#gmsfn

gmsfn is a program used to update a file with new links found in Gemtext pages served over the Gemini protocol. I wrote it partly because I wanted something a bit different to CAPCOM and spacewalk, and partly to learn C through a real project. The name comes from the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN), which was a set of tracking stations used to support the Gemini space program (as well as Mercury, Apollo and Skylab).

• Project Gemini (gemini)
• Project Gemini (https)
• Gemtext (gemini)
• CAPCOM (https)
• spacewalk (https)
• Manned Space Flight Network (https)

Differences from CAPCOM and spacewalk:

• Doesn't rely on authors to provide an Atom feed
• Links directly to posts
• Feeds are configured in a file, not by a CLI
• Feeds will probably include links you don't want to see, like links back to a home page or to an Atom/RSS feed.
• Doesn't detect if textual content of a page changes

All the hard work to do with Gemini and parsing Gemtext is done using Drew Devault's gmni. Thank you Drew!

• gmni (gemini)
• gmni (https)

#Example

A live feed (updated daily) and the configuration for it can be found at:

• gemini://calcuode.com/feed.gmi
• gemini://calcuode.com/gmsfn.gmi

#Installation

Dependencies:

• A POSIX-like system and a C11 compiler
• OpenSSL
• scdoc
• gmni

$ git clone https://git.sr.ht/~callum/gmsfn
$ cd gmsfn
$ make
# make install

#Usage

For more information about how gmsfn works see the man pages:

• gmsfn(1) (gemini)
• gmsfn(1) (https)
• gmsfn(5) (gemini)
• gmsfn(5) (https)

#Mailing list and bug tracker

Mail patches and discussion to: ~callum/gmsfn@lists.sr.ht

• mailing list (https)
• bug tracker (https)