+;; General appearance and customizations
+
+(defcustom elpher-open-urls-with-eww nil
+ "If non-nil, open URL selectors using eww.
+Otherwise, use the system browser via the BROWSE-URL function."
+ :type '(boolean))
+
+(defcustom elpher-use-header t
+ "If non-nil, display current page information in buffer header."
+ :type '(boolean))
+
+(defcustom elpher-auto-disengage-TLS nil
+ "If non-nil, automatically disengage TLS following an unsuccessful connection.
+While enabling this may seem convenient, it is also potentially dangerous as it
+allows switching from an encrypted channel back to plain text without user input."
+ :type '(boolean))
+
+(defcustom elpher-connection-timeout 5
+ "Specifies the number of seconds to wait for a network connection to time out."
+ :type '(integer))
+
+(defcustom elpher-filter-ansi-from-text nil
+ "If non-nil, filter ANSI escape sequences from text.
+The default behaviour is to use the ansi-color package to interpret these
+sequences."
+ :type '(boolean))
+
+(defcustom elpher-gemini-TLS-cert-checks nil
+ "If non-nil, verify gemini server TLS certs using the default security level.
+Otherwise, certificate verification is disabled.
+
+This defaults to off because it is standard practice for Gemini servers
+to use self-signed certificates, meaning that most servers provide what
+EMACS considers to be an invalid certificate."
+ :type '(boolean))
+
+(defcustom elpher-gemini-max-fill-width 80
+ "Specify the maximum default width (in columns) of text/gemini documents.
+The actual width used is the minimum of this value and the window width at
+the time when the text is rendered."
+ :type '(integer))
+