GemiNaut 0.8.7 released

• Version: 0.8.7
• Released: 8-Aug-2020

Here is a new release of GemiNaut.

The main change in this 0.8.7 release is that GemiNaut now opens images directly within the client, and linked files can be downloaded. This makes for a more fluid experience browsing geminispace.

There are two new settings that you can control the amount of content downloaded before the download is abandoned. This is necessary as Gemini protocol does not send any Content-Length. As a result GemiNaut no longer launches external proxy in your web browser for binary linked files (links to external web still open in the browser).

There are also some minor usability improvements, for example, menus can be accessed using keyboard shortcuts, File->New to open a new window, and minor theme improvements.

Feedback, bugs and improvement suggestions are welcomed.

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For further details and downloads see the GemiNaut home page

Changes in this release

• only show tooltip on preformatted text if non-empty
• drop use of proxy for gopher and allow file downloading
• display images directly from gopher
• use maintained gopher client gopher-get published to https://github.com/LukeEmmet/gopher-get
• resource download possible from cgi script as well as static files
• improve link wrap in gopher using monospace fonts in fabric themes
• file->new to start a new GemiNaut instance with the current URL to fork the browsing session
• can start with a URL commandline parameter
• use same identity in classic fabric theme for /~foo as users/foo
• navigated or redirected URIs are now normalised (e.g. remove port if it is the default for the scheme)
• binary files can now be downloaded to chosen location, not open in proxy (gemini)
• can specify download max size/time before abandoning
• new settings window for download options and home url
• when upgrading from previous version, keep previous settings
• hanging indents for bullets and links in terminal theme
• keyboard shortcuts for bookmarks (e.g. Alt+B) and other menus
• build links correctly when a port is given within the URL
• server size and timeout for slow or too large content
• simple image display within GemiNaut
• updated build of gemget