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- The gopher+ server and client are only in beta form now... There are
- bound to be bugs in this release and possible porting problems.
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- We haven't tested it on VMS yet, and we're continually adding features.
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- Here's a partial checklist of what's been done and needs to yet be done.
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- gopherd Gopher compatibility:
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- [x] Directories
- [x] Files
- [x] Built in WAIS searches
- [x] FTP gateway
- [x] WAIS gateway
- [x] Ranges of files
- [x] mail spool files
- [x] .Link files
- [x] Gopher .cache processing
- [x] Default chooses a displayable file.
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- gopherd Gopher+ features:
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- [ ] multiple gopherd.conf parsing
- [x] Filename extension block handling
- [x] ASK block has '?'
- [x] $ feature works
- [x] Basic gopher+ style error codes..
- [ ] Extended gopher+ style error codes.. (Item moved, etal)
- [x] Multiple view retrieval
- [x] Retrieve multiple language documents
- [x] ASK block <--> Shellscript
- [x] Gopher+ .cache+ caching
- [x] Gopher+ interpretation of .Link files
- [ ] Gopher+ interpretation of ftp gateway.
- [ ] Gopher+ interpretation of mail spool files
- [ ] Gopher+ interpretation of WAIS gateway (built in ASK block)
- [ ] URL block features
- [ ] Top level veronica block
- [ ] Automatic batch generation of veronica data file
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- [ ] Read gopher+ info and gopher title from USENET news things
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- client
- [x] works with old gopher servers
- [x] works with gopher+ servers
- [x] Supports gopher+ error results.
- [x] Uses $ to get item information
- [x] Uses ! to update item information
- [x] '=' shows extended gopher+ admin information
- [x] '=' shows abstracts
- [x] '=' shows alternative views
- [ ] '=' gets server information
- [x] Gripe function, mails to administrator
- [x] Recognizes gopher+ error codes.
- [ ] shows sizes in the menu display
- [ ] Allow one to select how the menu displays (with sizes, without, etc.)
- [x] Prompt for multiple views when saving
- [x] Prompt for anything that has >1 multiple views when displaying
- [ ] Option to set preferred helper applications
- [x] Storage of preferred helper applications in .gopherrc file.
- [x] ASK block support, supports Ask: fakes others.
- [ ] Set preferred Language, perhaps from $LANG variable.
- [ ] Make options multilevel, helper apps/preferences/etal
- [ ] Generalize user interface code, add display handlers
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- Boundary conditions:
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- [ ] Empty files
- [ ] Empty directories
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