Gopher+ Totally Explained

Everything about Gopher totally explained

Gopher+ is a forward compatible enhancement to the RFC 1436

Gopher protocol. Gopher+ works by sending extra data between the client and the server.

How it works

The client sends a tab followed by a +. A Gopher+ server will respond with a status line followed by the content the client requested. An item is marked as supporting Gopher+ in the Gopher directory listing by a tab + after the port.

Other features

Other features of Gopher+ include:

Item attributes, which can include the items
- Administrator
- Last date of modification
- Different views of the file, like PostScript or plain text, or different languages
- Abstract, or description of the item
Interactive queries

Further Information

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