dillo-gemini

[solderpunk]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 10:44:59AM -1000, cel at celehner.com wrote:
> Greetings Geminauts,
> 
> May I announce a new Gemini client: dillo-gemini. It is a plugin for the Dillo browser which enables loading gemini:// URLs. The source is on git-ssb and also available on the WWW here:
> https://git.scuttlebot.io/%25V0D7DtSnZyyAp1NbgOJF2ZAFMeUy9eXwyClCEKYUYAI%3D.sha256
> Also I am attaching the source code of the initial release.

This is tremendously exciting news!  I am a big fan of Dillo and have
actually had the idea in the back of my head for a while to write a
simple Gemini-to-HTTP proxy designed to be run only locally precisely so
I could use Dillo as a Gemini client.  I'm very happy to have a proper
plugin instead.  I'm also very happy to see that Gemini clients can be
assembled from tools like ncat with a shell script.  The ability to do
things like this is an oft-touted benefit of the simplicity of Gopher,
and it's nice to see we haven't added so much complexity that this is no
longer feasible.

Can't wait to try this out soon!

Cheers,
Solderpunk