The Gopher space (phlogs) are alive and well (2024-08-17)

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In Gopher space, a gophermap is the file that defines the structure and content of a Gopher menu. Gopher is a protocol for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet, preceding the World Wide Web.

A gophermap file lists the resources available in a Gopher directory and specifies how they should be presented to users. Each line in a gophermap represents an item in the Gopher menu and includes:

  • Type: A character indicating the type of resource (e.g., 0 for text files, 1 for directories, h for HTML files).
  • Display Text: The text that users see in the menu.
  • Selector: The path or identifier for the resource.
  • Host: The hostname of the server where the resource is located.
  • Port: The port number on which the Gopher server is listening.

When a user accesses a Gopher directory, the gophermap file is parsed by the Gopher client to generate the menu interface.

Gopher Proxies & Communities

Here are some folks building automation, templating, and committing gophermap to git.

(Source: bitreich.org)



       Replace link to auzymoto.net with sdf.org-version. - gopher-lawn - The gopher lawn gopher directory project.
 (HTM) git clone git://bitreich.org/gopher-lawn/ git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/gopher-lawn/
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 (DIR) commit 59197ea4949ab20aa31e33ec8ec20efd91bc8cc1
 (DIR) parent 866a113c95f2ba15d492910809308412f203254b
 (HTM) Author: Julian Schweinsberg <pazz0@0xfa.de>
       Date:   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 20:29:03 +0200
       
       Replace link to auzymoto.net with sdf.org-version.
       
       Signed-off-by: Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>
       
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         M phlog/index.gph                     |       2 +-
       
       1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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 (DIR) diff --git a/phlog/index.gph b/phlog/index.gph
       @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ A phlog on technology.
        [1|defanor's phlog|/~defanor|uberspace.net|70]
        Defanor writing about technology and gopher.
        
       -[1|Auzymoto's phlog|/|auzymoto.net|70]
       +[1|Auzymoto's phlog|/users/auzymoto/phlog|sdf.org|70]
        A phlog on computers and more.
        
        [1|Solderpunk's phlog|/~solderpunk|circumlunar.space|70]