xdhamma1
Graphical displayed verse from the dhammapada.
Usage
xdhamma [OPTIONS]
[num]
Overview
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)
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Use the Richards translation. |
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‐m | ‐‐muller
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Use the Muller translation. |
‐p | ‐‐polish
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Use the Polish translation (default for Polish locale). |
‐g | ‐‐grunge
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Use the grunge Buddha icon with notify‐send. |
‐e | ‐‐enso
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Use the enso icon with notify‐send. |
‐l | ‐‐lotus
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Use the lotus icon with notify‐send. |
‐k | ‐‐kdialog
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Display Dhammapada verse with kdialog. |
‐z | ‐‐zenity
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Display Dhammapada verse with zenity. |
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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
Releases
10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.
-b until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-m until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-pl until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-r until Debian 7 (Wheezy).