xwafegopher(1)

NAME

xwafegopher - a simple x-based gopher client

SYNOPSIS

xwafegopher [-c colormode] [-3] [-p gopher port] [-s gopher server]

DESCRIPTION

xwafegopher is a simple x-based gopher client which provides access to the distributed gopher information system by connecting via tcpip to a distant gopher server (default: gopher.micro.umn.edu). xwafegopher is a wafe application (see manual page wafeapp) written in Perl.

OPTIONS

In addition to the standard toolkit options such as -display, -name, -geometry, -iconic, -xrm etc. (see manual page X) xwafegopher accepts the following options:

-c colormode
    start xwafegopher using the given color-mode (for details see manual page wafeapp); color modes are for example mono, blueish or wheat-ish.

-3  do not use 3 dimensional widgets. This option depends of the configuration in the system.waferc file (see manual page wafeapp).

-p gopher port
    specify gopher port. The default value is 70.

-s gopher server
    specify name of gopher server. Per default gopher.micro.umn.edu is used.

-h  show a short usage message.

LAYOUT and INTERACTION

When xwafegopher is started the user will see an X front end with two main sections: a list of topics and a quit button and an information line. Each item in the list of topics stats with an small symbol to distinguish between text information, directories (lists of subtopics) and telnet based information. The information will be retrieved by clicking with the left mouse button in the line of interest. If an directory was retrieved an additional subwindow pop up, which has the same structure as the top level window. In the current implementation on each level at most one subwindow can be displayed (except for telnet based services). The Quit button of the top window terminates the application.

KEY BINDINGS

<Btn1>
    retrieve information <Btn3> Show source of information

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

WAFELIB
    location of the wafe library (typically /usr/lib/X11/wafe)

PERL VARIABLES

Wafe (Perl-) Variables from $WAFELIB/system.waferc or $HOME/.waferc:

$boldFont
    typically used for bold labels

$buttonFont
    typically used as font for buttons

$buttonAtts
    attributes used for buttons

$backGround
    back ground color

$roColors
    attributes for non emphasized text (typically colors)

$infoColors
    attributes of the info line (typically colors)

@textActions
    default actions for text widgets

FILES

    $WAFELIB/system.waferc
    $HOME/.waferc

SEE ALSO

wafe(n), wafeapp(n), X(1), xwafemail(n), xwafenews(n), xwafeftp(n), xwafeora(n), xwafetel(n), xdirtree(n), xdirtree(n), xprojektor(n), xbm(n), xwafemc(n), xruptimes(n), xnetstats(n), xiostats(n), xvmstats(n), xwafeping(n), xwafecf(n)

COPYRIGHT

 Copyright (C) 1992 by Gustaf Neumann, Stefan Nusser
        Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien,
        Abteilung fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik
        Augasse 2-6,
        A-1090 Vienna, Austria
        neumann@wu-wien.ac.at, nusser@wu-wien.ac.at
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all supporting documentation. This software is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.

AUTHORS

Gustaf Neumann, Stefan Nusser