Author Archives: Yuttadhammo

Somewhere in the midst of all the chaos, I managed to convert a brilliant Android-based open source Tipitaka app in Thai script to use the DPR Roman Tipitaka, including commentaries, tikas and Etc texts (Vism, grammar, …). It’s still pretty … Continue reading →

A few new dictionaries are now included in the DPR: Pali roots via the Saddanidhi, Sanskrit dictionary using the colossal Monier-Williams text, and Sanskrit roots, using a text based on Whitney’s volume. The MW dictionary is huge of course; I … Continue reading →

Yep, DPR 3.0 (3.1.2, actually). The idea now is to use the Firefox integration to its best, so learning how to make the DPR more like an app and less like a webpage. One notable change with DPR 3 is … Continue reading →

Here’s something I thought I’d never do… but then yesterday I found a way to recognize Pali verb forms for a new quiz, so it was only a short jump to the next step, a full translation service. Mind you, … Continue reading →

Just a quick note to say that we now have a Q&A forum for the Digital Pali Reader. The idea is it will be for asking questions about Pali translation in general, but also about the DPR. The site is … Continue reading →

In the vein of Web 2.0, etc., here’s something neat; trying to find ways to help my students learn Pali, I added some more verb and noun quizzes, and then went the extra step and added a shuffle quiz to … Continue reading →

Someone brought it to my attention that the chrome:// links weren’t working in webpages. I think it’s a security measure to stop remote websites from accessing extension files – at any rate, I can’t figure out how to make them … Continue reading →

Thanks to Khemaratana for suggesting another feature; hopefully I haven’t broken the reader with this one. Now, right-clicking anywhere on any webpage with the DPR installed will give an option to “Send to DPR”; if you select text first, it … Continue reading →

Yes, the numbering system is a bit arbitrary, but anyway the latest version of the DPR now offers an option to save sections or even multiple sections as HTML to the desktop. Works on Linux, anyway… I’m told the saving … Continue reading →