Re: Problem with module ancientgreek

["Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>]

On 01/08/2013 11:17 AM, MANUEL GONZALEZ SUAREZ wrote:
> I send you a code in which I use the module "ancientgreek" to write the
> vowels with the sign of long and short. In the case of the short vowel,
> the sign appears perfectly, but in the case of the long vowel, a rare
> sign appears. Does anyone know how to solve this?. Here's the code:
>
>
> \enableregime[utf]
>
> \usemodule[ancientgreek][Font=GreekOldStandard,scale=1.1]
>
> \starttext
>
> Alpha longa \localgreek{\={a}}
>
> Alpha brevis \localgreek{\u{a}}
>
> \stoptext
>

Mkii or Mkiv? I'm surprised you get any meaningful output at all. What I 
would suggest:

1. Use proper unicode input. The two glyphs you want are in OldStandard 
as 1x1FB0 and 1x1FB1. (I can paste them into this mail, but it's always 
a risk whether this will be mangled by a mail agent: ᾰ ᾱ)

2. You can also use regular ConTeXt constructs:
\buildtextaccent\textmacron α}
\buildtextaccent\textbreve α}

I would advise (strongly) against using ASCII transliteration; this is 
essentially a leftover from the 1980s, which should have died with the 
floppy disk and the dot matrix printer...

HTH

Thomas
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