About Digital Buddha Vacana 
Palm Edition 1.0b (Beta Release)
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Digital Buddha Vacana is the digital version of the book Buddha Vacana: Sacred Literature of Buddhism.  This book contains extracts from some of the discourses of the Buddha and some post-canonical writings.

Rendered into readable English, presented so that one extract can be read and reflected upon each day for a year.  With the Digital Buddha Vacana 1.21, you can start your computer to a new reading daily, benefiting from the Teachings of the Buddha.

The original book Buddha Vacana was compiled by Venerable Dhammika and was published by the Buddha Dhamma Mandala Society. The digitisation work was done by the group leaders of the Camp Nirvana Singapore (CNS) organised by Nanyang Technological University Buddhist Society (NTUBS).

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RELEASE NOTES
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Last Updated on 19 February 2003

This beta release of Digital Buddha Vacana Palm Edition 1.0b contains the set of application build 1.0b and is shipped with data files (vac##.dat files) revision 1.20.

Revision 1.20 of the data files contains revision on the following
	* Typo errors
	* Paragraphing
	* Tabulation
	* Spacing
	* Punctuation

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HISTORY
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Application 			Dat file 
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Version		Date		Revision	Date
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1.0b		19 Feb 2003	1.20		19 Feb 2003

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Changes & Bug Fixes
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1.0b	19 Feb 2003
*	Beta Release
*	Partial port from Digital Buddha Vacana 1.21.004
*	Developed using CodeWarrior 4.01 on WindowsXP
*	Tested on Palm emulator with PalmIII/PalmIII-debug ROM
*	Tested on Palm m125 device
*	Added verse selection using date selector
*	Added navigation to other verses via onscreen day, month buttons
*	Added support for hardware buttons
*	Added Instructions dialog
*	Added About dialog
*	Added Acknowledgements dialog
*	Added Disclaimer dialog
*	Added Preference dialog
	* Invert Backlight option for Palm M125 and others that have reverse contrast.  This feature IS NOT tested on the newer Tungsten devices.
	* Sound (Not supported yet)
	* Edit mode (Only in Beta release for reformatting of test for Palm PDA)

Note: Invert Backlight option is not officially supported on Palm devices.  Use it at your own risk.

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Known issues
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*	Sound is currently not supported
*	Preferences are not saved between application launches
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LICENSE AGREEMENT
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The Sacred Literature contained within the Software Package (DIGITAL BUDDHA VACANA PALM EDITION 1.0b BETA RELEASE) is distributed free for the welfare and benefit of all sentient beings. All Sacred Literature contained within the software are extracts from discourses of The Buddha or from post-canonical writings which were translated to English in the book Buddha Vacana.

NO PARTS OR WHOLE OF THE SACRED LITERATURE MAY BE ALTERED. 

The Software Package containing the Digital Buddha Vacana including all accompanying documents and files are FreeWare, BUT no parts or whole of the Software Package may be altered without a prior written agreement by the author. The author reserves all rights to the software Digital Buddha Vacana.

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Disclaimer
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All attempts were made to ensure that the Software Package and the Sacred Literature contained within is error-free. Should any errors in any of the above mentioned items be found, please forward the errors found to buddha_vacana@yahoo.com

May All Sentient Beings Be Well And Happy!