Dear Jon and Nina,

1. there are a few scripts around which you can refer to:
(a) JS - http://www.library.websangha.org/earlybuddhism/convertpad.htm
(b) PHP - http://www.tipitaka.net/forge/index.php?article=velthuis2unicode

2&3. Programming languages such as Perl and Ruby have strong parsing and text handling capabilities that may lead one to think it is a simple task. However, with my understanding of Pali inflections, I appreciate its simplicity that most verbs and nouns follow simple rules to express usages (case, tense, number, person), but there is a long list of exceptions. Further, identifying grammatical gender (of nouns) and conjugational group (of verbs) is not an easy task. As for Sandhi, it is even more challenging, given the fact that any two arbitrary words can be joined. I find this an interesting idea, and please do let us know when you make progress.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Jon Fernquest wrote:

Just want to inquire whether anyone has written subroutines for doing basic processing with Pali language. Including perhaps:

1. Converting string of Pali letters from unicode to Velthius, and vice versa.
2. Joining two Pali letter strings according to Sandhi rules.
3. Taking a root form of a noun or verb and inflecting it, adding endings to it, etc etc...