Received: with LISTAR (v1.0.0; list gopher); Sat, 12 May 2001 01:13:30 -0500 (EST) Return-Path: <jmilne@electrontrap.org> Delivered-To: gopher@complete.org Received: from chaos.electrontrap.org (66-61-47-163.he.cox.rr.com [66.61.47.163]) by pi.glockenspiel.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA4B93B80D for <gopher@complete.org>; Sat, 12 May 2001 01:13:29 -0500 (EST) Received: by chaos.electrontrap.org (Postfix, from userid 502) id 6B5A014388; Sat, 12 May 2001 02:08:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 02:08:57 -0400 (EDT) From: James Milne <jmilne@electrontrap.org> To: gopher@complete.org Subject: [gopher] Trying to figure out setting up Gopher server Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105120153250.17728-100000@chaos.electrontrap.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 157 X-listar-version: Listar v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: jmilne@electrontrap.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:listar@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Listar version 1.0.0 X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

I'm interested in using Gopher for a few projects I have in mind, but I'm having some trouble figuring out how to actually set things up.

First off, I'm currently trying to run gopherd 2.3.1 on Solaris 2.6. I managed to get it up and running from reading the man files, and have a pretty basic setup for testing right now. I'm still confused on a number of things though.

I started out by creating a few directories off /gopher-data and put some smallish text files in them. Then I created a .link file in /gopher-data. It looks like this:

Name=Net.txt Type=0 Host=gopher2 Port=70 Path=0/Net.txt Numb=1

Two boxes running, this .link file would be on gopher1, so I've got a link pointing to a file on the second machine. (Likewise, gopher2 is pointing to a file on gopher1.)

When I pull everything up in Lynx, I get this:

Gopher Menu

(FILE) Net.txt (DIR) HTML-files (DIR) Text-files

Which works and all, but I was hoping to get something a bit nicer to look at, like gopher://gopher.quuk.org. Something where everything is down the left-hand side, where you have a little text at the top to sorta explain what everything is, etc. I haven't found the documentation on how to do that, or perhaps I haven't understood the documentation on how to do that.

I'm also somewhat confused as to what I should be using at times. .map, .cap, .link, etc...

I know Gopher isn't really "pretty", and I'm more interested in getting results, but it would still be nice to layout everything nicer and explain things a bit better. Can anyone provide a nice guide on how to actually "write" Gopher sites, akin to the many HTML tutorials I could find?

Thanks.

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