# FSnow.com

> Personal site of Frank Snow. Covers Pali language tools for Windows (including the most widely-used Pali keyboard for Windows), a Pali script converter, digitized Buddhist texts, and occasional writing on software and sailing.

Frank Snow is a software developer with long-standing interests in Theravada Buddhism, Pali language, and digital humanities. This site hosts tools and texts used by Pali students worldwide.

## Pali Language Resources

- [Pali Language Resources](https://fsnow.com/pali/): Index of Pali tools, fonts, and references hosted on this site and elsewhere on the web.
- [Pali Keyboard for Windows](https://fsnow.com/pali/keyboard/): The most widely-used Pali keyboard layout for Windows. Keyboard downloads for 9 locale variants (US, UK, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Latin American), keystroke reference for all Pali diacritical characters (ā, ī, ū, ṭ, ḍ, ṇ, ṅ, ñ, ṃ, ḷ), and printable keyboard charts.
- [Pali Keyboard — Windows XP Installation](https://fsnow.com/pali/keyboard/install-xp.htm): Step-by-step installation guide with screenshots for Windows XP.
- [Pali Keyboard — Windows 7 Installation](https://fsnow.com/pali/keyboard/install-7.htm): Step-by-step installation guide with screenshots for Windows 7.
- [Pali Keyboard — Windows 10 Installation](https://fsnow.com/pali/keyboard/install-10.htm): Step-by-step installation guide with screenshots for Windows 10.
- [Latin-Script Pali/Sanskrit Encoding Table](https://fsnow.com/pali/fonts/roman-table/): Reference table comparing Unicode, VRI, CSX, and Norman encodings for all Latin-script Pali and Sanskrit diacritical characters.
- [Pali Script Converter](https://fsnow.com/pali/script-converter.htm): Converts Pali text between Latin, Devanagari, Myanmar, Thai, Sinhala, and Mongolian Cyrillic scripts.

## Buddhist Texts

- [Public Domain Buddhist Texts](https://fsnow.com/text/): Index of digitized public domain books on Buddhism.
- [Buddhist India — T.W. Rhys Davids](https://fsnow.com/text/buddhist-india/): Complete digitized text of "Buddhist India" by T.W. Rhys Davids, a foundational scholarly work on the social, economic, and religious life of ancient India during the time of the Buddha. Preface and 16 chapters covering kings, clans, villages, social grades, towns, economics, writing, language, literature, the Jātaka, religion, Chandragupta, Asoka, and Kanishka.

## Blog Posts

- [Avoiding Unnecessary Downloads: Using Git Blob SHA Comparison to Sync Files Efficiently](https://fsnow.com/git-hash-compare.md): Technique for using Git blob SHA hashes to determine whether a file needs to be downloaded, avoiding redundant transfers.

## Other Pages

- [Cat's Meow](https://fsnow.com/catsmeow.md): History of a 1980 Marshall Sanderling catboat (hull 483) owned from 2009 to 2024, with photos from Massachusetts, Washington, and Florida.