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Thank you all for the patient and informative discussions regarding the 'can of worms' I may have opened re: forms... I think the responses below do address many, if not all, of the concerns I initially had when proposing a form facility. I think it's great that Gemini strives to 'do more with less' and I can see some of these suggestions are very clever. I'm going to try them out in an app of my own now :) It just takes a bit of a different approach from HTML. -Russ On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 10:08, <gemini-request at lists.orbitalfox.eu> wrote: > Send Gemini mailing list submissions to > gemini at lists.orbitalfox.eu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/listinfo/gemini > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gemini-request at lists.orbitalfox.eu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gemini-owner at lists.orbitalfox.eu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gemini digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Viability of *apps* on Gemini? (tayevnge) > 2. Re: Viability of *apps* on Gemini? [TECH] (Johann Galle) > 3. Re: Viability of *apps* on Gemini? (nothien at uber.space) > 4. Re: Proposal: Simple structured form specification > (Katarina Eriksson) > 5. Re: Viability of *apps* on Gemini? (Gary Johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:53:01 +0100 > From: tayevnge <tayevnge at posteo.net> > To: gemini at lists.orbitalfox.eu > Subject: Viability of *apps* on Gemini? > Message-ID: <4e78e5a2-5e55-9bb8-7a4b-19a0f39b5756 at posteo.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hello, > > Please help me understand viability of creating simple form-based apps > like message boards, job offer boards, etc on Gemini. > > I am aware there are no multi-input forms but there seem to be an > "input" feature. > > Does Gemini support or intends to support meaningful user input and > interactivity? > > Is it realistic to build real world "text applications"? > > How about multi-line user input, file upload etc? > > Any example apps? > > TIA! > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:12:28 +0100 > From: Johann Galle <johann at qwertqwefsday.eu> > To: tayevnge <tayevnge at posteo.net> > Cc: Gemini application layer protocol <gemini at lists.orbitalfox.eu> > Subject: Re: Viability of *apps* on Gemini? [TECH] > Message-ID: <6bd3c32e-7fe5-dbfb-a631-3ea7cf726570 at qwertqwefsday.eu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > On 2021-07-28T13:53+01:00, tayevnge wrote: > > Hello, > > Hello! > > > Please help me understand viability of creating simple form-based apps > > like message boards, job offer boards, etc on Gemini. > > > > I am aware there are no multi-input forms but there seem to be an > > "input" feature. > > In theory you could do it, have a look at a recent thread on forms in the > mailing list archives: > <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/004921.html> > > > Does Gemini support or intends to support meaningful user input and > > interactivity? > > I don't think so, beyond what is already present with the input and secret > input > status codes, as well as just "being on a page". > > > Is it realistic to build real world "text applications"? > > Probably not, why not use another protocol? (again, see the linked thread) > > > How about multi-line user input, file upload etc? > > Multiline input is theoretically possible by percent encoding a linefeed. > > For file upload, maybe have a look at one of the adaptations mentioned in > the > linked thread (Dioscuri, Titan, and Inimeg)? > > > Any example apps? > > Depends on what you would call an app. You can have a look at some pieces > published on the mailing list: > Tic Tac Toe (seems to be inoperable at the moment [1]) > ?? ?<gemini://tictactoe.lanterne.chilliet.eu> > ?<https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/003712.html> > Interactive Fiction > ?? ?<gemini://gemif.fedi.farm> > ?<https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/003725.html> > > Johann > > [1] It gives me a header of "30 ---------", which does not make sense. > --- > You can verify the digital signature on this email with the public key > available through web key discovery. Try e.g. `gpg --locate-keys`... >
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