[gopher] What's my IP address in gopher!

[Nick Matavka]

On 5 May 2012 08:07, Denis Bernard <denis.bernard at laposte.net> wrote:
> Kim Holviala <kim at ...> writes:
>
>>
>> I rule!
>>
>> gopher://gophernicus.org/1/whatsmyip/
>>
>> Now onto wondering what to do with the mill... bill... TRILLIONS I'll make
> with this.
>>
>> - Kim
>>
>
>  Your idea to provide IP address with host name and country is good... but
> implementation  is not compliant with rfc-1436 as you are using the “i” item
> type.
>
>  You should generate your  message in a specific text file, hence using a “0”
> item type.
>  An alternative implementation could be achieved with a telnet server: run a
> small program under a Xinetd server is easy to implement! You could write a
> routine that first reads the xinetd log to know who is connected, then find
> hosname and country and, finally,  generate the answer. So, you could use a “8”
> item type (text-based telnet session).
>
>  I do not like “i” item-type, not only because it is not strictly compliant to
> the standard, but because it is a bad idea for the small devices (like smart
> phones).
> Having nice ascii-arts is not good for the readability of menus for this small
> displays! Making drawings in the menus is going in the same way that the Web
> sites! On my opinion: ascii-arts should migrates from menu to the ABOUT
> file. If not, gophersites will remain only for few nostalgic people and could
> run only on desk computers! I sincerely think that Gopher is be more usable on
> these small devices than Web because the informations are provided in the
> simplest way. Do not miss the opportunity to reach the small devices computers
> area by avoiding this “i” item-type!
>
>  Just for the fun: may be you have on your system the library “libwww” from
> W3C. This library provides a minimalist web browser for command line (without
> curses) “www”. Do you know this browser is not only for Web but for Gopher
> protocol too?  Run this to have a look at your gophersite:
>
> www gopher://gophernicus.org/1/
>
> then, my own gophersite:
>
> www gopher://oceamer.com/1/
>
>  So, this www browser conforms to the standard rfc-1436 and do not render the
> “i” item-type...
>
> Regards,
> -- Denis
>
>
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Denis, if you read ANY portion of this mailing list, you will find
that the old RFC is about to become updated, and the i itemtype will
now become OFFICIAL.

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