[gopher] Item Type Questions
So, I'm trying to write the 90% of a gopher client that can be in 'pure'
web-usable javascript + DOM, in the hopes that there'll be a way to
implement the other 90% in Mozilla's new extension framework soon. Over
the course of my work, I've run into a couple questions I can't find an
answer for:
1. Is item type 3 supposed to be interpreted as a link, or text like i?
2. What is actually the difference between 5 ('dos file') and 9 ('binary
file')? Is it just a vague hint on what the binary might be used for?
3. Are there any item types other than i, h, and the ones in RFC1436 in
common use I should be aware of?
4. Are CSO servers common enough that supporting them should be a
priority? Where is the protocol specified? Is there a specified (or
unspecified but commonly understood by clients) URL scheme for them? I'm
already translating stuff like 8 and T into URLs, adding another would
be easy.
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