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accessing_web_spaces [2023/04/26 23:46] – fix sentence in Dealing with URL Fetch Errors peteyboyaccessing_web_spaces [2023/05/18 23:57] (current) – fix typo peteyboy
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 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: 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   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   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   elinks https://sdf.org
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 === Bombadillo === === 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/   $ bombadillo gopher://sdf.org/
  
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 == Dealing with URL Fetch Errors == == 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:+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   p gem.sdf.org
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 === Graphical Gemini Browsers ===     === 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/]]//
  
  
accessing_web_spaces.1682552774.txt.gz · Last modified: 2023/04/26 23:46 by peteyboy