From: plugd Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 12:12:11 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Updated documentation for minor release. X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0 X-Git-Url: https://thelambdalab.xyz/gitweb/index.cgi?p=elpher.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=954840cc5380bc15723bc60e385f2e65aa36bdf1 Updated documentation for minor release. --- diff --git a/README b/README index 1ec85a2..d684b91 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -85,30 +85,29 @@ Info directory which can be displayed using "C-h i". 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: - -* Alexis -* Christopher Brannon -* Zhiwei Chen -* condy0919 -* Étienne Deparis -* Roy Koushik -* Simon Nicolussi -* Noodles! -* Jens Östlund -* Abhiseck Paira -* F. Jason Park -* Omar Polo -* Koushk Roy -* Michel Alexandre Salim -* Alex Schroeder -* Daniel Semyonov -* Simon South -* Bradley Thornton -* Vee +Elpher was originally written and is currently maintained by Tim Vaughan +. Significant improvements and +maintenance have also been contributed by and with the help of Alex +Schroeder . In addition, the following people have +all generously provided assistance and/or patches over the years: + +* Jens Östlund +* F. Jason Park +* Christopher Brannon +* Omar Polo +* Noodles! +* Abhiseck Paira +* Zhiwei Chen +* condy0919 +* Alexis +* Étienne Deparis +* Simon Nicolussi +* Michel Alexandre Salim +* Koushk Roy +* Vee +* Simon South +* Daniel Semyonov +* Bradley Thornton License ------- diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk index 0896d05..859a67b 100644 --- a/config.mk +++ b/config.mk @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ PKG = elpher -VERSION = 3.2.2 +VERSION = 3.3.0 INSTALLINFO = install-info MAKEINFO = makeinfo diff --git a/elpher-pkg.el b/elpher-pkg.el index 4d60307..894eb3b 100644 --- a/elpher-pkg.el +++ b/elpher-pkg.el @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -(define-package "elpher" "3.2.2" "A friendly gopher and gemini client" +(define-package "elpher" "3.3.0" "A friendly gopher and gemini client" '((emacs "27.1")) :keywords ("convenience") :authors (("Tim Vaughan" . "plugd@thelambdalab.xyz")) diff --git a/elpher.el b/elpher.el index 580184e..3145d69 100644 --- a/elpher.el +++ b/elpher.el @@ -1,27 +1,11 @@ ;;; elpher.el --- A friendly gopher and gemini client -*- lexical-binding: t -*- -;; Copyright (C) 2021 Jens Östlund -;; Copyright (C) 2021 F. Jason Park -;; Copyright (C) 2021 Christopher Brannon -;; Copyright (C) 2021 Omar Polo -;; Copyright (C) 2021 Noodles! -;; Copyright (C) 2021 Abhiseck Paira -;; Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Daniel Semyonov -;; Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Alex Schroeder -;; Copyright (C) 2020 Zhiwei Chen -;; Copyright (C) 2020 condy0919 -;; Copyright (C) 2020 Alexis -;; Copyright (C) 2020 Étienne Deparis -;; Copyright (C) 2020 Simon Nicolussi -;; Copyright (C) 2020 Michel Alexandre Salim -;; Copyright (C) 2020 Koushk Roy -;; Copyright (C) 2020 Vee -;; Copyright (C) 2020 Simon South ;; Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Tim Vaughan +;; Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Elpher contributors (See info manual for full list) ;; Author: Tim Vaughan ;; Created: 11 April 2019 -;; Version: 3.2.2 +;; Version: 3.3.0 ;; Keywords: comm gopher ;; Homepage: https://thelambdalab.xyz/elpher ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "27.1")) @@ -86,7 +70,7 @@ ;;; Global constants ;; -(defconst elpher-version "3.2.2" +(defconst elpher-version "3.3.0" "Current version of elpher.") (defconst elpher-margin-width 6 @@ -165,8 +149,8 @@ plain text without user input." (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." +The default behaviour is to use the ansi-color package (or xterm-color if it is +available) to interpret these sequences." :type '(boolean)) (defcustom elpher-certificate-directory diff --git a/elpher.texi b/elpher.texi index 3b54a31..a97a4e4 100644 --- a/elpher.texi +++ b/elpher.texi @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- @setfilename elpher.info -@settitle Elpher Manual v3.2.2 +@settitle Elpher Manual v3.3.0 @dircategory Emacs @direntry @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ @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 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ version 3, or (at your option) any later version. 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 @@ -57,10 +57,11 @@ the file COPYING in the same directory as this file for more details. * 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 --- @@ -122,11 +123,19 @@ have some ideas. @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}} @@ -138,6 +147,8 @@ to follow the instructions at @url{https://melpa.org/#/getting-started}. @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 @@ -310,7 +321,7 @@ causes Elpher to prompt for a filename in which to save the content. @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}.) @@ -613,7 +624,7 @@ Pressing the @key{n} key will cause Elpher to begin the process of 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 @@ -709,7 +720,7 @@ much that elpher can sensibly do with unknown binary files.) @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 @@ -720,7 +731,33 @@ the ``about:'' type. 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 @@ -758,11 +795,32 @@ See the customization group itself for details. @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 @@ -772,7 +830,7 @@ possible to set up alternative start pages configured to your liking. 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 @@ -854,35 +912,33 @@ mail system. 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 - @bye