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NAME
       gopher -	connect	to gopher document server

SYNOPSIS
       gopher  [-sSbDr]	[-t title] [-p path] [-T type] [-i search
       term] [hostnameorurl] [port]

DESCRIPTION
       The gopher client is used to talk to gopher servers.  Once
       you  have  started  the gopher client, help on using it is
       available by pressing the ?  key.

       The Internet Gopher is  a  distributed  document	 delivery
       service.	  It  allows  a	 neophyte  user	to access various
       types of	data residing on multiple  hosts  in  a	 seamless
       fashion.	  This	is  accomplished by presenting the user	a
       hierarchical arrangement	 of  documents	and  by	 using	a
       client-server  communications  model.  The Internet Gopher
       Server accepts simple queries, and responds by sending the
       client a	document.

       The  [hostname]	of  a  gopher  server may be specified at
       startup;	if omitted, the	default	server for your	 site  is
       used.   You may also specify a URL (Uniform Resource Loca-
       tor) for	this argument.

       The  [Port_number] of the server	host may be specified  at
       startup;	 if  omitted you will use the default port speci-
       fied at your site.  The more or less standard and accepted
       Gopher port number on the Internet is 70.

OPTIONS
       -b     starts the client	on the bookmark	page.

       The  next few options are for more advanced users who want
       to start	at a location other than the default, or  to  set
       up  special  aliases  or	shell-scripts to point the gopher
       client to seperate places.

       -p path
	      specify a	specific selector string to send  to  the
	      gopher server on startup.

       -T type
	      let  the	client	know  what  type of object the -p
	      option is	pointing at.

       -i search term
	      tell the client what to search for  in  the  object
	      defined by the -p	and -T 7 options.

       -t title
	      set  the title of	the initial screen for the gopher

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	      client.

       The last	few options aren't really of interest to  regular
       users, but are provided for system administrators who waht
       to provide a secure client, or who need to debug	a client.

       -s or -S
	      "secure  mode"  which  means that	you can't save or
	      print the	files that you browse.	-s is  for  users
	      without  an  account, while -S assumes the user has
	      an account on this machine.  One	security  feature
	      is  forced  on,  regardless  of  the state of these
	      options, if the name of the user's  shell	 ends  in
	      rsh;  the	 'O' (options) command is disabled so the
	      user cannot select a shell as an application.

       -r     tells the	client that its	user is	remote.

       -D     turns on the copius debugging output

In-Session Options
       Press return or the right arrow key on the mini keypad  to
       view a document or enter	a directory.

       Press   Control/W, Control/R, or	Control/L to repaint your
       menu at any time.

       At  any	time,  you  may	 press	?  to  see  a  help  file
       of commands available.

BOOKMARKS
       Bookmarks  allow	 users	to create their	own personallized
       menus from  those  available  on	 the  variety  of  Gopher
       servers	 available  worldwide.	 The  following	 list  of
       keystrokes aids in developing and  maint