From c2678a68dc74aa1ee3dbe370511a7c4a0a839809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Shmakov Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:09:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * eww.texi (Basics): Document `eww-history-limit'. --- doc/misc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/misc/eww.texi | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 8b7aa1c42e3..0e9300ab149 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-11-19 Ivan Shmakov + + * eww.texi (Basics): Document `eww-history-limit'. + 2014-11-14 Paul Eggert * org.texi (The date/time prompt, Matching tags and properties): diff --git a/doc/misc/eww.texi b/doc/misc/eww.texi index 2208c2d251e..35298833c3a 100644 --- a/doc/misc/eww.texi +++ b/doc/misc/eww.texi @@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ history press @kbd{H} (@code{eww-list-histories}) to open the history buffer @file{*eww history*}. The history is lost when EWW is quit. If you want to remember websites you can use bookmarks. +@vindex eww-history-limit + Along with the URLs visited, EWW also remembers both the rendered +page (as it appears in the buffer) and its source. This can take a +considerable amount of memory, so EWW discards the history entries to +keep their number within a set limit, as specified by +@code{eww-history-limit}; the default being 50. This variable could +also be set to @code{nil} to allow for the history list to grow +indefinitely. + @findex eww-add-bookmark @findex eww-list-bookmarks @kindex b -- 2.11.4.GIT