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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>you would definitely want to restrict the usage of
periods. in older clients, that signifies the end of transmission. I think we
should keep that as EOT. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=wolfgangmcq@gmail.com
href="mailto:wolfgangmcq@gmail.com">Wolfgang Faust</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:25 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=gopher-project@lists.alioth.debian.org
href="mailto:gopher-project@lists.alioth.debian.org">Gopher Project
Discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [gopher] Updated Gopher RFC</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I have to say that when I suggested updating the RFC I wasn't
suggesting we *change* anything--I was merely suggesting that we put everything
together in one place. However, I seem to have brought up several major debates.
I won't take a side in the mime item type, as I don't know enough about it.
However, the period is a consistent source of confusion and debate. I would
suggest the following solution:<BR>* Servers *may* send the period; clients
*must* accept it<BR>* Servers *should* send the period after menus, but may
choose whether they want to send it after other files<BR>* Clients should
display the period at the end of menus, if sent, to notify the user that this is
the end of the menu<BR>* Clients should not include the period in other output,
in case that output has some significance which the period may disrupt.<BR>*
Clients should only consider a period as significant if it occurs immediately
before the connection is terminated.<BR><BR>Does this make sense? Any
suggestions?<BR>
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