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Welcome to the Gopher Tutorials! ___________________________I_N_T_R_O_D_U_C_T_I_O_N_______________________ The following files will help to understand how to use Gopher. The different documents target different kinds of users with different technical skill levels. ____________________________A_L_P_H_A__S_T_A_G_E_________________________ Gopher Tutorials is in an alpha stage. You will see, which tutorials need additional input. Please help us in making this complete! See below, how to contribute. ___________________________U_S_I_N_G__G_O_P_H_E_R________________________ TEXT Gopher Start. Clients: TEXT Using your web browser to explore Gopherspace. (floodgap.com) DIR The Overbite Project – gopher for firefox DIR Legacy clients (floodgap.com) TEXT How to use sacc. TEXT How to use a gopherproxy. TEXT How to use gopher in firefox or chromium. TEXT How to use lynx or w3m for gopher. TEXT Commandline clients for gopher (curl, snarf ...) TEXT Other clients available. ____________________J_O_I_N_I_N_G__T_H_E__C_O_M_M_U_N_I_T_Y______________ TEXT Join the community on IRC. TEXT Join the mailinglist. ________________________________H_I_S_T_O_R_Y____________________________ TEXT Brief introduction to the history of gopher. Further links: TODO: quux.org TODO: floodgap.com TODO: umn ______________________________T_E_C_H_N_I_C_A_L__________________________ TEXT How does Gopher protocol work? TEXT The specifics of menu type 7 (search). TEXT Additional menu types defined over time. TEXT Gopher+. TEXT The Gopher RFC1436 _________________________P_U_B_L_I_S_H__C_O_N_T_E_N_T_____________________ TEXT Setting up your own gopher server. TEXT Tips for publishing. TEXT Hints for writing dynamic applications. Every server has some quirks or advantages you see in different files described: TEXT Publishing on geomyidae TEXT Publishing on gophernicus TEXT Publishing on pygophered How to find certain content: TEXT Gopherspace Porn ____________________________C_O_N_T_R_I_B_U_T_E___________________________ You can check out the source of the gopher tutorials at: DIR Gopher Tutorials stagit If you have some addition or comment on the files presented here at the gopher tutorials, come on IRC on #bitreich-en on bitreich IRC and tell us about your change or send us directly the patch. A patch will speed up the integration of your proposed changes. All input is welcome! Thanks! DIR << Back to bitreich.org