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author | toma <toma@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da> | 2009-11-25 17:56:58 +0000 |
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committer | toma <toma@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da> | 2009-11-25 17:56:58 +0000 |
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Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features.
BUG:215923
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diff --git a/doc/kioslave/gopher.docbook b/doc/kioslave/gopher.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..29e418faf --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kioslave/gopher.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<article lang="&language;" id="gopher"> +<title>gopher</title> +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> +</articleinfo> + +<para> +<command>gopher</command> began as a distributed campus information service +at the University of Minnesota. Gopher allows the user to access information +on Gopher servers running on Internet hosts.</para> + +<para> +Gopher is an Internet information browsing service that uses a menu-driven +interface. Users select information from menus, which may return another +menu or display a text file. An item may reside on a Gopher server you +originally queried, or it may be on another Gopher server (or another host). +Gopher can <quote>tunnel</quote> from one Gopher to another without the +user knowing that the server and/or host machine have changed. Gopher keeps +the exact location of computers hidden from the user, providing the +<quote>illusion</quote> of a single, large set of interconnected menus. +</para> + +<para> +Gopher permits the user to record an item's location in a +<quote>bookmark</quote> thereby allowing users to follow a +<quote>bookmark</quote> directly to a particular item without +searching the menu system. Gopher menus are not standardized, inasmuch as +each Gopher server is individually determined. +</para> + +<para> +Source: +<ulink +url="http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/gophrdef.htm"> http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/gophrdef.htm</ulink> +</para> +</article> |