# Welcome

This is a Gopher client for iOS. It's been desgined for use with
current devices, and offers a quick, easy means of browing the
Gopherspace.

# Using It

In building this, I have tried to keep the interface simple. At the
top is a URL bar. This has:

- a history button
- the URI bar
- a load button

At the bottom are a few more buttons:

- Home
- Bookmarks
- Settings

Put the Gopher URL in the url bar (do not add the gopher:// protocol)
and hit ENTER or tap on "Load". The client will load the specified
server and resource.

Directories will be displayed in the main interface. These are
generally plain text, with a very small amount of ASCII-based styling.

For directory indexes, a type indicator is shown on the right. E.g.,

  [TXT] Using This Client
  [DIR] forthworks.com
  [IMG] Today's XKCD
  [FND] Search Using Veronica

Indicators with a [ ] wrapper can be tapped to load. Ones without
the wrapper are not currently supported.

Images and Text files have dedicated viewers that appear when content
is loaded. The text file view has buttons for "reflow" (attempting to
reformat to fill the screen) and "restore" the original formatting.
Both also have a "dismiss" to return to the directory view.

# Notes

Gopher is a simple protocol that leaves nearly everything up to the
client to handle. I am trying to make this client as useful as
possible, but some things are beyond my control.

The protocol doesn't really provide any error handling. If a page
doesn't load on the first try, try loading it again. If you have
recurring problems, send me the URI in question so I can investigate.

# Text Display Issues

Gopher makes assumptions about the text display. Specifically, it
assumes you are using an 80 column display. Text beyond this may be
cut off, or wrap, and the results can be inconsistent. I have added
some settings to allow tweaking the font size and wrapping model, but
for best appearance, you should try to use it in a manner that allows
80 (or close to this) characters on screen. For phones, this will
mean using the device in landscape (unless you can handle really small
fonts).