GopherPup
(ver 0.3d)
Freeware


GopherPup was written by Don Gilbert of the Indiana Univ. Biology Dept..


sgi-mips = SGI Irix, MIPS processor
sun-sparc_stat = Sun Sparcstation, static-linked Motif libraries
sun-sparc_dyn = Sun Sparcstation, dynamic-linked libraries

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GopherPup has several unique strengths:

* Display documents in Microsoft's Rich Text Format (RTF) produced by
popular wordprocessors.  RTF not only is a widely-available standard, it
has full support for fonts, styles, embedded images, and the formatting
needed to display publication-quality documents. RTF displays can
include a variety of fonts including symbols, font sizes and styles,
super-scripting and sub-scripting, tabbing, paragraph formatting, and
pictures in both vector and bitmap forms.

* Display graphics in a standard, widely-used vector & bitmap format,
Apple Macintosh's PICT.  This format provides high-resolution output,
smaller/faster image transfer, and editable graphics, compared to GIF.

* Display documents in the network HyperText Markup Language (HTML), and
in the popular graphic bitmap format, CompuServe's GIF, as well as plain
text.

* Easily link network resources into any of these documents.  Documents
created in a wordprocessor can be directly displayed and network links
can be placed by simple drag-and-drop methods.

* The hypertext method used is easily extensible to any new format which
can be displayed.

* Browse and search through information on your local computer system
using the same easy methods used for remote systems. The search methods
use the same query dialogs, and relies on a variant of FreeWAIS-sf
software which provides for complex and field-specified queries.  With
this feature it will be possible for providers to provide the same
information services throught local CDROM or disk as through remote
Internet connections. This search support is still under development.

* Supports all Gopher+ protocol features, including
  -- User dialogs for client-server interactions.
  -- Simple and sophisticated multiple view handling.  Easily choose
the format you prefer, whether RTF or Postscript, GIF or JPEG, and
specialty formats, depending on the service and your needs.   Add new
formats readily as needed.
  -- Display of document dates, sizes, and abstracts -- no more
guessing if that document is 5 years old or up-to-date, or if it is
1,000 or 1,000,000 characters long.

* Supports many HTTP/HTML protocol features (more later), and supports
SMTP Mail protocol.

* One source fits all  -- this program is freely available in one
source version that compiles on Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and
X-Windows computer systems.


NOTE:
This release still includes several bugs and not yet suitable for
extensive use.

GopherPup is based on the earlier GopherApp program for Macintosh
computers.  This is built on a cross-platform toolkit from the Nat'l
Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and further extended by
the author's object-oriented application framework called DCLAP.   The
source for these toolkits and the applicaiton are freely available.
The home archive location for DCLAP is at
<ftp://iubio.bio.indiana.edu:/util/dclap/>.

Comments, bug reports and suggestions for new features may be sent to
[email protected]

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GopherPup       = executable
GopherPup.go4   = default network link document (bookmarks or hotlist)
GopherPup.help  = help file (netdoc/rtf format)
GopherPup.prefs = preference information (read on 1st use)
GopherPup.start = default display document (netdoc/rtf format)

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