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Iñaki de Miguel Díaz :verified_aroace:<p>He subido la versión 0.1.1 de una <a href="https://masto.es/tags/vscode_extension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vscode_extension</span></a> al Marketplace para el resaltado de sintaxis de ficheros <a href="https://masto.es/tags/gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemtext</span></a> con extensión <a href="https://masto.es/tags/gmi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gmi</span></a> o <a href="https://masto.es/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> , tiene licencia <a href="https://masto.es/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> y el codigo está en mi repositorio <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Codeberg</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/imigueldiaz/gemini-glow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/imigueldiaz/gemin</span><span class="invisible">i-glow</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.es/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a></p>
Nelson<p>What's the best software for editing <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/GemText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GemText</span></a>? I have a <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> capsule I'm playing with that's generated by Sutter:</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/grunfink/sutter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org/grunfink/sutter</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>It's a managed hosting environment where it's not pleasant to edit the text directly on the server, so I guess I'll write gemtext on my desktop and sync it with the server. I might as well have the prettiest editing environment possible.</p><p>I recognize that gemtext is simple so I don't need an IDE, I just want good ergonomics.</p><p><a href="https://jawns.club/tags/GeminiProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeminiProtocol</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/TextEditors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextEditors</span></a></p>
Matt 🔶 (LordMatt)<p>Just for fun, I thought I would write a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemtext</span></a> reader in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PHP</span></a>. I'm pretty happy with it. Once I have tested it a bit, I'll post it for you all to play with.</p>
Rohit Farmer, Ph.D.<p>A tutorial on </p><p>How to Setup a Gemini Capsule/Website on a Google Cloud Compute Instance</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/geminiprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geminiprotocol</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/projectgemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projectgemini</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemtext</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/smolweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smolweb</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/agate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agate</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gcp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gcp</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/textonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textonly</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://rohitfarmer.com/posts/2024/how-to-setup-a-gemini-capsule/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rohitfarmer.com/posts/2024/how</span><span class="invisible">-to-setup-a-gemini-capsule/</span></a></p>
183231bcb<p><span>Cursed idea: <br><br>1)LaTeX to GemText converter. Equations are converted to ASCII images, while everything else is rendered as ordinary text.<br><br>2)Force conference organizers/journal reviewers/university administrators/NSF grant reviewers to accept GemText documents with ASCII equations.<br><br>Why? The supposed strength of LaTeX is that you can format things however you want, but this is in practice a bad thing, because the Powers That Be demand you waste a lot of time formatting how </span><i>they</i><span> want.<br><br>Gemtext flips things around: The reader, or their browser, decides the font and spacing. The author of the document doesn't get to decide the font, which also means they can't be blamed for using the wrong font. <br><br>I want to live in a world where the following exchange is valid:</span></p><blockquote><span>NSF Grant Reviewer: We can't give you a grant because you used the wrong font.<br>Researcher: No u.</span></blockquote><a href="https://transfem.social/tags/LaTeX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaTeX</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeXLaTeX</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/GeminiProtocol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeminiProtocol</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Gemini" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gemini</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/GemText" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GemText</a><p></p>
183231bcb<p><span>Fediverse, please give me hints on mirroring a wiki to geminispace! I am aware of Gemipedia:<br>gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/wp.cgi/<br>Which appears to convert wiki markup to gemtext, even converting wiki tables into ASCII. It also has Wikipedia search working.<br><br>But how does it work? Where can I find the source for the wiki-markup-to-gemtext converter? How is it getting the pages: is it fetching them in real time or relying on a cached database?<br><br>Motivation: I want to mirror Rainverse Wiki and Pandora's Tale Wiki to geminispace.<br><br></span><a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Gemini" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gemini</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/GeminiProtocol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeminiProtocol</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/ProjectGemini" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProjectGemini</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Geminispace" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geminispace</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Wiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Mediawiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mediawiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Gemipedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gemipedia</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Wikipedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/RainverseWiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RainverseWiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/PandorasTaleWiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PandorasTaleWiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/Gemtext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gemtext</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/WikiMarkup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WikiMarkup</a></p>
gyptazyIt's <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=techtalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techtalk</a> Friday and I just added my(lightning) <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=talk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#talk</a> about the <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=geminispace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geminispace</a>.<br><br>Resources:<br>Talk: <a href="https://cdn.gyptazy.ch/tech-talks/Geminispace_Gemini_Protocol/geminispace_gemini_protocol.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cdn.gyptazy.ch/tech-talks/Geminispace_Gemini_Protocol/geminispace_gemini_protocol.html</a><br><br>You can find additional talks on: <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/talks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gyptazy.ch/talks/</a><br><br><a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gemini</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=geminiprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeminiProtocol</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=geminicapsule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeminiCapsule</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=capsule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capsule</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=gem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gem</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gemtext</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=geminicapsules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeminiCapsules</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gopher</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=http" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HTTP</a> <a href="https://gyptazy.ch/snac?t=alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alternatives</a><br>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>There is a type of person who is attracted to the gemini-protocol and gemtext because they wanted a Web that was based on Markdown instead of HTML.</p><p>And the gemini-protocol + gemtext seemed close to that.</p><p>...</p><p>Not everyone who is attracted to gemini-protocol or gemtext is this type of person.</p><p>But I've talked to enough of these types of people that I know they are definitely out there.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geminiProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geminiProtocol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemtext</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallnet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smolnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smolnet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>Sometimes I wonder if the gemini-protocol, or something like it, used an HTTP-upgrade for its protocol — if it would have made more people happy.</p><p>...</p><p>(Yes I know HTTP/2 forbids HTTP-upgrades — I think it was a mistake.)</p><p>...</p><p>A request could have just been:</p><p>"""<br>GET <a href="http://example.com/.well-known/gemini" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">example.com/.well-known/gemini</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> HTTP/1.1<br>Connection: upgrade<br>Upgrade: gemini/1.0</p><p><a href="gemini://example.com/path/to/it.gmni" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gemini://example.com/path/to/i</span><span class="invisible">t.gmni</span></a><br>"""</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geminiProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geminiProtocol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemtext</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeminiProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeminiProtocol</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemtext</span></a> were an attempt to modernize <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gopher</span></a> (while not making certain mistakes the Web has made).</p><p>There have been lessons learned over the years about both the "good" things and the "bad" things about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> and Gemtext.</p><p>If you were to redesign the Gemini-Protocol and Gemtext yourself —</p><p>What would your redesign of Gemini and Gemtext look like?</p>
Szczeżuja<p>Today's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DiscoGem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiscoGem</span></a>:<br><a href="gemini://discogem.gmi.bacardi55.io/capsules-of-the-day-2023-04-20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gemini://discogem.gmi.bacardi5</span><span class="invisible">5.io/capsules-of-the-day-2023-04-20/</span></a><br>is serving interesting capsule:<br><a href="gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="">gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>with "Gemini helpers" section. Author is trying to summarize <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GemText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GemText</span></a> layouts and different approaches for creating Gemini capsules. It's interesting for me because I was wondering about that some time ago in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/smolZINE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smolZINE</span></a> article.<br><a href="gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/smolzine/smolzine-issue-32.gmi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space</span><span class="invisible">/smolzine/smolzine-issue-32.gmi</span></a></p>
Oblomov<p>Why should I need to switch clients when following an FTP or <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> URL in an <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/HTTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTTP</span></a>-served <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> page, or conversely when following an HTTP link from a <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/Gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemtext</span></a> page? Why shouldn't my Gemini client be able to render HTML pages delivered over the Gemini protocol, and my web browser able to render <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/Gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemtext</span></a> natively if served over HTTP?<br>This is why the “swiss army knife” browser model is essential to the <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/openInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openInternet</span></a>, and a fortiori for the <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/openWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openWeb</span></a>.</p>
winduptoy<p>Lichen, my ultra-minimal web CMS based on <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemtext</span></a>, is now rebuilt as <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/Forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forth</span></a> CGI scripts!<br>- No more PHP<br>- Simpler server config<br>- Works as static site generator if you desire</p><p><a href="https://lichen.sensorstation.co/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lichen.sensorstation.co/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>1/</p><p>What is Gemini?</p><p>I have seen more than one person ask that question recently.</p><p>So here is a thread explaining — what Gemini is.</p><p>But I need to give a bit of historical context to make Gemini make more sense.</p><p>Here goes —</p><p>.</p><p>( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geminiProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geminiProtocol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemtext</span></a> )</p><p>( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallInternet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallNet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallWeb</span></a> )</p><p>( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smolInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smolInternet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smolNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smolNet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smolWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smolWeb</span></a> )</p>
Jonathan M. Hethey<p>I wrote a small Getting Started guide for the gemini protocol and gemtext: <a href="https://jonathanmh.com/p/getting-started-with-gemini/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jonathanmh.com/p/getting-start</span><span class="invisible">ed-with-gemini/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/gemtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemtext</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/blogger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogger</span></a></p>