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| What is Gopher? | What is Gopher? |
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| //From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)// | //From: <nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)</nowiki>// |
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| > The Gopher protocol is a TCP/IP Application layer protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet [...]. The protocol offers some features not natively supported by the Web and imposes a much stronger hierarchy on information stored on it. | > The Gopher protocol is a TCP/IP Application layer protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet [...]. The protocol offers some features not natively supported by the Web and imposes a much stronger hierarchy on information stored on it. |
| * http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/relevance.html | * http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/relevance.html |
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| ===== Creating your Gopherspace ===== | ===== Viewing Gopherspace ===== |
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| The command ''mkgopher'' can be used to create and manage your gopherspace. | There are many ways to view gopherspace. Here are the easiest ways you can [[accessing web spaces#Gopher| view gopher pages from the SDF shell]] |
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| | Additionally, you can issue the ''gopher'' command, either from the SDF shell or from within the ''mkgopher'' command prompt. This command can be also used to create your gopherspace as described below, and also includes a very basic browser to explore gopherspace. |
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| | ===== Creating your own Gopherspace ===== |
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| | The command ''mkgopher'' can be used to create, manage and view your gopherspace. |
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| When you run ''mkgopher'', you will be given a command prompt. You can issue the HELP command here to get a list of the available commands: | When you run ''mkgopher'', you will be given a command prompt. You can issue the HELP command here to get a list of the available commands: |
| The setup command will create a directory in your $HOME called gopher (This directory is a link to /ftp/pub/users/$USER/ ). On it, you can put all the files you want to be available in your Gopherspace. | The setup command will create a directory in your $HOME called gopher (This directory is a link to /ftp/pub/users/$USER/ ). On it, you can put all the files you want to be available in your Gopherspace. |
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| Once you create your Gopherspace, the files you publish will be available at [[gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/| gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/$USER/ ]]\\ (note: currently, the directory listing at gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/ doesn't appear to list all user directories. You may have to directly navigate to gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/$USER/ in order to view your files. | Once you create your Gopherspace, the files you publish will be available at [[gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/| gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/$USER/ ]]\\ (:!: currently, the directory listing at gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/ doesn't appear to list all user directories. You may have to directly navigate to gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/$USER/ in order to view your files.) |
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| ===== Viewing Gopherspace ===== | |
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| There are many ways to view gopherspace. The easiest for new users is one of the following: | |
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| ==== 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. This gives a very basic browser to explore gopherspace. | |
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| ==== Use Lynx ==== | |
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| [[http://lynx.invisible-island.net/|Lynx]] is the //text// web browser. \\ In addition to web browsing, Lynx is also capable of browsing gopherspace. \\ From the SDF shell, you can issue the command: | |
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| $ lynx gopher://sdf.org/ | |
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| and Lynx will start up at sdf.org's gopher root menu. | |
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| ==== Floodgap Gopher Proxy ==== | ==== Viewing with mkgopher ==== |
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| Floodgap.com provides a public gopher proxy that you can view in your web browser at https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw. \\ For more information, see the proxy info page: https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/ | You can issue the gopher command, either from the SDF shell or from within the ''mkgopher'' command prompt. This gives a very basic browser to browse your site and also explore gopherspace. |
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| ===== Publishing Content ===== | ===== Publishing Content ===== |
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| legacy link: http://sdf.org/?tutorials/gopher,v 1.24 2020/01/01 22:37:47 niro Exp $ | Traditional link (using [[wp>Revision_Control_System|RCS]]): http://sdf.org/?tutorials/gopher ,v 1.24 2020/01/01 22:37:47 niro Exp $ |
