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/