Re: Gopher item type for Markdown?

[Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 10:59:38AM +0000, Matt Owen wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've been mulling this one over for a while... I'm thinking of adding markdown support to my Gopher client, which is relatively easy to do, but I'd like some input on:
> 
> a) Is this a good thing to do? Markdown is technically still text, but some might feel that it shouldn't be part of the gopher item types.
> 
> b) If the feeling is that there's no issue having support for markdown, what would be the best character to use as an item type identifier. I see that 'M' is already taken (MIME encoded resource), but lower case 'm' isn't. Obviously if I go ahead with this, the item type would need to be an agreed standard. Does anyone have any views on this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Matt/Jaruzel
> http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-windows
> 
> 

Hi,

I would use type 0 (text) and the .md extension.

A client can easily interpret it how it wants then.

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Kind regards,
Hiltjo