Dear Ven. Kumara, Teng Kee and friends,

Bhante,

I will only be able to get a copy through mail-ordering or when I am
back in Singapore next month. However, I can do the typing by myself
but I need your need to scan the pages and send them to me at
ypong001@... I also do not have the CSX+ fonts installed in my
system, can you e-mail me the fonts too, please.

Teng Kee: I can understand your sentiments and I share the same
concern. I assure that we only intend to put up 12 pages of the 176-
page book online for study purpose. In fact, the free books on
Tipitaka Network are all for free distribution either in print or
electronic form.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- Ong Teng Kee wrote:

> The book is just 350 lanka rupee.Anyone from Europe and US will

find the price too low if they send the money in rupee to Buddhist
culture centre(less than 3 usd plus postage).Let BPS earn some money
or else who are going to buy their books.

> I only agree books being put online if the books are out for print

for 100 years or so.

>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kumaara Bhikkhu
>
> > Yong Peng,
> >
> > I can get a copy from the library. Can you borrow a copy from

anywhere or anyone near you? Perhaps someone in this group might be
able to help.

> >
> > I don't think it would be worth the time invested to figure out a

way to configure an OCR software to recognise Pali characters. So, I
think that leaves us with the option of typing it manually, unless
you could get a soft copy from BPS... No harm trying, is there?

> >
> > If that can't be done, we can distribute the task of typing among

anyone who is willing to volunteer. Many hands make light work. I'd
recommend the typesetters to use

> > - PaliTrans 2 (the 523Kb freeware) as the word processor
> > - RTF as the standard file format
> > - CSX+ as the standard font character map (Not sure about the

terminology.)

> > - (if possible) ZIP as the compressed format for emailing
> >
> > All files shall be sent to you (or someone else) to compile. You

then place it on your website, with a note saying that:

> > - BPS (linked to their site) kindly allowed the reproduction.
> > - it may contain errors as it is yet to be thoroughly proofread
> > - all are welcome to point out typo errors.
> >
> > You can then announce the good news in this group, and that ends

the first phase.

> >
> > This is just a sketchy draft plan. I'd suggest that you attempt

to get a soft copy from BPS first.

> >
> > metta,
> > KB