Registered URLs and URL Compatible Applications

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Uniform Resource Locators (URL) describe resources available via the Internet. Full details are given in RFC 1738.

RFC 1738 describes the basic, standard URL schemes, and then various draft RFC are used to extend the list of standard schemes. Please don't invent new schemes - they won't work with other programs under RISCOS, and they won't work on other platforms.

Scheme	Description
ftp://	File Transfer Protocol
file:	Local filing system
http://	World Wide Web
gopher://	Gopher system
mailto:	Electronic mail
news:	Usenet newsgroup or article
nntp://	Usenet newsgroup
telnet://	Telnet login to a terminal (eg, VT220)
wais://	Wide Area Information Service
https://	Secure HTTP (SSL)
rlogin://	Remote login to a terminal
tn3270://	Remote login to a TN3270 terminal
finger://	Finger for details of a remote user

URL Compatible Applications

Below is a list of all known applications that fully support the URL broadcast mechanism. Please let me know of any new software that supports URL launching by contacting me.

ANT Internet Suite release II
!FTP receives ftp://
!Fresco receives http://, ftp://, gopher://, file:, launches all schemes
!Marcel receives mailto:, news:, nntp://, launches all schemes
!ANTterm receives telnet://, rlogin://, finger://, launches all schemes
!HotList launches all schemes
!InetConfg launches nntp://
!Upgrade launches http://
ArcWeb v1.92
!ArcWeb receives http://, ftp://, gopher://, file:, finger://, launches all schemes
JFinger v1.02
!JFinger receives finger://
JFTerm v1.22
!JFTerm receives finger://, x-irc:, launches all schemes
Messenger v1.40f
!Messenger receives mailto:, news:, launches all schemes
NetReader v1.14
!NetReader receives mailto:, launches ftp:// and http://
StrongEd v4.60
!StrongEd editor launches all schemes from text pages
StrongHelp v2.61
!StrongHelp hypertext help reader, launches all schemes from help pages
StrongMen v1.11
!StrongMen menu/hotlist editor, launches all schemes and receives 'Add to Hotlist' messages
Teletext+ v7.03
!Teletex+ launches all schemes from Teletext pages
Ticker v0.24
!Ticker BBC News Online ticker, launches http://
Zap v1.40
!Zap launches all schemes (in Email mode)

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