[gopher] Draft RFC

[Nuno J. Silva]

On 2012-06-21, Nick Matavka wrote:

> On 21 June 2012 14:06, Alistair <alistair at alistairsserver.no-ip.org> wrote:
[...]
> In the WORST-CASE scenario ("non-compliant"):
> Gopher1.0 client does not understand URL:, nor does it understand what
> to do with HTML or how to launch a Web browser.  In that case, as you
> said, Alistair, the gopher client will ignore it.  HOWEVER, the
> Gopher1.0 client is non-compliant with the standard.
>
> Gopher1.5 server does not know the HTML workaround.  Gopher1.0 client
> happens upon the URL: and doesn't know what to do with it.  HTML
> workaround is not sent, and Gopher1.0 client can't follow the link.

If it supports h but does not know about URL:, won't it just request the
URL:... selector as a regular selector and be served the workaround HTML
document?

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