Writing in polytonic Greek on a PC used to be an arduous task due to the limitations of Windows systems keyboards. The insertion of any complex letter required several different steps, and users had to know a large number of keys and combinations of keys by heart.

 NOT ANY MORE!

 

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Euclides Polytonic Greek (Euclides GP) is a Polytonic Greek keyboard controller for Windows 32-bit systems which makes it easy to enter polytonic Greek characters in Windows applications accepting Unicode encoding. The keyboard allows combinations of dead keys, i.e. a given letter can be added to a diacritic.

This software is designed by the Electra GCID of the University of Barcelona, with a GPL license (GNU General Public License), distributed free (see conditions in the license).

 

 To work with Euclides GP you need:

  • A Windows 2000 or later operating system.

  • Applications admitting Unicode encoding.

 

 Quick reference manual:

Activate / deactivate Euclides GP:

AltGr + space

  
Name Symbol Key Name Symbol Key

Grave accent

`

`

Rough breathing

‛

<

Acute accent

´

´

Smooth breathing

’

>

Dieresis

¨

¨

Iota subscript / adscript

ͅ

AltGr+i

Circumflex accent

˜

ñ/^

 Dot above

·

_

monotonic accent

'

¡

 Question mark

;

? / ;

 

How to type combinations of letters and diacritics:

  • First type the diacritics in any order and then the letter.

  • The form cannot be seen until the letter is typed.