Re: New version of CSCD

Dear Jim,

Thanks. I downloaded and installed the program. The search function is not
so advanced yet as as in the older version because it does not allow one to
see a list of occurrences of a word in its context in the text with up to
ten words before or after. This was a function I found quite useful.
Further, no accompanying words can be searched for. Pagenumbers of the PTS
and other eds. are not given. This is also a loss. I hope that they
eventually fix these things.
It seems that the Thai Tipitaka project is also intending to put their
edition of the Sixth Council Tipitaka online in the near future.

Regards,
                   Bhikkhu Nyanatusita


On 17/02/2008, Jim Anderson <jimanderson_on@...> wrote:
>
>   Dear Bh. Nyanatusita,
>
> Thank-you for the information. I first became aware of the new software
> late
> last November. Frank Snow of VRI had asked me if I would be interested in
> testing the Beta version of CST4 or knew anyone who would. I told him that
> my 56k internet connection was too slow to download the software and asked
> if this could be mailed to me on a CD. He had someone from Toronto mail me
> the Beta 11 version which I installed and have tested it a bit. It only
> works on an XP or Vista operating system but apparently a version is in
> the
> works for the MAC OS. On an older XP system you will probably have to
> upgrade to .NET Framework 2.0 (another 23 MB download).
>
> I see that Beta 12 (24.4 MB) has since replaced Beta 11. I did notice a
> bug
> with the search feature in Beta 11 but hopefully that has now been fixed.
> All the texts are amazingly compressed in the 24.4 MB installation
> program.
> I noticed that the texts seem about the same as the ones on CSCD 3 and
> wonder if any of them have been corrected. It seems that the typos I
> noticed
> in the Kaccaayanabyaakara.na text on CSCD 3 still remain uncorrected in
> Beta
> 11.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jim
> P.S. I was surprised to learn about Morley Chalmers' involvement with BPS.
> I
> first met him about 30 years ago and he was the one who recently
> accompanied
> me to Laval, Quebec to meet U Thitzana. It's a small world.
>
> > Dear Members,
> >
> > There is a new software for Chattha Sangayana Tipitaka as prepared by
> > the Vipassana Research Institute available from Installation at Chattha
> > Sangayana Tipitaka 4.0 Blog <http://www.tipitaka.org/cst/installation/>
> >
> > The previous software on the CSCD was outdated and had some bugs (the
> > program crashed during searches and caused overloading of the CPU),
> > which should have been overcome in this new version, the Beta version. I
> > have not been able to download it yet due to the slow internet
> > connection here.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Bhikkhu Nyanatusita
>
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Bhikkhu Nyanatusita
Forest Hermitage
Udawattakele
PO Box 61
Kandy
Sri Lanka


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