FingerGate @ WWW.Gamers.Org
A Gateway to Finger from the World Wide Web

Finger Type:
short: login status
long: login + plan
plan: plan only
default: whatever...

Try some examples.

Finger Response Formatting:
plain: no html - suitable for saving
pre: add title, use PRE, escape < > &
hyper: pre with hyperlinked URLs
para: add title, format as paragraphs
body: add title, return response as body
html: return response as entire html doc

Finger Address:


Try these examples:

addr=icculus@icculus.org&type=default&format=plain (Icculus original)
addr=icculus@icculus.org&type=default&format=para (Icculus htmlized)

And formerly these:

addr=strife@rogue-ent.com&type=long&format=plain (Original long)
addr=strife@rogue-ent.com&type=plan&format=para (Htmlized plan)
addr=nick@ftp.nvidia.com&type=plan&format=para (nVidia OpenGL)
addr=@finger.kernel.org&type=default&format=plain (Linux kernel)


Finger Type Options:

Finger Response Formatting Options:

Finger Address:

Linking to FingerGate:

If you have suggestions for FingerGate, or need help formatting a .plan file to meet the formatting requirements for para, contact the author at jve@gamers.org.


This is FingerGate v1.02 - a Finger Gateway hosted at Gamers.Org.
Written by John Van Essen.   Report problems to webmaster@gamers.org.