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Back in Nightfall City

~bitdweller

Hiya, folks!

It has been a while since I came to the pub, yes! I've been busy and anxious about some stuff, maybe we can talk about it later.

How have you guys been?

I've been curious about Gemini. Why can't we write new posts or replies through Gemini? Does the protocol not support sending data? Is it by design or it hasn't been implemented yet?

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~m15o wrote (thread):

Welcome back bitdweller! It's been a while -- glad you popped in.

I've been curious about Gemini. Why can't we write new posts or replies through Gemini? Does the protocol not support sending data? Is it by design or it hasn't been implemented yet?

That's a great question. Gemini supports authentication via client certificates, and has a way of sending textual data. Using both, it's in theory possible to maintain a session and write. However, few clients correctly support client side certificates and only a single line of text can be sent when, which would make writing posts or replies a little complicated.

There's a bash script in the manual that can be used to interact with the pub without accessing the web. Feel free to check it out, maybe it can be of use to you. :)

~rosie88 wrote (thread):

I have just arrived to the city and the pub yesterday and I love it here. I am doing well and enjoying the warmer days, thank you.

Well, although we have to use the big bad WWW our posts are available cross-protocol so they appear on Gemini/Gopher and the WWW, if there are others who can better explain the inner workings of Gemini then they are the ones to ask the latter question as for me I am loving the SmolNet