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@setfilename elpher.info
-@settitle Elpher Manual v3.2.2
+@settitle Elpher Manual v3.3.0
@dircategory Emacs
@direntry
@copying
This manual documents Elpher, a gopher and gemini client for Emacs.
-Copyright @copyright{} 2019, 2020, 2021 Tim Vaughan@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2019-2022 Tim Vaughan@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Daniel Semyonov@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Alex Schroeder
Elpher is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-FITNElpher FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License in
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License in
the file COPYING in the same directory as this file for more details.
@end quotation
@end copying
* Finger support:: Support for the Finger protocol
* Local files:: Opening local files in elpher
* About pages:: Special pages and how to reference them
+* ANSI support:: Notes in Elpher's ANSI support
* Customization:: How to customize various aspects of Elpher
* Command Index::
* News:: Changes introduced by major releases
-* Acknowledgements:: Contributors to Elpher
+* Contributors:: Contributors to Elpher
@detailmenu
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
@node Installation, Quick Start, Introduction, Top
@chapter Installation
-Elpher is available from the MELPA package repository. If you have
+@section Installing from ELPA or MELPA
+
+Elpher is available on the non-GNU ELPA package archive. If you are
+using Emacs 28 or later, this archive should be available on your system
+by default. For Emacs 27, you'll need to follow the instructions at
+@url{https://elpa.nongnu.org} to make the archive accessible.
+
+Alternatively, Elpher is available from the MELPA package archive. If you have
never installed packages from this repository before, you'll need
to follow the instructions at @url{https://melpa.org/#/getting-started}.
-@noindent To install Elpher, enter the following:
+Once one of these package archives is installed, enter the following to
+install Elpher:
@example
@kbd{M-x package-install @key{RET} elpher @key{RET}}
@kbd{M-x package-delete @key{RET} elpher @key{RET}}.
@end example
+@section Installing by hand
+
It is also possible to install Elpher directly by downloading the file
@file{elpher.el} from @url{gopher://thelambdalab.xyz/1/projects/elpher}
(you'll need to download the ``source archive'' and extract it), adding
@item
Following links of type `h' with a selector having the `URL:' prefix, or
-unsuported URLs in text files, will result in Elpher using an external
+unsupported URLs in text files, will result in Elpher using an external
programme to open the URL. This will be either the default system browser
or, if the @code{elpher-open-urls-with-eww} customization variable is non-nil,
Emacs' own EWW browser. (See @pxref{Customization}.)
creating a new persistent certificate, using some additional
details for which you will be prompted.
Alternatively, pressing the @key{i} key will cause Elpher to ask for the
-locations of edisting key and certificate files to add to
+locations of existing key and certificate files to add to
@code{elpher-certificate-directory} under the chosen name.
Once a certificate is selected, it will be used for all subsequent TLS
@end table
-@node About pages, Customization, Local files, Top
+@node About pages, ANSI support, Local files, Top
@chapter About pages
Like other browsers, elpher makes certain internally-generated pages
This means that these pages can be bookmarked and, more usefully,
added to a local file to be rendered as a user-defined start page.
-@node Customization, Command Index, About pages, Top
+To see the address of a special page, simply visit the page and
+press @key{I}.
+
+@node ANSI support, Customization, About pages, Top
+@chapter ANSI support
+
+Depending on which parts of the gopher/gemini universe you frequent,
+you may occasionally stumble on sites which use ANSI escape codes to
+either produce specific characters or to colour text.
+
+By default, elpher uses Emacs' built-in ANSI rendering library,
+@samp{ansi-color}, to process ANSI codes. This robustly interprets
+the escape codes but only supports 8 colours. Any colours unsupported
+by the library are simply stripped, leaving uncoloured text in the
+majority of cases.
+
+To drastically improve the number of colours produced, install the
+@samp{xterm-color} package from MELPA. This package will be automatically
+used by elpher if it is available, and supports 256 colours.
+This should be sufficient to properly render many ANSI colour
+gopher holes and gemini capsules quite nicely.
+
+In case you prefer to completely strip out the ANSI escape codes entirely
+by customizing the @code{elpher-filter-ansi-from-text} variable.
+
+
+@node Customization, Command Index, ANSI support, Top
@chapter Customization
Various parts of Elpher can be customized via the
@printindex fn
-@node News, Acknowledgements, Command Index, Top
+@node News, Contributors, Command Index, Top
@chapter News
This chapter documents the major changes introduced by Elpher releases.
+@section v3.3.0
+
+This version includes lots of bug fixes, as well as a couple of new
+features.
+
+@subsection Local gophermaps
+
+Local gophermaps can now be displayed using @samp{file:}. To render
+correctly, they must have the suffix @samp{.gopher} or @samp{.gophermap}.
+
+@subsection IRI support
+
+Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRI) are an extension of URLs
+(or, more accurately, URIs) to support a larger set of characters beyond
+those in the US-ASCII character set. They map directly onto URIs for
+backwards compatibility, but look like gibberish if not properly
+decoded. When displaying URLs, Elpher now automatically decodes any IRI
+characters and displays the decoded IRI. (For security reasons, the
+@code{elpher-info-current} command (@kbd{I}) always displays both the
+decoded IRI and the URI when they differ.)
+
@section v3.2.0
This version introduces several minor changes which, together, make it
Special elpher pages such as the welcome page (previously ``start''
page), the bookmarks page, the browsing history stack and list of
-visited pages are now addressible via @samp{about:} URLs. For instance,
+visited pages are now addressable via @samp{about:} URLs. For instance,
the standard welcome page has the address @samp{about:welcome}.
@subsection Local files
Gemini document headers are now navigable via imenu.
For details, @xref{Imenu, , , emacs, The Emacs Editor}.
-@node Acknowledgements, , News, Top
-@chapter Acknowledgements
+@node Contributors, , News, Top
+@chapter Contributors
-Elpher was originally written by Tim Vaughan. Recent maintenance has
-been done by and with the help of Alex Schroeder. In addition, the
-following people (in alphabetical order) have generously provided
-assistance and/or patches:
+Elpher was originally written and is currently maintained by Tim Vaughan
+@email{plugd@@thelambdalab.xyz}. Significant improvements and
+maintenance have also been contributed by and with the help of Alex
+Schroeder @email{alex@@gnu.org}. In addition, the following people have
+all generously provided assistance and/or patches:
@itemize
-@item Alexis
-@item Christopher Brannon
-@item Zhiwei Chen
-@item condy0919
-@item Étienne Deparis
-@item Roy Koushik
-@item Simon Nicolussi
-@item Noodles!
-@item Jens Östlund
-@item Abhiseck Paira
-@item F. Jason Park
-@item Omar Polo
-@item Koushk Roy
-@item Michel Alexandre Salim
-@item Alex Schroeder
-@item Daniel Semyonov
-@item Simon South
-@item Bradley Thornton
-@item Vee
+@item Jens Östlund @email{jostlund@@gmail.com}
+@item F. Jason Park @email{jp@@neverwas.me}
+@item Christopher Brannon @email{chris@@the-brannons.com}
+@item Omar Polo @email{op@@omarpolo.com}
+@item Noodles! @email{nnoodle@@chiru.no}
+@item Abhiseck Paira @email{abhiseckpaira@@disroot.org}
+@item Zhiwei Chen @email{chenzhiwei03@@kuaishou.com}
+@item condy0919 @email{condy0919@@gmail.com}
+@item Alexis @email{flexibeast@@gmail.com}
+@item Étienne Deparis @email{etienne@@depar.is}
+@item Simon Nicolussi @email{sinic@@sinic.name}
+@item Michel Alexandre Salim @email{michel@@michel-slm.name}
+@item Koushk Roy @email{kroy@@twilio.com}
+@item Vee @email{vee@@vnsf.xyz}
+@item Simon South @email{simon@@simonsouth.net}
+@item Daniel Semyonov @email{daniel@@dsemy.com}
+@item Bradley Thornton @email{bradley@@northtech.us}
@end itemize
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