ibeginners.txt - gopher-tutorials - The gopher tutorials project.	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i     1 Hello dear reader,	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i     3 if you have heard about gopher and want to explore its space but feel	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     4 lost about how to achieve that, this text is for you. We will assume	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     5 that you have no technical skill so everyone can read this.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     6 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     7 Gopher is the name of a protocol for sharing text, images or any kind	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     8 of file. A network protocol is a set of rules which allow to create a	Err	bitreich.org	70
i     9 common service for different people, everyone needing to respect	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    10 thoses rules to be able to communicate with each other. Some people	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    11 writing code (called Developers) will write "Clients" software for the	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    12 end-user and others developers will write "Servers" software which	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    13 will allow to publish content. The gopher protocol is so simple that	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    14 anyone with basic knowledge of computer science can write its own	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    15 client or server easily. Using gopher implies to understand the	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    16 protocol itself, but we promise it's really easy.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    17 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    18 Gopher is an enjoyable way to browse informations. Every gopherhole	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    19 [that is the name given to someone's gopher content] looks like	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    20 another one. There is no way to customize a gopherhole display except	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    21 from the text. While this can look a bit harsh, this makes gopher	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    22 universal. If you know how to browse one gopherhole, you will know how	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    23 to browse all others because the way to do it is consistent.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    24 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    25 So, let's speak about how gopher works. First, gopher requires 3	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    26 informations if you want to get content. You will need a remote	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    27 address to connect to [it's called an hostname, like "floodgap.com"],	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    28 the data type and a path to the data. The url looks like this :	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    29 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    30     gopher://hostname/type/path	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    31 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    32 The most important type is the type 1, which is the gopher menu	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    33 type. A gopher menu is an index made of differents lines, each line	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    34 having a type field to know what kind of data it leads to. It will	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    35 allow you to browse from menu to menu or from a menu to a content	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    36 (image, text, music, archives...).	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    37 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    38 Here is the list of the most used data types allowed on gopher, the	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    39 complete list is defined in a document named RFC 1436 which defines	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    40 the gopher protocol :	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    41 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    42 - type i is a line of text in the menu, it's not a link	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    43 - type 0 is a link to a text document 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    44 - type 1 is a link to another gopher menu	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    45 - type 3 means an error	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    46 - type 7 (search) asks a text input and lead to another menu	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    47 - type 9 is a link to a binary file (data archives, music...)	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    48 - type g is a link to a GIF file (animated picture)	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    49 - type I is a link to an image file	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    50 - type h is a link which lead to use another protocol (irc, http...)	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    51 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    52 Only the types menu and search can lead to another content. Asking	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    53 another type will lead to downloading a file.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    54 	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    55 Now that you are ready to browse the gopher space, we recommend you to	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    56 read the others tutorials about the gopher client software you would	Err	bitreich.org	70
i    57 like to use.	Err	bitreich.org	70
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