From: "Gopher-Project" <gopher-project-bounces+rachael=telefisk.org@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Date: Tue Jan 12 13:21:54 2016
Subject: Re: [gopher] Raspberry Pi, Gopher and UTF-8
I'm not 100%, but you might be referring to my gopherus client:
http://gopherus.sourceforge.net/
Mateusz
On 12/01/2016 13:09, Kim Holviala wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm 99% sure the problem is not in Rasbian vs. Debian proper - the proble=
m is actually in Gopher protocol which doesn't specify any charset (it hint=
s that Latin-1 could be used) and in Lynx which apparently just obeys the p=
rotocol and console locale settings. OverbiteFF, or actually Firefox, will =
allow you to override any charset so you can almost always get proper chars=
on screen, but I'm not sure if such overrides exist in Lynx (elinks does h=
ave charset overriding but it doesn't support gopher).
>
> There was a new console gopher client announced on this list a year ago? =
I can't remember it's name but search the archives - it does exist.
>
>
> - Kim
>
>
>> On 12 Jan 2016, at 14:00, H=E9ctor A. Abreu <habreu71@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for your reply, Kim.
>>
>> I just sent a question about this problem to the Lynx web browser develo=
pers email list. I basically need a command line based client to view UTF-8=
gopher correctly from ARM low cost ssh server. I have tested on Raspberry =
Pi (with and without ssh) but I haven't tested on Beaglebone Black, which i=
s supposed to use the "real" Debian (compared to Raspbian), and I am not su=
re if that has anything to do with the problem.
>>
>> I don't understand why the same client (Lynx) on the same platform (Rasp=
berry Pi) will display UTF-8 correctly for http but incorrectly for gopher.=
It means that the problem is not the computer or the browser's UTF-8 setti=
ngs.
>>
>> If the Lynx guys help me I will share the solution with this list. Other=
wise, I guess I will need to test with another gopher command line based cl=
ient (I will probably check w3m) or start developing one myself.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> H=E9ctor
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 08:53:53AM +0200, Kim Holviala wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Having tested different charsets across gopher servers and clients, the=
only thing that ever worked properly was 7-bit US-ASCII. Yes, you can try =
using others like Latin-1 or UTF-8 but the results vary and I'm willing to =
bet that most users will get a broken screen (unless they know how to mess =
with browser settings).
>>>
>>>
>>> - Kim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 11 Jan 2016, at 00:30, H=E9ctor A. Abreu <habreu71@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am having problems to view utf-8 on the gopherspace when using a Ras=
pberry Pi with clients Lynx and Gopher cli on Raspbian Jessie. For example,=
the links below:
>>>>
>>>> http link: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/utf8.html
>>>> gopher link: gopher://z3bra.org:70/0/notes/vim/digraphs.txt
>>>>
>>>> On the Raspberry Pi, http link will display utf-8 correctly with Lynx,=
but gopher link will fail to display correctly with both Lynx and Gopher f=
rom bash.
>>>>
>>>> On my other Linux boxes (HP Laptop with Lubuntu, AMD with Debian Jessi=
e LXDE) both links will work fine with Lynx, but Gopher cli will fail to di=
splay gopher link characters correctly.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone in this list is able to view gopher links with utf-8 correct=
ly on a Raspberry Pi using Lynx or Gopher from bash please let me know. I t=
hink I took care of the locale correctly, otherwise it should not display h=
ttp link correctly with Lynx. That's why I think this might be an issue rel=
ated to gopher.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance for your help.
>>>> --
>>>> H=E9ctor
>>>>
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