diff --git a/help/gopher.help b/help/gopher.help index e69de29..d761fbf 100644 --- a/help/gopher.help +++ b/help/gopher.help @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + +Gopher Protocol +--------------------------- + +From wikipedia: + +"The Gopher protocol is a communications protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents in Internet Protocol networks. The design of the Gopher protocol and user interface is menu-driven." + +Gopher is, for most builds of Bombadillo, the default protocol that is used if no url scheme is provided and was the original protocol Bombadillo was built to support. + + + +-- Bombadillo Gopher Support -- + + +- Support for all item types, including telnet +- Search/query support + + + +-- Gopher URL Structure -- + +A gopher URL has a slightly unique structure: + +gopher://[host][:port]/[gopher-item-type][resource-path] + +Note that the gophertype is not required for a server to return content, but is required for a client (like Bombadillo) to interpret it properly. The port is optional; Bombadillo will use port 70 if no other port is supplies. + + +________________________________ + +This concludes the help section brought up by the following keywords: + +gopher + + + +Other sections of the help document: + +`help help` +`help general` +`help bookmarks` +`help navigation` +`help saving` +`help commands` +`help keys` +`help search` +`help settings` +`help protocols` + `help gemini` + `help http` + `help finger` + `help telnet` + `help local` +`help resources` +`help license` + + + diff --git a/help/local.help b/help/local.help new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/help/telnet.help b/help/telnet.help index e69de29..16c69b6 100644 --- a/help/telnet.help +++ b/help/telnet.help @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ + +Telnet Protocol +--------------------------- + +Telnet is a protocol for connecting to a remote server. Unlike ssh, this is not a secure connection. Bombadillo does not have a built-in telnet system but will reach out to the "telnet" application and use it to open telnet connections from inside of Bombadillo. For this feature to work a suitable program must be avialable on the system. For most users this will be "telnet", though Bombadillo does support using other applications via a user configurable setting (see `help settings`). + +This proxying of responsibility to a remote program works pretty well, but in some cases has been known to provide buggy output. + + + +-- Telnet URL Structure -- + + +Generally speaking, the following structure will be the most common (though Bombadillo will support any structure that the underlying telnet application supports, so long as the scheme "telnet://" is included at the beginning): + +telnet://[host][:port] + + +________________________________ + +This concludes the help section brought up by the following keywords: + +telnet + + + +Other sections of the help document: + +`help help` +`help general` +`help bookmarks` +`help navigation` +`help saving` +`help commands` +`help keys` +`help search` +`help settings` +`help protocols` + `help gemini` + `help gopher` + `help http` + `help finger` + `help local` +`help resources` +`help license` + + + +