++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + An all-new GutenSite ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | (Or *Gopherhole*, if you prefer.) +- Tidying things up | I finally wrote proper `gophermap` files and formatted | all my old Phlog entries using Gutenborg Protocol. | | | The Republic uses `Gophernicus` as Gopher server and the | *gophermap* format is different from the one I was | reasonably used to (`geomyidae`), but, overall, Gopher | and related tools are usually very simple and easy to | learn. +- Learning from using | I now realize the best way of using the `|` character | that indicates a paragraph should be displayed with | varible-length fonts: it is generally connected to a | header and if your next content is not directly | related you should use common newlines (not a single `|` | in the beginning of it). | | The objective, remember, is that a GutenSite will | still look nice when viewed on usual Gopher clients | and I find this little rule useful for that, since | it makes paragraphs visually easy to connect to a header | (because the content **is** also connected) or not. | | | Another thing I realized is that I use *backticks* | a lot and didn't implemented proper formatting in | Gutenborg, neither bulleted and numbered lists. | | I even tried to use `^* (.+)` right now in my own | content, but realized Gophernicus handle some cases | in its own way and, in the end, it's **safer** to | have a blankspace before the bullet or number, like | in `^ * (.+)` and `^ 1. (.+)` (the latter for numbered | lists). +- I'm very satisfied with my own work | I'm actually **using** Gutenborg a lot and very | happy with the visual appearance I get when the | proper format is used. It's **so** easier to read | and **so** much more visually pleasant than the usual | *plain-text style*... | | | It's kind of weird, I admit, and I never fully | understood this effect: I'm a software developer and | I **love** to use `vim` as my text editor in a black | background terminal. But I **can't stand** reading | "normal" text for too long in it... | | | But, anyway, I'm very happy because I feel I've | created a nice application. | | | Well, at least for my own usage. :)