How to change between languages without using a command?

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I am using LaTeX to produce texts containing both English and Greek characters, with the aid of the babel package. My approach up to now, in declaring the use of another language, is to use a shortened self-defined command (e.g. gr{}). Though effective, this has become quite cumbersome, and I would be interested to be able to switch between the two languages without having to declare this every time. Is there a relatively short solution to this problem?

Nigel · Accepted Answer

Using XeTeX and unicode, you can type foreign scripts directly into your LaTeX document. See Why can't my build produce certain Greek symbols?

In that example, I use the textgreek command, however, that's only necessary to allow automatic font switching.

If you go this path, you will need to switch to polyglossia, rather than babel.

Theo · Answer

There is auto-greek, a package which allows this exactly. I have tested some years ago, but I haven't used it; it was difficult in collaboration to use a package that cannot be installed automatically. You can review and download it here

Eleni · Answer

Try the following:
documentclass[]{article}
usepackage{blindtext}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[greek,english]{babel}
usepackage{alphabeta}

begin{document}

This is a text in English. Αυτό είναι ένα κείμενο στα Eλληνικά
    
end{document}

The result will be:
This is a text in English. Αυτό είναι ένα κείμενο στα Ελληνικά

How to change between languages without using a command?

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