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README
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This file is part of the `metre' package.

Copyright 2000 2001 Gianfranco Boggio-Togna
                         gbt@acm.org
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metre.sty provides some of the tools that are needed for typesetting
scholarly publications dealing with classical Latin and Greek texts,
with special emphasis on Greek verse.



FILE LIST

readme			this file
metre.dtx		the package
metre.ins		the installation file
metre.ind		the index file for metre.dtx

demo.tex		a test file 

metre.pdf		the PDF version of the user guide
demo.pdf		the PDF version of the test file 

greek1.tex		test files for Greek text (require Babel with the 
greek2.tex		`polutonikogreek' option)
greek3.tex		

igreek1.tex		test files for Greek text (require Ibycus4) 
igreek2.tex		
igreek3.tex		


REQUIREMENTS

The package requires `relsize.sty' which can be found in: 

    /pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/other/misc


INSTALLATION

1) Run `metre.ins' through LaTeX.

2) Copy `metre.sty' into a directory along the input path of TeX.

3) Run `metre.dtx' through LaTeX to get the documentation
   (`metre.ind'	must be in the same directory as `metre.dtx').

   By default, only the first part of the file (the user guide) is
   processed; if you are interested in the code, follow the
   instructions	near the beginning of `metre.dtx'.

4) Run LaTeX on `demo.tex' to verify the installation.

5) To process `greek1.tex', `greek2.tex' and `greek3.tex' you must
   have Babel installed, with the `polutonikogreek' option. 
   To process `igreek1.tex', `igreek2.tex' and `igreek3.tex'
   you must have Ibycus4 installed.

Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (190.2k).

metre – Support for the work of classicists

The package provides classicists with some of the tools that are needed for typesetting scholarly publications dealing with Greek and Latin texts, with special emphasis on Greek verse.

As the package's name suggests, its core is a comprehensive set of commands for generating metrical schemes and for placing prosodical marks on text set in the Latin or the Greek alphabet. The rest of the package provides a miscellany of commands for symbols (most of them not directly related to metre) that are often used in critical editions of classical texts.

The package does not require any special font: all symbols are taken from the Computer Modern fonts (which are included in all distributions) and the package's commands are based on primitives.

Packagemetre
Version1.0
LicensesThe Project Public License
Copyright2000, 2001 Gianfranco Boggio-Togna
MaintainerGianfranco Boggio-Togna
Contained inTeX Live as metre
TopicsCritical edition
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