Hi Ria,
When I try to practice with the spreadsheet which I open with
Open Office on my computer the OO has an autocomplete
feature which ruins my practice as it is giving me the answer
while I am trying to type my own answer. You mentioned
using Open Office and so I wondered if you might know how
to turn the automatic complete off.

thanks,
Dipa
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, grasje <grasje@...> wrote:

> Dear John,
>
> Just after I posted my message I remembered that there might be a file
> for input easy (thid you really write it yourself!Wow!)
> I could not get the previews working on my computer, that is why I did
> not download the program. Yesterday I decided to try and download
> anyway, and input easy does work. I have already extracted the
> vocabulary to a spreadsheet. Thank you very much for your kind offer.
>
> Metta,
>
> Ria
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, "John Kelly"
> <palistudent@...> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Ria,
> >
> > Years ago, I created an input easy file for all the vocabulary words
> > from Gair/Karunatillake's "New Course in REading Pali". I can extract
> > the chapters out to text files, combine into one file, convert to
> > velthuis, and put them into a spreadsheet for you.
> >
> > With metta,
> > John
> > --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, "grasje" <grasje@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear Yong Peng,
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, I have adopted John's suggestion for Velthuis. Velthuis looks
> > > ugly but forces you to pay attention to the dots, lines and ~ symbols.
> > >
> > > I have no idea how to make something in javascript.
> > >
> > > But: If you look in the files under the directory jmemorise files, you
> > > will see 5 files: 4 vocabularies and one file for memorising the
> > > declension of masculine nouns in a. For the program itself see
> > > (http://jmemorize.org/). Today I have been working on a wordlist for
> > > conjugating verbs. (I am studying chapter 9 of the pali primer, about
> > > the -tva, and -tu.m, so I need to practice this part of the grammar.
> > > Amazing how much you pick up by making wordlists, even if you did not
> > > really practice yet). When I meet them in the lessons to come, there
> > > will undoubtably follow jmemorise files for other nouns ending in
> > > whatever letter they end.
> > >
> > > I ask you to WAIT A FEW (3) WEEKS, then you may host the sheet and the
> > > jmemorise files on tipitaka.net. I just found out that Warder
> > > recommends learning masculen nouns nouns ending a as if they ended in
> > > o (janako, maatulo), so you will easily remember the gender and the
> > > way the word declines. Neuter a-nouns should be learned ending in .m;
> > > (khetta.m). Etc. It is a very sound advice.
> > > I plan to rework the vocabularies (spreadsheet and Jmemorise files;
> > > dont't worry, I can let the spreadheet do this for me, I am not going
> > > to type it out) so the words end in the recommended letter. When I'm
> > > finished you can host the lists on tipitaka.net.
> > >
> > > I personally think the Jmemorise files are very handy, but I myself
> > > still need the spreasdheet to learn to type the words correctly.
> > > Jmemorise asks only to choose if you remembered a word correctly or
> > > not. Especially as a beginner it takes dedicated effort to make a
> > > difference between m and .m. For me, typing is essential and now I use
> > > both jmemorise and the spreadsheet. Spreadsheets can't be hosted, can
> > > they?
> > >
> > > My plans for the near future are:
> > > - Reworking the list for word-ending of nouns
> > > - making declension-of-verb-list (as I meet them during the study)
> > > - making listst for declensions of other nouns (as I meet them during
> > > the study)
> > > - In the last tab of the spreadsheet I have already added a list of
> > > the chapters of the pali primer and the elementary course (this is one
> > > of the differences between the seemingly similar files), in a logical
> > > order for learning. I still want to add references to that list to
> > > Duroiselles grammar, so students can read a bit explanation about the
> > > grammar rules they learn in the courses. ( but when I go through the
> > > study, my ideas about what is logical will change, I guess.)
> > > - go through the old postings and select the "beginners" questions,
> > > like the recent discussion on word order. Put them together in a
> > > word-file. A kind of question and answer-file.
> > >
> > > In this way I hope to gather the essential material for pali students
> > > who, like me, study at home by themselves. Rearranging existing
> > > material in a logical order for learning the language. I need it
> > > myself in order to make progress, and I am very happy to be able to
> > > share it with others.
> > >
> > > If you need lists reworked for Warder or the new pali course, I might
> > > be of some help. Right now I have skimmed through lesson 1-5 of Warder
> > > and decided to stay with the Pali primer and the elementary course. (I
> > > found the Warder vocabulary somewhere on the net, and I processed it
> > > to fit in the sheet and jmemorise files. whish I could find the
> > > vocabulary files of "a new course in reading pali". Or is that
> > > forbidden because of copyright troubles?. I don't think I can soon be
> > > of help in the translation exercises.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > Ria Glas
> > >
> > > --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, "Ong Yong Peng"
> <palismith@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear Ria and John,
> > > >
> > > > thanks, Ria. It seems like you have adopted John's suggestion, and
> > > > now the pali words are all in velthuis. This is good, as it is
> still
> > > > easier to type in velthuis than in, say, unicode. However, now,
> there
> > > > seems to be 2 similar files in the system. ;-)
> > > >
> > > > This is a really admirable project, especially for those who want to
> > > > build up pali vocabulary fast. If you can do something similar in
> > > > javascript, I can host it on tipitaka.net. ;-) Also, how about the
> > > > same for conjugation and declension?
> > > >
> > > > I also notice that you have included Warder's. We are looking at
> > > > continuing the group study later this year. We finished the first
> > > > third of the book in the previous run, and will work on the middle
> > > > section this time. I hope you can join us then.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > metta,
> > > > Yong Peng.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, grasje wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I use VriRomanPali DD, exept on the page for Warder, there I had to
> > > > use Times Ext Roman. I copied the word lists from the internet, so I
> > > > had to work with what I had. VriRomanPali DD is available on
> many Pali
> > > > sites, so I guess that most people have it already in their
> available
> > > > fonts.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>


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