[gopher] fld.gp: now shorten those Gopher URLs for social media

[Kim Holviala]

My mac does make it a link but it goes to Terminal and I can haz no idea where to change it to Firefox...


- Kim


> On 21 May 2016, at 08:35, Michael Beaveridge <michael.beaveridge at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don’t have a problem clicking on gopher links in mac’s mail app.  You just have to set up your system to do something with them.  They also underline fine for me, and presently I have firefox open up the links.  You can use seamonkey or Omniweb as well, or direct it to lynx.  Does your mac not make a link out of gopher://gopher.hamnet.ca ?
> 
> .michael
> 
>> On May 20, 2016, at 10:27 PM, Kim Holviala <kim at holviala.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Wow, that's a really good idea! Even Mail.app cannot handle gopher links properly so having a http->gopher link really helps.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> - Kim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 21 May 2016, at 08:19, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It's time we had a shortener for Gopher links, and this one is designed
>>> so that the same resource, no matter if Gopher and HTTP, will get you to
>>> the right place. Perfect for social media that has no idea what a Gopher
>>> link is and the clueless people who run those sites.
>>> 
>>> Try it out on itself:
>>> 
>>> 	gopher://fld.gp/1j/p
>>> 
>>> AND
>>> 
>>> 	http://fld.gp/1j/p
>>> 
>>> fld.gp links may be considered permanent, but see the ToS.
>>> 
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>>> Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com
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