ArmTeX system can be downloaded from CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network). As of the time of writing this README file, ArmTeX is located at: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/armtex The system can be downloaded in two different packagings: armtex.tds.zip % TDS (TeX Directory Structure) compliant packaging. armtex.zip % CTAN standards compliant packaging. For installation purposes, we strongly recommend downloading the first packaging, in which the ArmTeX files are organized according to the directory structure used for texmf trees in standard TeX installations (TDS). As of the time of writing this README file, this first packaging can be downloaded at: http://mirrors.ctan.org/install/language/armenian/armtex.tds.zip In the second packaging, the (same) ArmTeX files are organized in a simpler (more convenient for browsing) directory structure used on CTAN. As of the time of writing this README file, this second packaging can be downloaded at: http://mirrors.ctan.org/language/armenian/armtex.zip Here is a complete list of ArmTeX 3.0 files (by TDS directory). doc/generic/armenian (top level directory on CTAN): README % This `README' file. manual.pdf % PDF file of the Armenian version of the ArmTeX manual. manual-e.pdf % PDF file of the English version of the ArmTeX manual. doc/generic/armenian/examples/latex (examples/latex on CTAN): alphabet.tex % A LaTeX sample: Armenian alphabet with IPA transcriptions. manual.tex % Source of the Armenian version of the ArmTeX manual. manual-e.tex % Source of the English version of the ArmTeX manual. raffi.tex % A sample LaTeX document in transliteration. raffi-a8.tex % A sample LaTeX document in ArmSCII8. raffi-u8.tex % A sample LaTeX document in UTF-8. doc/generic/armenian/examples/plain (examples/plain on CTAN): first.tex % The first ever Armenian sample document in (plain) TeX. plraf.tex % A sample plain TeX document in transliteration. plraf-a8.tex % A sample plain TeX document in ArmSCII8. plraf-u8.tex % A sample plain TeX document in UTF-8. table.tex % A plain TeX sample: table of an Armenian OT6 font. fonts/afm/public/armenian (fonts/afm on CTAN): arssb10.afm % AFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font. arssbs10.afm % AFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font. arssr10.afm % AFM file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font. arsssl10.afm % AFM file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font. artmb10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font. artmbi10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font. artmbs10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font. artmi10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font. artmr10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font. artmsl10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font. fonts/map/dvips/armenian (fonts/map on CTAN): arss.map % MAP file for Armenian SansSerif fonts. artm.map % MAP file for Armenian Times fonts. fonts/source/public/armenian (fonts/source on CTAN): arssb10.mf % Source file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font. arssbs10.mf % Source file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font. arssr10.mf % Source file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font. arsssl10.mf % Source file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font. artmb10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font. artmbi10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font. artmbs10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font. artmi10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font. artmr10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font. artmsl10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font. ps2mfbas.mf % Common METAFONT macros for Armenian fonts. fonts/tfm/public/armenian (fonts/tfm on CTAN): arssb10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font. arssbs10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font. arssr10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font. arsssl10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font. artmb10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font. artmbi10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font. artmbs10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font. artmi10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font. artmr10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font. artmsl10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font. fonts/type1/public/armenian (fonts/type1 on CTAN): arssb10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font. arssb10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font. arssbs10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font. arssbs10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font. arssr10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font. arssr10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font. arsssl10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font. arsssl10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font. artmb10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font. artmb10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font. artmbi10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font. artmbi10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font. artmbs10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font. artmbs10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font. artmi10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font. artmi10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font. artmr10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font. artmr10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font. artmsl10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font. artmsl10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font. tex/latex/armenian (tex/latex on CTAN): armscii8.def % ArmSCII8 input encoding definition file. armtex.sty % LaTeX package for writing in Armenian. ot6cmr.fd % OT6/cmr font definition file. ot6cmss.fd % OT6/cmss font definition file. ot6enc.def % OT6 encoding definition file. ot6enc.dfu % Armenian UTF-8 input encoding definition file. tex/plain/armenian (tex/plain on CTAN): arm.tex % Plain TeX input file for writing in Armenian. armkb-a8.tex % ArmSCII8 input encoding for plain TeX. armkb-u8.tex % Armenian UTF-8 input encoding for plain TeX. 4. Installing ArmTeX Download the TDS compliant packaging `armtex.tds.zip' (see the previous section for more details) and extract it to some temporary location. You should obtain a directory (named armtex) containing (nothing but) the three (sub)directories `doc', `fonts' and `tex'. If you are upgrading from ArmTeX 1.0 or 2.0, you must first "uninstall" the previous version. Indeed, the changes between versions are important (see also the ArmTeX manual). Not only some files were changed, but some old files were removed, some new files were added and some files were renamed. Note also that between versions 1.0 and 2.0, the transliteration scheme was modified, and so a slight (re)editing of your own documents typed with ArmTeX 1.0 is necessary. So, first remove all the files related to the previous version of ArmTeX (the files which are part of it, as well as, say, generated PK files) and (if upgrading from ArmTeX 1.0) be sure to read the section of the ArmTeX manual about the changes of the transliteration scheme. Further installation generally consists of the three following steps: a) Copy the ArmTeX 3.0 files somewhere your TeX system can find them. b) Make your TeX system aware of the new files (update the TeX filename database). c) Activate the map files `artm.map' and `arss.map', so that they can be used by programs like pdfTeX, dvips, dvipdf, dvipdfm, etc. On TeXlive based systems (including MacTeX) we recommend installing ArmTeX 3.0 as administrator (root) to the local texmf tree (the location of which can be found using "kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFLOCAL" command). So, all the commands need to be run either from the root account, or with the help of the "sudo" command (it seems that "sudo -H" is preferable to "sudo"). For the step a), just copy the directories `doc', `fonts' and `tex' to the chosen location. For the step b), use the command "mktexlsr" (or, on some systems, the command "texhash"). Finally, the step c) is performed using the following commands: updmap-sys --enable MixedMap artm.map updmap-sys --enable MixedMap arss.map It is also possible to install ArmTeX 3.0 to your personal texmf tree (the location of which can be found using "kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFHOME" command). In this case the step b) is not needed, and the step c) is performed using the following commands: updmap --enable MixedMap artm.map updmap --enable MixedMap arss.map However, be warned that as soon as you have run "updmap" once, any consequent calls to "updmap-sys" will be ineffective. So, if some new maps are installed system-wide, they will not be available to you until you rerun "updmap" yourself. On MikTeX based systems we recommend installing ArmTeX 3.0 in a separate (dedicated to ArmTeX) tree. The trees are managed via the MikTeX Maintenance (or Settings) GUI. Just add a tree pointing to some empty directory and copy the directories `doc', `fonts' and `tex' to it. The step b) can be performed via the GUI or by running the command "initexmf --update-fndb". Finally, for the step c), run the command "initexmf --edit-config-file updmap", add the lines MixedMap artm.map MixedMap arss.map to the opened file, save it, after which run the command "initexmf --mkmaps". After completing the three steps, you should be able to compile the example and documentation files from the `doc/generic/armenian/examples' directory. The latter contains two (sub)directories: `plain' and `latex'. The files from the first one should be compiled with plain TeX (usually "tex" and "pdftex" commands), and the files from the second one should be compiled with LaTeX2e (usually "latex" and "pdflatex" commands). To type your own documents (in plain TeX or in LaTeX) read the ArmTeX manual. The source of the Armenian version of the manual is in the `manual.tex' file located in the `doc/generic/armenian/examples/latex' directory, while the source of the English one is in the `manual-e.tex' file located in the same place. PDF files of both versions (`manual.pdf' and `manual-e.pdf') are also included in ArmTeX 3.0 distribution (in the `doc/generic/armenian' directory, along with this `README' file). 5. Known problems and limitations The spacing and kerning of the fonts may not always look very nice (especially when the Armenian intonation signs are involved). Actually, using the 128-character encoding OT6, it seems difficult to do better. The 256-character encoding T6 is reserved for future releases of ArmTeX. This encoding will probably include both Armenian and Latin characters, Armenian ligatures, as well as some "accented" symbols to solve spacing and kerning problems. There is no automatic hyphenation of Armenian words. However, as a workaround, the "loosespace" option can be used to avoid overfull/underfull problems caused by the absence of the hyphenation (see ArmTeX manual for details). If you have any other problem [normally you should not ;-)] do not hesitate to contact us. Any bug reports and/or suggestions for improving ArmTeX are welcome. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Below we give a brief description of the new (posterior to ArmTeX 2.0) features. This description is temporary: it will be removed when the manuals of the version 3.0 are ready (before this beta release becomes official). 1) Unicode (UTF-8) input is now supported (both in plain TeX and in LaTeX). For LaTeX, the Unicode support is in the `ot6enc.dfu' file. To load it, just use the command "\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}" in the preamble (or, alternatively, the command "\inputencoding{utf8}" in the desired place) of your document). For plain TeX, it is in the `armkb-u8.tex' file. To load it, just use the command "\input armkb-u8". By the way, `kbdencod.tex' file used to provide ArmSCII8 input support in plain TeX was moved to `armkb-a8.tex' and, of course, now must be loaded using the command "\input armkb-a8". 2) Armenian symbols can now be equally accessed (both in plain TeX and in LaTeX) through macros like "\armayb", "\Armayb", "\armsep", "\armfullstop", etc. The names of the macros (except "\armbl" and "\armuh") comply with the "AST 34.001" standard (for the complete list, see `ot6enc.def' file). Note that for ArmTeX 2.0 compatibility, "\armemdash" and "\armbl" are repeated as "\textanjgic" and "\textbreaklig" respectively. Note also that in plain TeX, the primitives "\uppercase" and "\lowercase" do not work with macro input, but only with ArmSCII8 and UTF-8, as well as with transliteration. However, it is not a bug, it's a feature (this primitives must ignore macros). In LaTeX, these primitives work even worse (they work only with transliteration). However, in LaTeX, one can (and should) use the commands "\MakeUppercase" and "\MakeLowercase" which work with all four types of input. Note finally that in math mode (supported in LaTeX only), the only allowed type of input is transliteration. Moreover, in order to be able to input letters whose transliteration contains the "apostrophe" character, one needs to deactivate it from producing the derivative ("^{\prime}"). For this, the command "\armprime" is provided (which can be used locally or globally). In the case you need to produce the derivative in the scope of action of an "\armprime", you can either produce it using "^{\prime}", or reactivate the "apostrophe" character with the help of the command "\armprimeoff". Also, the commands "\mtArmayb" - "\mtArmfe" (including both "\mtArmvyun" and "\mtArmvovyun") and "\mtarmayb" - "\mtarmfe" (including both "\mtarmvyun" and "\mtarmvovyun", as well as "\mtarmew") provide an alternative way to produce Armenian letters in math mode. They work in a slightly special way: if the "current math font" name starts with "artm" or "arss" (for example, inside of a "\mathartmbfit" command), the letter is typeset using this font; otherwise a default Armenian math command is invoked. This default command is initially set to "\mathartm", but can be changed using the command "\mathardefault" like, for example, "\mathardefault{\mathartmbf}". 3) Since the symbol "\armew" does not have a standard position in ArmSCII8, our ArmSCII8 input encoding files (both for plain TeX and for LaTeX) do not support it by default. However, it is now possible (when using ArmSCII8 input) to add the support of the "\armew" symbol with the help of the command "\definearmew{X}", where "X" must be replaced by the character used as "\armew" in your "version" of ArmSCII8 encoding (of course, this must be a character from the second half of the extended ASCII table, that is, having a charcode between 128 and 255). Note that in order to make "\uppercase" and "\lowercase" macros work, the plain TeX version of "\definearmew" defines the character with charcode 159 (which is normally unused in ArmSCII8) to be the "capital armew", that is, to produce "\Armyech\Armvev". If, for some reason, one prefers to use a character with a different charcode as the "capital armew", the plain TeX version of "\definearmew" has an additional optional argument, allowing to specify the charcode value in the following way: "\definearmew[value]{X}", where "X" must be replaced by the character used as "\armew" and "value" must be between 128 and 255 (and different from the charcode of the character used as "\armew"). 4) Four new symbols are added to the fonts: "\armdram", "\armnum", "\armeterity" and "\armabbrev". For the latter, there is also a command "\armabr" which puts the symbol on top of its argument. So, now, all the symbols present either in ArmSCII or in Armenian Unicode block are provided (we do not provide Armenian ligatures located in Unicode at positions from U+FB13 to U+FB17, but they can be used as input and, in this case, are translated to the corresponding pairs of letters). 5) PostScript (Type 1) versions of the fonts are now provided (an AFM, a PFB and a PFM file for each font). This allows to obtain PDF and PS files which look better on screen. However, these fonts will be used only if the MAP files `artm.map' and `arss.map' are "activated" during the installation (see above). 6) Also, in order to make PDF files "searchable and copyable" in PDF viewers, "ToUnicode" tables are set up using pdf(La)TeX primitives "\pdfgentounicode" and "\pdfglyphtounicode". However, "ToUnicode" tables work only with pdfLaTeX and plain pdfTeX (they work neither in PS files, nor in PDF files produced in a different from pdf(La)TeX way, like "(La)TeX + dvipdf" or "(La)TeX + dvips + ps2pdf", etc.). 7) Macros dealing with Armenian numerals are now available. - "\armnumeral" prints an "arbitrary length" integer as Armenian numeral (from 1 to 9999 part is written using Armenian letters in a classical way, from 10000 to 99990000 part is over-lined once, etc.). Note that "\armnumeral" is slightly different from the TeX primitive "\romannumeral": for example, "\armnumeral\pageno" does not work (since "\pageno" is a count register, not an integer value). However, "\armnumeral" first expands its argument, so you can use "\armnumeral{\the\pageno}" and/or "\armnumeral{\number\pageno}". - "\unarmnumeral" stores the numerical value of an Armenian numeral (given as an argument) in the TeX count register "\armnumeralcount" and also prints it (except if you use "\unarmnumeral*" which prints nothing). Note that this macro is limited to integers from 1 to 9999 (it seems difficult to have an over-lined input) and does not work with transliterated arguments, but only with the three remaining types of input (ArmSCII8, UTF-8, and macros). - LaTeX specific macros "\armnumber" and "\unarmnumber" deal with LaTeX counters: \armnumber{toto} prints the value of the counter "toto" as Armenian numeral; \unarmnumber{xxx}{toto} stores the value of the Armenian numeral "xxx" in the counter "toto"; \pagenumbering{armnumber} makes page numbers to be printed as Armenian numerals. 8) Also, there are new LaTeX specific macros "\armalph" and "\Armalph" which work like "\alph" and "\Alph" do for the Latin alphabet (this is different from Armenian numerals since, for example, the number "12" will be "\Armzhe\Armben" in "\armnumber", but "\Armlyun" in "\Armalph"). If the counter toto contains the value "n" (between 1 and 36): - \armalph{toto} prints the "n"-th letter of the Armenian alphabet in lowercase; - \Armalph{toto} prints the "n"-th letter of the Armenian alphabet in uppercase. Note that if "n" = 34, "\armvovyun" (or "\Armvovyun") is printed (according to eastern Armenian). Besides, "\pagenumbering{armalph}" and "\pagenumbering{Armalph}" make page numbers to be printed correspondingly. Finally, "\armalphs" (note the final "s") redefines LaTeX "\alph" and "\Alph" to be "\armalph" and "\Armalph" respectively. The macro "\armalphsoff" cancels this (restores "\alph" and "\Alph" to the values they had "AtBeginDocument"). Note also that if the document is entirely in Armenian (the package "armtex" is loaded without the "latin" option), "\armalphs" is executed "AtBeginDocument". This behavior is exactly the same as the one of the macros "\armnames" and "\armnamesoff". In the same style, there are new macros "\armfontsdefault" and "\armfontsdefaultoff" which respectively define all the default font properties (encoding, family, series and shape) to be Armenian, and restore them to the values they had "AtBeginDocument". Normally, all these macros are not needed to a user, but can serve if producing a "really multilingual" document. 9) In both plain TeX and LaTeX, "\armdate" and "\armdateoff" are no longer executed (in contrary to ArmTeX 2.0) each time you enter and you leave Armenian mode (this behavior was dangerous, since it could interfere with some packages which use "\today", say, in page headers). To compensate, a new macro "\armtoday" is provided. Besides, like "\armnames", "\armalphs", etc., "\armdate" is executed (in LaTeX) "AtBeginDocument" (making "\today" equivalent to "\armtoday") if the document is entirely in Armenian (the package "armtex" is loaded without the "latin" option). Note that "\armhyph" and "\armhyphoff" are still executed (as in ArmTeX 2.0) each time you enter and you leave Armenian mode. 10) As a workaround to the absence of the hyphenation, the option "loosespace<=n>" (here "=n" is optional and "n" is an integer) is added to the "armtex" package. By default, "n" = 6 if the option is specified without "=n". If "n" is less than or equal to 1, the option has no effect. Otherwise, the inter-word spaces are "n" times looser than usual. Normally, "n" = 6 avoids most overfull/underfull problems caused by the absence of the hyphenation, but one can specify more (or less) "loose". In plain TeX, to make spaces looser, one needs to add "\def\armloosespace{n}" before loading the `arm.tex' file, and there is no default value for "n". 11) The ArmTeX redefinition of LaTeX commands "\!", "\|" and "\*" was adapted to deal with the fact that these commands can be robust (this is the case in newer versions of LaTeX). Note also that in newer versions of LaTeX, "\!" works both in math and in text modes, so redefining it will break your files if you have a habit of using it in text mode (this is also the case for "\*", but it seems unlikely that somebody will use it in text mode).
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armtex – A system for writing in Armenian with TeX and LaTeX
ArmTeX is a system for typesetting Armenian text with Plain TeX or LaTeX(2e). It may be used with input:
- from a standard Latin keyboard without any special encoding and/or support for Armenian letters,
- from any keyboard which uses an encoding that has Armenian letters in the second half (characters 128-255) of the extended ASCII table (for example ArmSCII8 Armenian standard),
- from an Armenian keyboard using UTF-8 encoding.
Users should note that the manuals still mostly describe the previous version of the package (ArmTeX 2.0). However, a description of the new features of ArmTeX 3.0 is provided at the end of the README file.
Package | armtex |
Version | 3.0-beta5 2024-01-13 |
Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3 |
Copyright | 1997–2024 Serguei Dachian, Arnak Dalalyan, Vardan Akopian |
Maintainer | Vardan Akopian Serguei Dachian Arnak Dalalyan |
TDS archive | armtex.tds.zip |
Contained in | TeX Live as armtex MiKTeX as armtex |
Topics | Armenian Font Font Type1 Format MF Font |