[Buddha-l] Diacriticals missing - Sadly, I'm not enlightened

[donna Bair-Mundy]

Aloha,
   It comes across as vyapti.  An "a" with no diacritical mark.  Unadorned. 
No long ear-lobes.  No tongue that is extraordinarily long.  Nothing.
   Alas, I am not seeing the true reality of what anyone writes.

                    	Have a safe and joyful day,

 			donna Bair-Mundy, Ph.D.
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2011, Dan Lusthaus wrote:

> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:08:26 -0400
> From: Dan Lusthaus <vasubandhu at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
> To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Gandharan Buddhist Art at NY Asia Society
> 
> Aloha, Donna.
>
>>   What I just got from the venerable Dr. Hayes included the following:
>>
>> vy?gpti
>
> Thanks. It's always good to be reassured that one is not alone in one's
> travails.
>
> Since Richard's emails used to reach us with diacriticals intact, the first
> question might be has he changed anything -- settings, programs, computer --
> recently? If so, can he un-change or modify the new to comply with utf-8
> unicode standards? The vy?gpti and coherence of his messages might depend on
> that someday.
>
> Dan
>
> P.S. Just to be sure, Donna, can you report back how vyapti looks on your
> machine? Is the space between the y and p filled with an a topped by a
> horizontal line, or something else? If you see vyapti as vyapti, then you
> are seeing things as they are, yathabhuta, and close to enlightenment (or,
> alternatively, your email program is functioning properly).
>
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