Update README - clic - Clic is an command line interactive client for gopher written in Common LISP
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-# Introduction
+Introduction
+============
-Clic (Common LISP Interactive Client) is a gopher client. The name is
-a bad pun because **clic** is the sound of a mouse click while this
-client is keyboard only...
+Clic (Common LISP Interactive Client) is a terminal based gopher
+client. The name is a bad pun, **clic** is the sound of a mouse click
+but the software is keyboard driven...
-It currently works with **ecl** and **sbcl** compilers.
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+clic requires a few dependencies :
+
+ + ANSI compatible terminal emulator
+ + a Common LISP interpreter
+ + C compiler
+ + Linux/OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD
+
+Both **ecl** and **sbcl** Common LISP compilers are supported.
+
+
+How to build
+============
`clic` binary must be compiled.
@@ -18,18 +34,16 @@ To compile it with **sbcl** :
then you can use `make install` to deploy it in `/usr/bin/`.
-**I (the author) recommend using ecl**.
-
-# Requirements
+Note : when using sbcl, a shared library extension.o is created and
+then sbcl creates a binary linked against the library. But ecl will
+translate the whole lisp code to C and then compile it, but linking
+against ecl.
-You need a Common LISP interpreter like ecl or sbcl to use Clic. This
-is only tested with Linux, OpenBSD and FreeBSD, it should works fine
-on any Unix system.
-
-If you want to use ecl, you will need a C compiler.
+**I (the author) recommend using ecl**.
-# Information about the binary
+Information about the binary
+----------------------------
If you compile clic with ecl, you will need ecl library installed on
the computer, the startup time is really fast. While compiling clic
with SBCL will provide a standalone binary embedding the whole SBCL
@@ -39,7 +53,9 @@ If you use OpenBSD and SBCL, you will need wxallowed mountflag on the
partition from where you try to start clic standalone because sbcl has
a W^X issue.
-# Use it
+
+How to use clic
+===============
By default *clic* will load the page **gopherproject/1/** with a
number on the left of each link. Pleas type the number of a link to
@@ -47,31 +63,45 @@ follow it. If it's a text, the $PAGER program will be called to show
it, if it's a binary file (types g,I and 9) it will be downloaded into
`/tmp/` and then `xdg-open` will be called on the filename.
-## Keyboard bindings
-- 1-999 : follow the link "number"
-- a : add to bookmark (it saves the file too)
-- b : display bookmarks and choose a link
-- p : previous page
-- h : display history
-- r : reload the page
-- x : quit shell mode
-- q : quit shell mode
+Keyboard bindings
+-----------------
+
++ 1-999 : follow the link "number"
++ a : add to bookmark (it saves the file too)
++ b : display bookmarks and choose a link
++ p : previous page
++ h : display history
++ r : reload the page
++ x : quit shell mode
++ q : quit shell mode
In addition to the previous keybinding, a different layout coexists,
permitting to use clic with the numpad with only one hand :
-- "a number" : follow the link "number
-- / : previous page
-- * : reload the page
-- - : display bookmarks
-- + : add to bookmark
-- . : quit
++ "a number" : follow the link "number
++ / : previous page
++ * : reload the page
++ - : display bookmarks
++ + : add to bookmark
++ . : quit
+
+
+Command line usage
+==================
+
+If you pass a gopher url to clic (gopher:// isn't mandatory for the
+url), the behavor will change depending on two parameters :
-# Command line
+1. is the output a pipe/redirection ?
+2. is the url type a menu ? (types 1 or 4)
-If you call clic with an argument which is a request for a binary
-type, clic will output the data to stdout.
+If the output is a pipe or a redirection, clic will send the raw data
+to stdout (text for type 0 and binary for others types)
-Using "gopher://" at the start of an url isn't mandatory.
+If the output is the terminal, clic will download the file in /tmp/
+folder and then call $PAGER if the type is 0 (text) or xdg-open for
+others types.
+If the url is a type 0 or 4 and the output is a terminal, it will open
+clic and stay in interactive mode.