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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgopherlib.tex b/Doc/lib/libgopherlib.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 4b22605..0000000 --- a/Doc/lib/libgopherlib.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{gopherlib} --- - Gopher protocol client} - -\declaremodule{standard}{gopherlib} -\modulesynopsis{Gopher protocol client (requires sockets).} - -\deprecated{2.5}{The \code{gopher} protocol is not in active use - anymore.} - -\indexii{Gopher}{protocol} - -This module provides a minimal implementation of client side of the -Gopher protocol. It is used by the module \refmodule{urllib} to -handle URLs that use the Gopher protocol. - -The module defines the following functions: - -\begin{funcdesc}{send_selector}{selector, host\optional{, port}} -Send a \var{selector} string to the gopher server at \var{host} and -\var{port} (default \code{70}). Returns an open file object from -which the returned document can be read. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{send_query}{selector, query, host\optional{, port}} -Send a \var{selector} string and a \var{query} string to a gopher -server at \var{host} and \var{port} (default \code{70}). Returns an -open file object from which the returned document can be read. -\end{funcdesc} - -Note that the data returned by the Gopher server can be of any type, -depending on the first character of the selector string. If the data -is text (first character of the selector is \samp{0}), lines are -terminated by CRLF, and the data is terminated by a line consisting of -a single \samp{.}, and a leading \samp{.} should be stripped from -lines that begin with \samp{..}. Directory listings (first character -of the selector is \samp{1}) are transferred using the same protocol. |