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From: teexdwu@ioe.lon.ac.uk (DOMINIK WUJASTYK)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: LaTeX footnotes with Greek Fonts
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.133440.13406@ioe.lon.ac.uk>
Date: 29 Jan 91 13:34:40 GMT
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Reply-To: teexdwu@ioe.lon.ac.uk (DOMINIK WUJASTYK)
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In article <sergio.664797317@helios> sergio@helios.sixcom.it (Sergio Scola) writes:
>I have a problem using Silvio Levy Greek Fonts in LaTeX footnotes.
>
>This happens when using the circumflex accent `~' in conjunction with
>a iota subscript `|' or a breathing (i.e. `<' or `>').
>
>For instance:
>
>	\footnote{\begingreek <or~a|s me, <~w \endgreek}
>                                 ^^^      ^^^
>
>Silvio Levy gives a reference to Reinhard Wonneberger's article in the
>October, 1986 issue of TUGboat (pp. 179-180) to solve this kind of troubles.
>Unfortunately I can't find it!  Could anyone help me? 

Yes, the article is in TUGboat 7(3), and Wonnenberger gives code that
redefines LaTeX's \footnote command in such a way that you would not
have the above problem.

I shall sit down and type it out some time, and when I do, I'll 
post it here, to comp.text.tex.

In the meantime, a workaround is to say the following:

"Blah blah blah \begingreek\footnote{English english \begingreek Greek
Greek\endgreek English}\endgreek"

I.e., surround the \footnote{...} in another set of Greek delimiters.  
Ugly, but it works.

Best wishes,

Dominik