the [gopher protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)) was created in 1991. it didn't survive long due to [draconic licensing](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/vms/networking/gopher/gopher-software-licensing-policy.ancient).
we're trying to keep this cool corner of the web alive.
## add and create your gophersite
to add your own gopher site, run the following command:
```bash
mkdir -p -m 755 ~/public_gopher
```
(this presumes you don't already have a public_gopher dir in your $HOME. new users from here on out will have a public_gopher by default)
if a file called `gophermap` exists in the directory you're currently browsing to in gopher, it will get processed and displayed.
see [this example](https://github.com/prologic/gophernicus/blob/master/README.Gophermap) for more information on file types and special chars.
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## browse gophersites
if you're currently connected from a tilde.team shell, you can use the [`lynx`](https://lynx.browser.org/) browser.
```bash
lynx gopher://tilde.team
```
if you want to access the gophersite in your public_gopher dir, use the following link structure:
(addendum by ~khuxkm: remember to leave the number off when using the proxy (i.e; [https://gopher.tilde.team/tilde.team/~username](https://gopher.tilde.team/tilde.team/~username)))
