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--- accessing_web_spaces [2023/04/19 17:44] – added how to purge bombadillo certs and rest of gemini peteyboy
+++ accessing_web_spaces [2023/05/18 23:57] (current) – fix typo peteyboy
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-====== Viewing the Various Webs on SDF ======
+====== Accessing Web Spaces ======
+===== Viewing the Various Webs on SDF =====
 You know about the World-Wide Web. Do you remember Gopher? Have you heard about Gemini? Well, you can check them all out from your SDF account.
-===== WWW =====
+==== WWW ====
 You already know how to do this because you are reading this wiki, probably on your favorite web browser, but from shell at SDF, you can surf the World-Wide Web with several command line programs as well. Some popular options are:
-  * Lynx: [[http://lynx.invisible-island.net/|Lynx]]. This is a multi-purpse text-based web browser. From the SDF shell, you can issue the command:
+  * **lynx**: [[http://lynx.invisible-island.net/|Lynx]]. This is a multi-purpse text-based web browser. From the SDF shell, you can issue the command:
   lynx https://sdf.org
-  * links.  This is a lynx alternative, which is less actively updated. From the SDF shell, you can issue the command:
+  * **links**.  This is a lynx alternative, which is less actively updated. From the SDF shell, you can issue the command:
   links https://sdf.org
-  * elinks: [http://elinks.or.cz/|elinks]. This is a fork of links with more functionality. From the SDF shell, you can issue the command:
+  * **elinks**: [http://elinks.or.cz/|elinks]. This is a fork of links with more functionality. From the SDF shell, you can issue the command:
   elinks https://sdf.org
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-===== Gopher =====
+==== Gopher ====
 There are many ways to view gopherspace. The easiest for new users is one of the following:
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 === Bombadillo ===
-Made for browsing Gopherspace and [[gemini site setup and hosting features | Geminispace]], too, you can use the homegrown 'bombadillo' browser
+Made for browsing Gopherspace and [[gemini site setup and hosting features | Geminispace]], too, you can use the homegrown (that is, made by an SDFer) 'bombadillo' browser
   $ bombadillo gopher://sdf.org/
 ===SDF Gopher Command ==
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 You can issue the gopher command, either from the SDF shell or from within the ''mkgopher'' command prompt.
-===== Gemini =====
+==== Gemini ====
 You can use either of these Gemini browsers on the cluster or in the MetaArray:
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 === Bombadillo ===
-Made for browsing Gopherspace and [[gemini site setup and hosting features | Geminispace]], too, you can use the homegrown 'bombadillo' browser
+As stated above for Gopher, bombadillo is for browsing Gopherspace and [[gemini site setup and hosting features | Geminispace]], too. Type this at shell to use the homegrown 'bombadillo' browser:
   $ bombadillo  gemini://sdf.org
-Because of the way bombadillo manages Gemini's TOFU security to protect you, if you get a "URL Fetch Error" from a site that you think you should be able to, you need to purge your existing certificate and try again. For the example of gem.sdf.org renewing its certificate, in bombadillo, before navigating to [[gemini://gem.sdf.org]], press ''[space]'' to enter command mode, which should put a '':'' prompt at the bottom of the window. Enter:
+== Dealing with URL Fetch Errors ==
+Because of the way bombadillo manages Gemini's TOFU security to protect you, if you get a "URL Fetch Error" from a site that you think you should be able to navigate to, you may need to purge your existing certificate and try again (if you are suspicious that the gemini site is compromised, maybe don't go?). For the example of gem.sdf.org renewing its certificate, in bombadillo, before navigating to //[[gemini://gem.sdf.org]]//, press ''[space]'' to enter command mode, which should put a '':'' prompt at the bottom of the window. Enter:
   p gem.sdf.org
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 === Graphical Gemini Browsers ===
-If you want to get into Gemini more, there are shell and graphical clients available for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and IOS, you can look for them here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/software/
+If you want to get into Gemini more, there are shell and graphical clients available for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and IOS, you can look for them here: //[[gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/software/]]//