David Shaw finally removed all traces of Gopher and we are now officially

not supporting it. It hasn't been functioning for years anyway, so this is
just finally stating what already was true. And a cleanup at the same time.

docs/FAQ

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ FAQ
   libcurl
 
     A free and easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting FTP,
-    FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP.  libcurl supports
+    FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP.  libcurl supports
     HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, kerberos, HTTP
     form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, file
     transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and more!
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ FAQ
     A command line tool for getting or sending files using URL syntax.
 
     Since curl uses libcurl, it supports a range of common Internet protocols,
-    currently including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, LDAP, DICT, TELNET and
-    FILE.
+    currently including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, LDAP, DICT, TELNET and FILE.
 
   We pronounce curl and cURL with an initial k sound: [kurl].
 

docs/FEATURES

@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ LDAP (*2)
 DICT
  - extended DICT URL support
 
-GOPHER
- - GET
- - via http-proxy
-
 FILE
  - URL support
  - "uploads"

docs/INSTALL

@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ Win32
    CURL_DISABLE_TELNET   disables TELNET
    CURL_DISABLE_DICT     disables DICT
    CURL_DISABLE_FILE     disables FILE
-   CURL_DISABLE_GOPHER   disables GOPHER
 
    If you want to set any of these defines you have the following
    possibilities:

docs/MANUAL

@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ SIMPLE USAGE
 
         curl ftp://cool.haxx.se/
 
-  Get a gopher document from funet's gopher server:
-
-        curl gopher://gopher.funet.fi
-
   Get the definition of curl from a dictionary:
 
         curl dict://dict.org/m:curl
@@ -94,10 +90,6 @@ USING PASSWORDS
 
    Probably most commonly used with private certificates, as explained below.
 
- GOPHER
-
-   Curl features no password support for gopher.
-
 PROXY
 
  Get an ftp file using a proxy named my-proxy that uses port 888:
@@ -748,7 +740,7 @@ ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 
   Curl reads and understands the following environment variables:
 
-        http_proxy, HTTPS_PROXY, FTP_PROXY, GOPHER_PROXY
+        http_proxy, HTTPS_PROXY, FTP_PROXY
 
   They should be set for protocol-specific proxies. General proxy should be
   set with

docs/curl-config.1

@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ in $prefix/lib and its header files are installed in $prefix/include and so
 on. The prefix is set with "configure --prefix".
 .IP "--protocols"
 Lists what particular protocols the installed libcurl was built to support. At
-the time of writing, this list may include HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER,
-FILE, TELNET, LDAP, DICT. Do not assume any particular order. The protocols
-will be listed using uppercase and are separated by newlines. There may be
-none, one or several protocols in the list. (Added in 7.13.0)
+the time of writing, this list may include HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, FILE,
+TELNET, LDAP, DICT. Do not assume any particular order. The protocols will
+be listed using uppercase and are separated by newlines. There may be none,
+one or several protocols in the list. (Added in 7.13.0)
 .IP "--version"
 Outputs version information about the installed libcurl.
 .IP "--vernum"

docs/curl.1

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ curl \- transfer a URL
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B curl
 is a tool to transfer data from or to a server, using one of the supported
-protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, TFTP, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, LDAP or
-FILE). The command is designed to work without user interaction.
+protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP or FILE).
+The command is designed to work without user interaction.
 
 curl offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user
 authentication, ftp upload, HTTP post, SSL (https:) connections, cookies, file
@@ -1198,8 +1198,6 @@ Sets proxy server to use for HTTP.
 Sets proxy server to use for HTTPS.
 .IP "FTP_PROXY [protocol://]<host>[:port]"
 Sets proxy server to use for FTP.
-.IP "GOPHER_PROXY [protocol://]<host>[:port]"
-Sets proxy server to use for GOPHER.
 .IP "ALL_PROXY [protocol://]<host>[:port]"
 Sets proxy server to use if no protocol-specific proxy is set.
 .IP "NO_PROXY <comma-separated list of hosts>"

docs/libcurl/libcurl.m4

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG],
   AH_TEMPLATE([LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_HTTPS],[Defined if libcurl supports HTTPS])
   AH_TEMPLATE([LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_FTP],[Defined if libcurl supports FTP])
   AH_TEMPLATE([LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_FTPS],[Defined if libcurl supports FTPS])
-  AH_TEMPLATE([LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_GOPHER],[Defined if libcurl supports GOPHER])
   AH_TEMPLATE([LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_FILE],[Defined if libcurl supports FILE])
   AH_TEMPLATE([LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_TELNET],[Defined if libcurl supports TELNET])
   AH_TEMPLATE([LIBCURL_PROTOCOL_LDAP],[Defined if libcurl supports LDAP])
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ x=CURLOPT_VERBOSE;
 
 	      # We don't have --protocols, so just assume that all
 	      # protocols are available
-	      _libcurl_protocols="HTTP FTP GOPHER FILE TELNET LDAP DICT"
+	      _libcurl_protocols="HTTP FTP FILE TELNET LDAP DICT"
 
 	      if test x$libcurl_feature_SSL = xyes ; then
 	         _libcurl_protocols="$_libcurl_protocols HTTPS"