Using the WinGreek Macros installed by Delta


You can use the following function keys to switch languages:

[Pause key] : "intelligent backspace" will backspace accents as well as characters. Use this key instead of the backspace.

English Mode (F10)

Accented characters can be produced simply by typing the vowel, followed by one of the following keys:

The complete list of accents is as follows:

Key Num Pad   Character
`   open quote (press twice for double quote “)
'   close quote (press twice for double quote ”)
  / ´ acute
  * ` grave
^ - ^ circumflex
  + ¨ dieresis
~   ˜ tilde
|     å ç æ œ ø ß when used after a c e o q s respectively
<   « press twice to get guillemot Left
>   » press twice to get guillemot Right
-   press twice to get em-dash (long)

 

Greek mode (F11)

The letters in the Greek alphabet can generally be found on the equivalent key:

Keyboard Greek   Keyboard Greek  
a a Alpha n n Nu
b b Beta x x Xi
g g Gamma o o Omicron
d d Delta p p Pi
e e Epsilon r r Rho
z z Zeta j s j s Sigma
h h Eta t t Tau
q q Theta u u Upsilon
i i Iota f f Phi
k k Kappa c c Chi
l l Lambda y y Psi
m m Mu w w Omega

Accents and breathings can be added to characters by typing the vowel and then the diacritic(s). Breathings can be typed before or after the accent.

To remove an accent from a vowel, position the insertion point after the vowel and press the intelligent backspace (pause) key.

Key Num Pad   Character
`   ' Rough breathing
'   ` Smooth breathing
  / / acute
  * \ grave
^ - ^ circumflex
  + @ dieresis
|   Ä iota subscript

If the accent keys are not in suitable positions for you, then you can change them by modifying the AssignAccKeys macro.

 

Hebrew mode (F12)

Hebrew right-to-left typing has not yet been implemented in the 32 bit version of WinGreek.

The letters in the Hebrew alphabet can generally be found on the equivalent key:

Keyboard Hebrew   Keyboard Hebrew  
a a aleph m , m , mem
b b bet n ] n ] nun
g g gimel c c samek
d d dalet i i ayin
h h he p [ p [ peh
v v waw j / j / sade
z z zayin q q qop
x x het r r res
t t tet s s sin
y y yod w w shin
k ; k ; kap t t tau
l l lamed . = . = sop pasuq & maqqeph

To obtain letters with a dagesh, use the shifted (uppercase) version of the key.

Diacritics can be found as follows:

Key   Character   Key   Character
- - patah   f f qames
e e segol   " " sere
I I hireq        
\ \ qibbus   V V sureq
f f qames hatup   o or 0 (zero) o 0 holem (two version with different positions)
: : shewa   ^ ^ atnah
| | Silluq   ~ ~ atnah

Vowels are placed under characters in word by using an overstrike field-code. This is somewhat tedious to do by hand and the authors of WinGreek hope to have a macro available at some point.