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 gmid is a fast Gemini server written with security in mind.  I
 initially wrote it to serve static files, but it has grown into a
-featureful server that can be used from either the command line to
-serve local directories
-
-    gmid docs  # serve the directory docs over gemini
-
-or as a traditional daemon
-
-    gmid -c /etc/gmid.conf
+featureful server.
 
 
 ## Features
 
 (random order)
 
- - reconfiguration: reload the running configuration without interruption
+ - reconfiguration: reload the running configuration without
+   interruption
  - sandboxed by default on OpenBSD, Linux and FreeBSD
  - IRI support (RFC3987)
  - punycode support