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Gemini and CGI hosting

peteyboy at sdf.org peteyboy at sdf.org

Mon May 25 21:16:27 BST 2020

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Cool, i will check that out. But is that a custom app, then? There's no .cgi file or anything you're pointing to. How'd you implement it?

Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 16:33:47 -0400
From: Sean Conner <sean at conman.org>
To: "A protocol that is slightly more complex than gopher, but
significantly simpler than HTTP" <gemini at lists.orbitalfox.eu>
Subject: Re: Gemini and CGI hosting
Message-ID: <20200524203347.GJ23998 at brevard.conman.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
It was thus said that the Great peteyboy at sdf.org once stated:
So, in my head I've been noodling on the idea of writing a server. I
don't
understand at all the 10 response, I assume it's supposed to be this
cgi
business, because i don't see anywhere where a .gmi page can prompt
the
user. Is that true? Either way, could someone point me to a simple
example? (I am running jetforce right now, if that helps)
Sure, go to
gemini://gemini.conman.org/hilo/
It's a simple "Guess the Number" game.
-spc
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