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| | | Main Links | | |
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| | | Home | http -> spartan://spartan.mozz.us | | |
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| | | Wares | http -> spartan://mozz.us/software.gmi | | |
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| | | Activity | http -> spartan://mozz.us | | |
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| | | Specs | http -> spartan.mozz.us/specification.gmi | | |
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| | | Some clients (from Wares page) | | |
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| | | Lagrange | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ | | |
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| | | Alhena | https://metaloupe.com/alhena/alhena.html | | |
| | | | https://github.com/mochaman/alhena | | |
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| | | | Full Graphical Spartan (gemini) browser. | | |
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| | | | As the documentation indicates, toggling off | | |
| | | | adaptive scrolling can make a big difference | | |
| | | | on some systems. It did so with mine. | | |
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| | | mozz.us | http://portal.mozz.us | | |
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| | | bollux | https://git.sr.ht/~radiocane/bollux | | |
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| | | | bollux [URL] (gemini, spartan, gopher) | | |
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| | | | o : open link | | |
| | | | g : goto a new URL | | |
| | | | G : goto new URL, current URL pre-filled | | |
| | | | [ : previous page | | |
| | | | ] : next page in history | | |
| | | | q : quit | | |
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| | | Reference | http -> spartan.mozz.us/spartan_client.py | | |
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| | | | Great job of connecting, getting raw page, | | |
| | | | disconnecting. Clean, fast, script-friendly. | | |
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| | | | ref.client.py [-h] [--infile INFILE] url | | |
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| | | | Use gmir (listed below) as a viewer for the | | |
| | | | raw pages this script retrieves: | | |
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| | | | ref.client.py spartan://mozz.us | gmir | | |
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| | | other tools (not currently on Wares Page) | | |
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| | | Dillo: https://dillo-browser.github.io | | |
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| | | https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo-plugin-spartan | | |
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| | | Flawless install (~/.dillo/dpi and dpidrc) but none of | | |
| | | the spartan pages load/render. Both the gemini and gopher| | |
| | | plugins are working great. | | |
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| | | gmir: https://github.com/codesoap/gmir | | |
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| | | This util is a reader for gemtext files (gmi). It makes | | |
| | | it an ideal helper for browsers that retrieve raw gmi. | | |
| | | Also makes a great standalone gmi viewer (gmir -h for | | |
| | | display of key bindings). | | |
| | | | | |
| | | The .tar.gz file contains the single portable binary. | | |
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| | | communities/sites (see Main Links section) | | |
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| | | Community | http -> spartan://tilde.team (sign-up) | | |
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| | | Personal | http -> spartan://quix.us | | |
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| | | ASCII Art | http -> spartan://ascii.mozz.us:7070 | | |
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| | | Articles/Discussion | | |
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| | | 04aug2024 | HN: The Spartan Protocol Homepage | | |
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| | | Gemtext | | |
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| | | Line Types | Description / Example | | |
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| | | [# | ## | ###] | [Heading 1 | Heading 2 | Heading 3] | | |
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| | | [ > ] | quote line | | |
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| | | [ * ] | bullet list item | | |
| | | ---------------|---------------------------------------- | | |
| | | [```] | Preformatted Text (``` above/below text)| | |
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| | | [ => ] | Internal Links | | |
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| | | | [ => . ] [ => .. ] [ => page.gmi ] | | |
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| | | [ => ] | External Links | | |
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| | | | => https://duckduckgo.com SiteName | | |
| | | | => gemini://warmedal.se/~antenna/ | | |
| | | | => gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/1/ | | |
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| | | [ =: ] | Prompt | | |
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| | | spartan only | =: /test.gmi upload text | | |
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| smolnet for legacy systems |
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| While searching for modern smolnet support for legacy systems, I came |
| across two posts related to a Gemini browser for DOS (01apr2024): |
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| - https://redd.it/sis7lb |
| - https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=17743 |
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| The major problem facing older systems like DOS (and others) is trying to |
| provide TLS support. |
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| This led me to review the other various emerging smolnet protocols. Spartan|
| stuck out because it's basically Gemini without the TLS requirement. The |
| differences between gemini and spartan are highlighted below: |
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| * http -> spartan://spartan.mozz.us |
| * https://her.st/usr/bin/atlas-gemini-server.html |
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| I like that this protocol provides a modern doorway for legacy systems to |
| enter the smolnet. That it also helps show how the various protocols aren't|
| necessarily competing with each other but rather... helping to extend the |
| smolnet in various useful ways. |
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