SYNOPSIS
xdhamma [OPTIONS] [num]
DESCRIPTION
The Dhammapada is an anthology of 423 verses from the Kuddaka Nikaya part of the Theravada Pali Canon. It contains Buddhist ethical and spiritual precepts. One of the translations is by John Richards; the other is an older translation by F. Max Muller.
xdhamma prints a graphical notification using notify-send
OPTIONS
- -r | --richards (Default)
- Use the Richards translation.
- -m | --muller
- Use the Muller translation.
- -p | --polish
- Use the Polish translation (default for Polish locale).
- -g | --grunge
- Use the grunge Buddha icon with notify-send.
- -e | --enso
- Use the enso icon with notify-send.
- -l | --lotus
- Use the lotus icon with notify-send.
- -k | --kdialog
- Display Dhammapada verse with kdialog.
- -z | --zenity
- Display Dhammapada verse with zenity.
- [num]
- Print the given number verse.
EXAMPLES
To display a verse each time you log in on a graphical (X Window) session, run xdhamma in your DE session start-up or ~/.xsession.
FILES
/usr/share/display-dhammapada/dhammapada-english-transl.txt
/usr/share/display-dhammapada/dhammapada-alternate.txt
/usr/share/display-dhammapada/dhammapada-polish-transl.txt
BUGS
Please report bugs on Launchpad : https://bugs.launchpad.net/display-dhammapada
AUTHORS
Author: bodhi.zazen <bodhizazen at fedoraproject dot org>
Program: Copyright GPL v3
Home Page: http://bodhizazen.net/display-dhammapada/
Richards' English translation of the Dhammapada: Copyright (C) 1993 John Richards, Pembrokeshire (UK), permission granted for use here. See http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/dhammapada.htm
Muller's translation of the Dhammapada: Public Domain, used here courtesy of Project Gutenberg.
Polish translation (by Zbigniew Becker): Public Domain, as explained at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
See also http://mahajana.net/dhammapada/