On why I lost, then re-gained, interest on Gemini
                                            Thursday, January 18, 2022

 For the longest time, I had a phlog entry on how and why I had gotten
 got disenchanted with Gemini. Now, after a long hiatus in my phlogging
 activity, I set up to finally finish it. Only to find its contents utterly
 irrelevant nowadays.

 You see, you cannot fairly comment on a fledging specification on the
 grounds of its state 18 months ago. So after reading the last spec iteration
 I find all issues solved.

 I'd never have chosen ``` as a pre-formatted text toggle but well, I guess
 markdown had to find its way into the protocol one way or another.
 
 I wouldn't have allowed the concept, just for this instance, of state in
 what purports to be a "line oriented media type" either.
 Sorry folks, it just no longer is.

 If you want a line oriented media type, just define a core line type to
 be just that: pre-formatted text. I vaguely remember having proposed this
 line type indicator to be "==".

 Yeah, we'd have to type 16 equals signs in our ASCII banner then, granted.
 You know, in my Spanish keyboard ``` requires 4 key strokes: 3 back tildes
 plus a space, as ` is a dead key. That's 8 key strokes for a pre-formatted
 text block. Not much typing saving for me here :-) 
 

 At any rate, these are just aesthetic matters. I can now specify
 pre-formatted text as an author. I can have a client that reflows text
 however I might choose to configure it, in whatever proportional or
 monospaced font I fancy as a reader.

 Also, I get to produce content in some sane format without having to touch
 markdown to, which is nice. It's not that I dislike markdown particularly.

 The ting is: I can choose to serve some markdown document whenever want. 
 There is the text/markdown mime type, and the protocol allows for arbitrary
 mime media types after all.

 On the other hand Gophers legacy is text. It has its limitations and some
 modernization is in order. But the intent never was to start another HTML
 World Wide Web!

 I was going to expose what my former issues with the spec were, but I 
 realise I've already more than hinted at them by now.