Documentation

“Beta code to UTF-8” is a utility for the straight-forward publication of polytonic Greek on the web, but can also be used in conjunction with word processors; beta code is composed using the Roman alphabet and subsequently compiled into polytonic Greek.

Nota bene: if the Greek appears mangled or otherwise unsatisfactory; try installing New Athena Unicode or Athena Unicode, two public-domain TrueType fonts which support polytonic Greek.

Detailed information at Patrick Rourke’s Stoa.

Convert

Converts the apposite text into polytonic Greek, where Greek citations are exposed by <greek></greek> elements and prepared according to the beta code standard; thus,

<greek>*(ermh=s xarmo/frwn</greek> of precocious, and <greek>*)apo/llwn e(khbo/los</greek> of pious violence

yields:

Ἑρμῆς χαρμόφρων of precocious, and Ἀπόλλων ἑκηβόλος of pious violence.

Diagnostic

Provides a diagnostic text for the verification of diacriticals; sampi, koppa and vau; and reverts options back to their defaults.

<greek>

Inserts <greek></greek> elements around selected text in Internet Explorer compatible browsers; around an otherwise untagged text; or as pair at the end.

Case sensitive

Indicates that Greek should be rendered according to the original case and beta-asterisks ignored; thus,

*)/e = *)/E = E)/

yields:

Ἔ = Ἔ = ἔ, or
ἔ = Ἔ = Ἔ 

in beta-asterisk and case-sensitive mode, respectively.

Include Latin transliteration

Appends a Latin transliteration to Greek citations according to the master set out under “Latin” below.

Unaccented

Indicates transliteration according to either the commoner unaccented or else the accented method.

Raw HTML

When publishing to the web, raw markup ensures maximum portability; therefore, when a rendered text is satisfying, paste the markup thus generated into an HTML document.

Decimal entities

Alternative character entities can ensure compatibility with some older and heteronomic browsers.

Body

Defines the style parameters for the document body, where “%greek%” refers to the Greek definition.

Greek

Defines the style parameters rendered by the <greek></greek> elements, where “%fonts%” refers to the font-list below.

Latin

Defines the rendering of Latin transliteration, where “%latin%” refers to the text thus produced.

Fonts

Defines the Unicode fonts which support pre-composed polytonic Greek.

Encoding

Specified in the HTML header of the output text.

Append local file

Browse and submit; appends the file to the apposite text.

Troubleshooting

Email Peter Danenberg.