I am currently preparing e-text versions of "W H Sleeman's, Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official". The book describes life and customs in India in the 1830's. Many of the place names, personal names, and various other words have a dash - placed over an a, e, i, or u, to indicate a long vowel. When I produce the 7-bit ASCII plain text, these marks will be missing; in the 8-bit ASCII version I am planning to use a circumflex accent ^ to replace the diacritical mark. However in a HTML version I could use the circumflex accent, or I could use the Unicode series starting with Ā to give a vowel with a dash over it, thus reproducing the original text form. However I have seen some present day publications using the circumflex accent on Indian place names. Thus, I am wondering what the Project Gutenberg preferred form would be for the diacritical mark in the HTML version. Philip Hitchcock Hertfordshire, UK. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 12/01/05