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Re: "nex://auragem.letz.dev AuraGem now has a nex server running!"
The nex protocol spec is at
— nex://nightfall.city/nex/info/specification.txt
I don't see anything there about line markers or formatting.
Documents and directory listings may be retrieved from nex like this:
echo | auragem.letz.dev 1900
edit: Added simple comand line retrieval example
2023-10-07 · 4 weeks ago
It looks like directory syntax uses a 3-character link marker '-> ' (with a space). OK, if it's the only one, it's easy enough to sample 3 characters at line start to determine line type...
Here are a couple of more links which discuss nex
— nex://nightfall.city/nex/in/m15o/notes/nex-and-small-net.txt
— nex://nightfall.city/nex/in/m15o/notes/styleguide.txt
@stack Consistency doesn't always mean something is easy to use or even easy to implement. I don't see a problem with the way gemtext does any of its line types
Another document transfer protocol, Gemini is very cool, Gopher gave the inspiration but I don't see sense for yet another one.
2023-10-08 · 4 weeks ago
As I understand it nex originated at Nightfall City, not with Auragem. So you might want to register your complaint there.
AuraGem now has a nex server running!