Overview -------- PGopher is a simple Gopher client written in Perl. Installation ------------ First of all, you will need a recent version of Perl (5.8.1 and up for proper UTF-8 support). Put the `pgopher' (or `pgopher-utf8', see below) main script file somewhere in your path, and copy the `PGopherLib' directory and its contents to a place where Perl looks for library files. Finally, copy `sample.pgopherrc' to your home directory as `.pgopherrc' and edit the settings if necessary. Command Line Syntax ------------------- pgopher [-d] [host[:port][/type[selector]]] Options ------- -d Run in "dumb" mode; no VT100 control sequences will be used. Internal Commands ----------------- Type `h' in the program for command help. If you have a UTF-8 capable terminal ------------------------------------ There's a version of the PGopher main script file named `pgopher-utf8' included for those who have a terminal capable of UTF-8 input/output. The configuration and bookmark files will be read/written in UTF-8 as well. When viewing text files (not downloading), automatic conversion from 8-bit source encoding to UTF-8 is performed, with the source encoding determined by the `$TEXTENC' variable in .pgopherrc. If using `less' as the text pager, the LESSCHARSET environment variable will be set to `utf-8'. Rename the file to `pgopher' if desired. Mats Peterson .