E.M.'s Kaccayana: general update

  I've changed the direction and pace of my "forthcoming" edition of
Kaccayana somewhat.

   (1) In the near term I will prepare an edition for Cambodia (viz.,
with Pali in both Khmer script & roman transliteration --& hopefully
with Khmer translation of the English text) based on comparative
reading of printed editions (but not including the comparative reading
of original manuscripts).  This will be a solid "text and translation"
that I should be able to complete in a relatively short period of
time.

   This edition may be adapted for a small, separate print run in Lao
script, etc., and leaves the question open as to when I will be able
to work with sufficient palm-leaf MS to achieve the original
objectives of the project.  It may be that I'll publish this Khmer
edition, then secure minor funding to carry out survey work in Pali
grammatical MS in the region, and then later (with the results of that
survey) produce a general edition including any observations or
findings from the survey and MS reading.

   All of these more-or-less abandon the notion of binding a new
edition of Mason's textbook into the same volume as the text of Kacc.
I've already carried out 90% of the work to put out a new edition of
F. Mason's work (in Burmese, Sinhalese, & Roman script) --but I leave
this aside for the time being.

   (2) I have secured "a real job", and now work as a junior editor at
the national (English language) newspaper of the Lao P.D.R.  This job
will occupy my attention for about five hours per day, six days per
week --but will allow me to feed myself while pursuing my research.  I
may well get more work done with than job than in my previous
circumstances --provided that I resist the temptation to enroll in
full-time Lao courses (at the French "Centre Pour le Promotion du
l'Imperialisme Culturelle").

   My digital edition of Duroiselle's work is 99% complete, but I've
been too busy nailing up "Gan Nyung" (anti-mosquito screens) to post
it to the internet --along with an intended overhaul of my evolving
Pali resources site.  All that shouldn't take too terribly long,
presuming that my new apartment in Ban Haysok isn't too noisy at
night.

E.M.