Re: Linux command line Gopher+ client

Hello Matt,

I recognized that I should have provided some more documentation about
_gc_.  I'm preparing this but this will take some days I guess.  So
here is some basic explanation of the HTTP mode.  The normal operation
mode for _gc_ is Gopher(+), that is _gc_ accepts only things like

+INFO: 0gc - Command Line Gopher Client	/client/gc-index.md	0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1	2070	+
+ADMIN:
 Relation: home
 Mod-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 18:04:01 +0200 <20210812180401>
 Admin: [email protected]
+VIEWS:
 text/html: <2k>
 text/plain: <2k>

Directory selectors must be fully specified because that's what
the Gopher and Gopher+ document say.

If (a) the user opens an HTTP (or https or gemini) URL or (b) _gc_ finds
that in the item's path field then _gc_ goes into the http mode.  Here
things like

+INFO: 0gc - Command Line Gopher Client	gc-index.md			+
+ADMIN:
 Mod-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:08:58 +0200 <20210811090858>
 Admin: [email protected]
+VIEWS:
 text/html: <6k>
 text/plain: <2k>

are totally acceptable.  Server and port field are empty for
convenience - that way I can deploy the **static** $-listing on any
server in any directory.  But the http:// scheme supports that with the
specification of relative paths. It's basically like that: "If parts
are missing from the URL use information from the parent."  Here it
means the Gopher directory sets the defaults.

Does that meet your suggestion?

Regards,
Wolfgang


On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 18:53:52 +0000
Matt Owen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Wolfgang, welcome to the list!
> 
> I'm intrigued by your Gopher-over-HTTP concept:
> 
> http://www.quietsche-entchen.de/gopher/gopher-by-http.html
> 
> I like the idea, as it does open up to being able to server gopher
> style content using a normal web server. It does raise the issue of
> backwards compatibility though; I would like to suggest that you
> think about refining the idea to _only_ support gopher over HTTP if
> the selectors in the gophermap file specify port 80 explicitly:
> 
> /path/file.txt:80
> 
> This would enable existing clients to be updated, without breaking
> the core protocol.
> 
> -Matt
>