Adding finger support.

diff --git a/ISSUES.org b/ISSUES.org
index 2b637c0..4624786 100644 (file)
--- a/ISSUES.org
+++ b/ISSUES.org
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ this can happen:
 - [X] shift history out of node tree and into separate stack
 - [ ] make history stack variables buffer-local
 - [ ] have elpher-with-clean-buffer select appropriate buffer 
-   
-** OPEN Remove "redraw" command
-This is only necessary for returning from displaying the raw
-server response.  If I can provide a better way of doing that
-then we can get rid of redraw entirely.
 
 ** OPEN Replace support for user-specified starting pages
 This used to be available, but was removed during a refactor.
@@ -46,6 +41,10 @@ Here is the checklist of features required before release:
 The last few will be made infinitely easier if we factor the
 gopher "getter" code differently.
 
+** OPEN Implement Finger support
+
+** OPEN Add history browsing
+
 * Bugs
 
 * Completed improvements
@@ -108,6 +107,14 @@ do, but will process the URL to do it.
 This also means that non-gopher URLs will be explicitly represented
 as such: no more abusing the "h" type for these.
 
+** INVALID Remove "redraw" command
+This is only necessary for returning from displaying the raw
+server response.  If I can provide a better way of doing that
+then we can get rid of redraw entirely.
+
+Actually, this command can be useful to correct rendering issues that
+occasionally pop up in termal windows.  Lets leave it for now.
+
 * Closed issues
   
 ** CLOSED Org mode faces are not present in recent emacs versions

diff --git a/elpher.el b/elpher.el
index 474eee1..4feb520 100644 (file)
--- a/elpher.el
+++ b/elpher.el
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     ((gopher ?s) elpher-get-gopher-page elpher-render-download "snd" elpher-binary)
     ((gopher ?h) elpher-get-gopher-page elpher-render-html "htm" elpher-html)
     (gemini elpher-get-gemini-page elpher-render-gemini "gem" elpher-gemini)
+    (finger elpher-get-finger-page elpher-render-text "txt" elpher-text)
     (telnet elpher-get-telnet-page nil "tel" elpher-telnet)
     (other-url elpher-get-other-url-page nil "url" elpher-other-url)
     ((special bookmarks) elpher-get-bookmarks-page nil "/" elpher-index)
@@ -1030,6 +1031,26 @@ For instance, the filename /a/b/../c/./d will reduce to /a/c/d"
     (elpher-page-address elpher-current-page)
     (buffer-string))))
 
+;; Finger page connection
+
+(defun elpher-get-finger-page (renderer)
+  "Opens a finger connection to the current page address and renders it using RENDERER."
+  (let* ((address (elpher-page-address elpher-current-page))
+         (host (elpher-address-host address))
+         (port (elpher-address-port address))
+         (content (elpher-get-cached-content address)))
+    (if (and content (funcall renderer nil))
+        (elpher-with-clean-buffer
+         (insert content)
+         (elpher-restore-pos))
+      (elpher-with-clean-buffer
+       (insert "LOADING... (use 'u' to cancel)"))
+      (condition-case the-error
+          (elpher-get-selector address renderer)
+        (error
+         (elpher-network-error address the-error))))))
+
+
 ;; Other URL page opening
 
 (defun elpher-get-other-url-page (renderer)