> The first is that refer doesn't appear to recognize named glyphs in > a refer database, eg "Encyclop\[ae]dia Britannica" comes out as > "Encyclop dia Britannica" and "Antoine de St-Exup\['e]ry" as > "Antoine de St-Exup ry". Is there a solution to this, or a known > workaround?
There might be bugs in refer, but to test that we need an example, as Ralph has already said. Werner