Derek,

Almost a year ago, you posted a comment:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/5639

Which I had only just accidently noticed. You had asked:

> Would you be willing to make
> your script freely available to
> the public for them to store on
> their own server?

Absolutely. Consider any scripts mentioned by me,
on this list, for which I can claim responsibility,
to be in the public domain.

Alex

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Derek" <derekacameron@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, Alex,
>
> > I am interested in feedback from other users. I've also
> > come up with a simple javascript that replaces pali in
> > the velthuis format (.d .t 'n aa, etc) with NCR
> > (& #7693, etc):
> >
> > http://alex.voodooglobe.com/alex/04a/palijavascript.html
>
> I think your Javascript idea, combined with Dimitry's long font
> family list, is a great idea! Look at the advantages of it:
>
> - page displays correctly for 70% of visitors *without* them making
> any special adjustments
>
> - page will display correctly for close to 100% of visitors
> providing the remaining 30% are willing to download at least one of
> the special fonts
>
> - page is easy to type (Velthuis-style) for the creator, requiring
> no special editing software or long strings of character codes
>
> I don't want to go back and redo my own page, but if anyone is using
> your method to put large quantities of Pali on the internet, I have
> two suggestions for improvement:
>
> - the Javascript should reside on the webpage creator's host, not
> yours. Would you be willing to make your script freely available to
> the public for them to store on their own server?
>
> - it would be helpful for newcomers to Pali on the internet if
> anyone creating a site using this method included links to where the
> 30% who don't have Arial Unicode MS or a modern version of Tahoma
> can get one of the special fonts for their platform
>
> Derek.