Improved behaviour of history-all/visited-pages.

[elpher.git] / elpher.texi

diff --git a/elpher.texi b/elpher.texi
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+++ b/elpher.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
 
 @setfilename elpher.info
-@settitle Elpher Manual v2.11.0
+@settitle Elpher Manual v3.0.0
 
 @dircategory Emacs
 @direntry
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 @copying
 This manual documents Elpher, a gopher and gemini client for Emacs.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020 Tim Vaughan
+Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020, 2021 Tim Vaughan@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Daniel Semyonov@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Alex Schroeder
 
 @quotation
 The source and documentation of Elpher is free software.  You can
@@ -180,12 +182,19 @@ rather than stick with the cached version.  To do this use @key{R}.
 (This is particularly useful for search query results, where this
 allows you to perform a different search.)
 
-That's more-or-less it. Elpher supports a number of other features, such
-as bookmarking, support for different coding schemes and TLS encryption,
-and a variety of customization options, all of which are explained in
-the rest of this document.  However the emphasis is on keeping the basic
+That's more-or-less it. Elpher supports a number of other features,
+such a support for different coding schemes and TLS encryption, and a
+variety of customization options, all of which are explained in the
+rest of this document. However the emphasis is on keeping the basic
 navigation experience as intuitive and responsive as possible.
 
+Note that you can launch multiple Elpher sessions in parallel by using
+a prefix:
+
+@example
+@kbd{C-u M-x elpher @key{RET}}
+@end example
+
 @node Navigation, Bookmarks, Quick Start, Top
 @chapter Navigation
 Throughout this manual, we use the word ``page'' to refer to any
@@ -230,6 +239,7 @@ or link text.  (Unlike the previous two commands, this immediately opens
 the selected link.
 @end table
 
+
 The following commands can be used to retrieve information about the
 current page, or the address of the link at point:
 
@@ -306,8 +316,9 @@ Once a text, menu or query response page has been displayed, its contents are
 cached for the duration of the Emacs session. 
 
 @keycmd{@key{g}, elpher-go}
-Open a particular page by specifying either its full URL or just entering
-a gopher host name. (The protocol defaults to gopher, so gemini links must include the @code{gemini://} prefix.
+Open a particular page by specifying either its full URL or just
+entering a gopher host name. (The protocol defaults to gopher, so gemini
+links must include the @code{gemini://} prefix.
 
 If a unsupported protocol is used in the URL the result will be the same
 as following a URL link of the same type from a link in a page.
@@ -323,7 +334,7 @@ structure of selectors.
 @keycmd{@key{O}, elpher-root-dir}
 Open the root page (empty selector) on the current host.
 
-@keycmd{@key{u}\, @kbd{mouse-3}, elpher-back}
+@keycmd{@key{u}\, @key{-}\, @key{^}\, @kbd{mouse-3}, elpher-back}
 Return to the previous page, where ``previous'' means the page where the
 page which was displayed immediately before the current page.
 @end table
@@ -365,6 +376,19 @@ this will be automatically positioned on the link that was most recently followe
 from a given page.  This means that, at least for links followed from menus
 and text files, the inverse of @key{u} is actually just @key{RET}.
 
+Elpher actually maintains two histories, and there are two different
+commands to access them:
+
+@table @asis
+@keycmd{@key{s}, elpher-show-history}
+This shows the history of the current buffer. This shows all the links
+you would visit if you were to use @key{u} again and again.
+
+@keycmd{@key{S}, elpher-show-visited-pages}
+This shows the entire Elpher browsing history. It includes all the
+pages you visited in your current Emacs session.
+
+@end table
 
 @node Bookmarks, Gopher character encodings, Navigation, Top
 @chapter Bookmarks
@@ -390,8 +414,7 @@ delete and search bookmarks, for example.
 @end table
 
 If all your bookmarks disappeared in an upgrade from 2.10 to 2.11, you
-need to import the old Elpher bookmarks into your Emacs bookmarks
-using
+can import your old Elpher bookmarks into your Emacs bookmarks using
 
 @example
 @kbd{M-x elpher-bookmark-import @key{RET}}
@@ -425,7 +448,7 @@ The alternative is to explicitly set the coding system used for decoding
 using the following command:
 
 @table @asis
-@keycmd{@key{S},elpher-set-coding-system}
+@keycmd{@key{!},elpher-set-coding-system}
 Causes a elpher to prompt for a coding system to use for decoding
 future gopher text.  The @key{TAB} key can be used at this prompt to display a
 list of alternatives (which is extensive) and to auto-complete.  An empty