Couldn't seem to get #VimClassic to compile on #FreeBSD.

But then I realized the only thing I used it for is sncli, because it does something funny with the terminal when it hands it off to nvi, such that the cursor becomes invisible. But then, it's just a !reset to fix it, so I might as well just stick with nvi. ;)

#vi #vim #nvi #TextEditors #PlainText

"For instance is there anything similar to RSS for gopher."

'cURL' should be useful since it support gopher, although you will have to custom script it.

'Lynx' browser also handles gopher quite nicely and you should be able to use the -dump feature and parse what you want.

'sfeed' may also help: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/resolute/man1/sfeed_gopher.1.html

gopherfeed: Convert RSS or Atom feeds to gophermap files.
https://github.com/lmaurits/gopherfeed

gopher_rss: quick rss news parser & headliner for gopher servers
https://soc.octade.net/octade/drafts

OFFPUNK
A command-line and offline-first smolnet browser/feed reader for Gemini, Gopher, Spartan and Web by Ploum.
https://sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk/

Debian / Ubuntu APT Package Manager
$ apt search gopher
$ apt-get install gophernicus bombadillo lynx curl kristall pygopherd sfeed

profit!

Lynx is great for browsing gopher and nntp.

Kristall is a graphical browser with gopher support.

Gophie browser:
"Gophie is the Open Source Gopher browser for Windows, macOS, Linux and many more operating systems with Java support. Gophie allows you to navigate the Gopherspace, read text, watch images and download files with the integrated download manager. If you don’t like what you see, then Gophie is also fully customisable!"
https://gophie.org/

Gopher Parser
https://github.com/zenshinji/gopher-parser

mari's Gopher Repository
https://archives.somnolescent.net/web/mari_v3/gopher/

Structure of a Gopher Menu
https://archives.somnolescent.net/web/mari_v3/gopher/structure-of-a-menu/

How To Gopher
https://www.davebucklin.com/play/2018/03/31/how-to-gopher.html

Reading RSS feeds from wacky protocols with newsboat
https://brokenco.de/2020/07/07/newsboat-wacky-feeds.html

Don't forget the RFCs. Gopher has a well-documented standard.

#gopher #RSS #XML #RFC #feeds #smolweb #text #plaintext #ascii