Re: FSD as a Git repository

[Greg Farough]

On Tue, Jul 13 2021, Greg Farough <gregf@fsf.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 12 2021, Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org> wrote:
>
>> Bone Baboon writes:
>>> * The FSD's plain text files could be compiled to HTML and served as a
>>>   static web site without JavaScript using free software (discount,
>>>   org-mode, etc). 
>>
>> The plain text files could be compiled to be served as HTML over
>> HTTP but they could also be compiled so that they could be served over
>> other protocols such as Gemini <https://gemini.circumlunar.space/> and
>> Gopher <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29>.  These two
>> protocols avoid the JavaScript trap
>> <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html> and have free
>> software implementations of servers and clients.
>
> I'm not sure about Gopher, but as far as I know, Gemini wouldn't work
> for something like the Directory. The Gemini specification[1] only
> allows for a single text input form on a page, which is then sent back
> to the server in the form of a query. That's not really ideal for a
> submission as detailed as a Directory entry, and which has multiple
> input fields. But don't get me wrong; I love Gemini.

Quick clarification: I was talking about submissions via Gemini in
this paragraph. Just serving / displaying the entry over Gemini
wouldn't be very difficult, but there are public proxy servers people
can use for that.

-g

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