Dear Bkh,
I'm a Pali learner in need of the index you're compiling, so I have
a particular appreciation for it and would be happy to help out writing
some code.
My initial thought is all of the source pali index text is in plain text
in utf-8 format, I could write some code that would sort the data in
many different ways including proper pali alphabet order, and generate
that into html tables, excel tables, html formatted into mobile device
friendly sizes, etc.

-Frank

On 2/13/2011 7:59 AM, BkhPali wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Thank you for the link to the photo section. Didn't think to look there.
> Like the person in the archived post, I don't seem to get an image large
> enough, even working from the original size, to read clearly. I'm sure
> I'm missing something obvious.
>
> The Pali Cheat sheet is a good resource. I have most of the actual data
> that I want digitally in one way or another, the goal is collecting it
> in such a way that it can be sorted by endings, with each ending having
> the relevant characteristics connected to it.
>
> My basic reasoning behind creating an index of endings is that the
> charts that currently exist are perfectly suited for people who are
> already capable of figuring out which chart one must refer to in the
> first place. Or, they would be perfect if you were translating into Pali
> rather than from Pali. This, of course, is not a criticism. They are
> obviously essential tools.
>
> Here is a small chunk of what I have created so far. It's endings that
> end in -o. Not every ending has each item. I'm sure the formatting will
> not look good here, but it gives you an idea.
> Last Affix Gender Stem Part of Speech Case Person
> Number Frequency
> o -anto M -a Prpt Nom Sg
> o -anto M -a Prpt Voc Pl
> o -anto M -a Prpt Nom Pl
> o -anto M -a Prpt Acc Pl
> o -ato M -a Prpt Abl Sg
> o -ato M -a Prpt Gen Sg
> o -etho OptAlt 2 Sg Rare
> o -eyyavho OptAlt 2 Pl
> o -o -aAor 2 Sg
> o -o -aAor 2 Sg
> o -o M -a Noun Nom Sg
> o -o M -a Noun Voc Sg
> o -o RootAor 2 Sg
> o -o RootAor 2 Sg
>
> My intention is for this to be a tool for learners, not an absolutely
> authoritative reference. If anyone has thoughts on how to make a
> resource like this more helpful to people I would love to have your input.
>
> Because the learner is not able to necessarily parse the ending from the
> stem, there needs to be some way to order the data from the last letter
> of the ending, second to last letter, and so on.For now, as you can see,
> I am just creating a column with the last letter and sorting by that.
> Eventually I would like to figure out how to get Open Office to sort
> according to the the Pali order.
>
> I'm doing each group of endings in their own sheet in Calc(Oo's Excell)
> and then manually compiling them into a separate sheet and then sorting.
> I have to keep doing that each time I make changes. If someone know how
> to do that dynamically, so the compiled sheet would update
> automatically, I would love to learn. I don't even know what to call
> that to look it up in a manual.
>
> Best wishes,
> BKh
>
> Bryan Levman wrote:
> >
> >
> > Have you seen the Pali Cheat Sheet which is bundled with the Digital
> > Pāli Reader? It has some of the material you are looking for. Just
> > press "C" on the right hand side of the main page
> >
>
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