[ANN] bollux, a bash gemini browser

[colecmac at protonmail.com]

I can confirm this, it seems like a known issue actually:

https://todo.sr.ht/~acdw/bollux/1


makeworld

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:28 PM, solderpunk <solderpunk at SDF.ORG> wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I clone the repo but when I try to use it:
>
> zaibatsu$ ./bollux
> GO> gemini.circumlunar.space
> bollux: []
> bollux:
> ./bollux: line 38: exit: 100 Unknown response code: .: numeric argument required
> zaibatsu$
>
> Am I doing it wrong?
>
> Cheers,
> Solderpunk
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 10:18:28PM -0500, Case Duckworth wrote:
>
> > Well, it took me a little longer than a weekend but I got it done!
> > I'm proud to announce the release of bollux, a Gemini browser written
> > in bash:
> > https://git.sr.ht/~acdw/bollux
> > gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~acdw/bollux (just the README)
> > It requires stuff most Linux users should have, like gawk
> > (possibly could use awk), dd, a recent version of bash, etc.
> > As of this release, bollux can
> >
> > -   navigate to gemini urls
> > -   display text/* documents, and prettify text/gemini ones
> > -   download other mimetypes
> >
> > I still want to implement history, bookmarks, and the other
> > ease-of-life improvements that make a browser worth using. But I also
> > really wanted to send a [ANN] email tonight, so here we are.
> > Let me know what you think!
> > --
> > Best,
> > Case
> > acdw.net | breadpunk.club
> > he/him