NAME¶
xdhamma - graphical displayed verse from the Dhammapada.
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
SEE ALSO¶
notify‐send
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/