For a paath, you can open any ang and read it line by line. Here's how.
Before you start
- Tat Khalsa Pothi Desktop installed on your Mac or Windows computer.
- The ang number, and which granth it is in.
Step by step
Open an ang by its number
Type the ang number in the search box. A button appears for each granth: Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Sri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji and Sri Sarbloh Granth Sahib Ji. Click one, and the ang opens on the screen from its first line.
The buttons read SGGS · Ang, Dasam Granth · Ang and Sarbloh Granth · Ang, each followed by your number. Click a button rather than pressing Enter: if the number also appears at the end of some lines, Enter opens the top line result instead of the ang.
Read on with Space
Press Space to read on. In paath there's no home line, so each press simply shows the next line.
The down and up arrows also move one line forward or back.
Into the next ang
At the end of the ang, keep going: the next ang follows on by itself, and the list marks where it begins.
The line list shows a marker such as ANG 501 where the new ang begins, and the header changes to that ang when you reach it.
A whole ang at a time
To skip a whole ang, use the Ang buttons above the line list: one ang forward, or one back. Each opens from its first line.
Each button shows the number of the ang it opens. They stay within the first and last ang of each granth.
Tips
- Press / to go to the search box from anywhere, then type the ang number.
- Each ang you open is its own entry in History, so you can go back to an earlier ang from there.
Questions
I pressed Enter and a line opened instead of the ang. Why?
When the number also matches lines in the search results, Enter opens the top line result. Click the button for the granth instead, and the ang opens from its first line.
Can I open angs of Sri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji and Sri Sarbloh Granth Sahib Ji?
Yes. When you type an ang number, a button appears for each of the three granths. Click the one you want.
Why doesn't Space go back to a home line during paath?
An ang opened for paath has no home line, so Space simply shows the next line each time. The back-and-forth to the home line is for kirtan.