DPR Custom Search

Dear Friends,

Just a heads up for people using the DPR, as per my blog post:

DPR 2.0 is up to Beta 28 and counting. This beta release bears
mentioning, because it adds a feature that I think will really be found
useful for keen Pali students: partial book searches.

The entire search tab has been revamped, and it’s still a bit messy, but
hopefully I can clean it up as time goes on. For now, the choices have
been reduced to five: Multiple Sets, Books in Set, Single Book, and
Partial Book. This means choosing M,A,T has to be done manually for each
type, but I think makes the overall search process more straightforward.

Choosing the “Partial Book” option brings up the familiar hierarchy of
vaggas, suttas, sections, subsections, etc. but this time on the search
tab. Selecting one of the hierarchies (a radio button) means your search
is limited to that level in the hierarchy. So, say you want to search
the Mahaparinibbaana Sutta. You would select “Partial Book”, then
“Diigha” and “Muula”, “DN 2″, “3. mahaaprinibbaanasutta.m”. Or, if you
just want to search the yamakasaalaa section, for whatever reason,
switch to that level in the hierarchy and select that section from the
dropdown.

This is really the ultimate in search flexibility, and a feature that
was requested by two seperate monks, so here it is.

Okay, so the DPR search itself won’t enlighten you, but the new changes
might make you think it was enlightened beings who thought it up. All
credit for the idea goes to the venerables who requested it, Ven.
Nyanatusita and Ven Khemaratana.

Also in this release, I’ve fixed the ATT and TIK and TITLE dictionary
look ups… I didn’t even realize I’d broken them until today. Sorry about
that… please do let me know if you find anything that doesn’t work.

May all be well,

Yuttadhammo

P.S. The Thai Tipitaka has been extended to include the DN, MN, and half
of the AN.  The Vinaya is all there already, as mentioned earlier.