Elpher 2.7.0: the text/gemini update

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Hi all,

Anybody using elpher might be interested to know that I've just pushed a
number of gemini-centric improvements/changes.

Changes specific to text/gemini:

* Text wraps at word boundaries near 80 columns or the window width,
  whichever is smaller.

* Text wrapping works sensibly with bullets, indenting wrapped lines.

* Pre-formatted text blocks work.

* Styles are applied to headers (different font sizes by default and
  when possible.

* Removed the left hand margin which used to contain link types, which
  was a result of reusing gophermap rendering functions and doesn't
  make as much sense in gemini (which lacks a finite set of link types).
  Links are still coloured according to protocol, however.

Changes relating to network connections:

* I've optimized the functions responsible for retrieving gemini, gopher
  and finger content, resulting in a massive improvement in transfer
  rate.  (That's a very positive way to say that I've replaced a very
  silly function with a more sensible one.)  It wasn't practical to
  download mp3s previously, now it is.

* Given the slew of new servers, I've altered the default server
  certificate verification policy to, erm, not verify certificates.
  Even though this behaviour is configurable, I feel a bit dirty about
  this.  Hopefully I'll find a way to implement a proper tofu behaviour
  in the future.

Changes missing from this update:

* !! Support for client certificates. :-( !!


The new version is already up on MELPA and should be up on MELPA Stable
within the hour.

Cheers,

Tim
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