Comments on: Buddhism, HTML and diacritics http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/02/28/buddhism-html-and-diacritics/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/02/28/buddhism-html-and-diacritics/#comment-45 Gerald Ford Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:58:39 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/buddhism-html-and-diacritics/#comment-45 You don't have to use anything really. However, I posted this as an easy reference for others. Many Buddhist terms use letters and sounds that are not usually found in the standard Roman Alphabet, but people have devised several different ways, for example, to render Pali terms. This page illustrates the challenges of printing the diacritics: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bullitt/learningpali.html You can see from the page that people have derived many ways of doing this, and some are kind of awkward. Using Unicode HTML codes (method 7) wasn't well established years ago, but as Internet technology gets better, they're less awkward to use than lots of lower/upper case letters. Like I said, you don't have to use them, but people often do. I know I have to chase down the code numbers a lot, so I collected this info from a few places posted this for my own reference. Others I know use this too. Thanks! You don’t have to use anything really. However, I posted this as an easy reference for others. Many Buddhist terms use letters and sounds that are not usually found in the standard Roman Alphabet, but people have devised several different ways, for example, to render Pali terms.

This page illustrates the challenges of printing the diacritics:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bullitt/learningpali.html

You can see from the page that people have derived many ways of doing this, and some are kind of awkward. Using Unicode HTML codes (method 7) wasn’t well established years ago, but as Internet technology gets better, they’re less awkward to use than lots of lower/upper case letters.

Like I said, you don’t have to use them, but people often do. I know I have to chase down the code numbers a lot, so I collected this info from a few places posted this for my own reference. Others I know use this too.

Thanks!

]]> By: unclejoey http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/02/28/buddhism-html-and-diacritics/#comment-44 unclejoey Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:55:55 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/buddhism-html-and-diacritics/#comment-44 I study several languages, and a have masters from ucla in English, and I do not understand what you explained. I am a Buddhist in my philosophical thinking, and would like to know why I have to use diacritical marks to understand how to blog in a Buddhist subject. I study several languages, and a have masters from ucla in English, and I do not understand what you explained. I am a Buddhist in my philosophical thinking, and would like to know why I have to use diacritical marks to understand how to blog in a Buddhist subject.

]]> By: Diacritic or diacritical marks; Zen Zone « Tricycle Editors’ Blog http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/02/28/buddhism-html-and-diacritics/#comment-43 Diacritic or diacritical marks; Zen Zone « Tricycle Editors’ Blog Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:30 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/buddhism-html-and-diacritics/#comment-43 [...] February 28, 2008 Posted by Philip Ryan in Random Notes. trackback A great post on those pesky diacritic marks that trip up so many of us over at the Level 8th Buddhist. These things always slow me down when [...] [...] February 28, 2008 Posted by Philip Ryan in Random Notes. trackback A great post on those pesky diacritic marks that trip up so many of us over at the Level 8th Buddhist. These things always slow me down when [...]

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