Re: Step by step to using Pali resources

Robert,

> Thanks for putting the utility in the files Jim. I think it doesn't
> work with Mac'asaurus - (time to change to PC)....?
> I have the CD Jim - it is so good but strange they put a block so
> you can't copy anything from it.

This may because you're using an earlier version such as ver. 1.1 which
doesn't allow for copy and paste but the newer version 3 allows it (saw your
query on the Pali group). There is a good conversion utility program
(cscdconv) at: http://www.fsnow.com/pali/ that you can use with the disk but
it only gives you copies of complete volumes.

> I didn't know you could program, Jim?
> And thanks for the Concordance info - saved me a few hundred dollars!
> best wishes
> robert

Some reasons for not buying the Pali Tipitaka.m Concordance:

1. It only covers the Tipitaka and not the commentaries.
2. It is unfinished and likely to remain so, at least in our lifetime. I
think it only goes up to the end of the p's (or m's?).
3. The 3 volumes that I have did not come bounded as single volumes but came
in many smaller separate parts (paper bound).
4. I don't think there are even headers on the top of the pages guiding you
to the location of a word like in most dictionaries and so it takes longer
to find the word you're looking for.

I had bought the concordance long before there were tipitakas on a CD disk
and found it useful back then but now I'm using mostly the CSCD disk for
word searches and finding references.

Best wishes,
Jim


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