Adds a jump command to allow for navigating by history location as an alternate to a tabbed workflow

bombadillo.1

@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ home
 Navigates to the document set by the \fIhomeurl\fP setting. \fIh\fP can be entered, rather than the full \fIhome\fP.
 .TP
 .B
+jump
+Navigates to the previous page in history from the current page. Useful for keeping the current page in your history while still browsing.
+.TP
+.B
+jump [history location]
+Navigates to the given history location. The history location should be an integer between 0 and 20.
+.TP
+.B
 purge *
 Deletes all pinned gemini server certificates. \fIp\fP can be used instead of the full \fIpurge\fP.
 .TP

client.go

@@ -345,6 +345,14 @@ func (c *client) simpleCommand(action string) {
 		c.search("", "", "?")
 	case "HELP", "?":
 		c.Visit(helplocation)
+	case "JUMP", "J":
+		err := c.PageState.CopyHistory(-1)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.SetMessage(err.Error(), false)
+			c.DrawMessage()
+		} else {
+			c.Draw()
+		}
 	default:
 		c.SetMessage(syntaxErrorMessage(action), true)
 		c.DrawMessage()
@@ -406,7 +414,6 @@ func (c *client) doCommand(action string, values []string) {
 			fn = "index"
 		}
 		c.saveFile(u, fn)
-
 	default:
 		c.SetMessage(syntaxErrorMessage(action), true)
 		c.DrawMessage()
@@ -641,6 +648,15 @@ func (c *client) doLinkCommand(action, target string) {
 		link := links[num]
 		c.SetMessage(fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %s", num+1, link), false)
 		c.DrawMessage()
+	case "JUMP", "J":
+		num--
+		err = c.PageState.CopyHistory(num)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.SetMessage(err.Error(), false)
+			c.DrawMessage()
+		} else {
+			c.Draw()
+		}
 	case "WRITE", "W":
 		links := c.PageState.History[c.PageState.Position].Links
 		if len(links) < num || num < 1 {

cmdparse/lexer.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *scanner) scanText() Token {
 		"S", "SET", "R", "RELOAD", "SEARCH",
 		"Q", "QUIT", "B", "BOOKMARKS", "H",
 		"HOME", "?", "HELP", "C", "CHECK",
-		"P", "PURGE":
+		"P", "PURGE", "JUMP", "J":
 		return Token{Action, capInput}
 	}
 

help.go

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ var ERRS = map[string]string{
 	"CHECK":     "`check [link_id]` or `check [setting]`",
 	"H":         "`h`",
 	"HOME":      "`home`",
+	"J":         "`jump [[history_position]]`",
+	"JUMP":         "`jump [[history_position]]`",
 	"P":         "`p [host]`",
 	"PURGE":     "`purge [host]`",
 	"Q":         "`q`",

pages.go

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (p *Pages) NavigateHistory(qty int) error {
 }
 
 // Add gets passed a Page, which gets added to the history
-// arrayr. Add also updates the current length and position
+// array. Add also updates the current length and position
 // of the Pages struct to which it belongs. Add also shifts
 // off array items if necessary.
 func (p *Pages) Add(pg Page) {
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ func (p *Pages) Render(termHeight, termWidth int, color bool) []string {
 	return p.History[p.Position].WrappedContent[pos:]
 }
 
+func (p *Pages) CopyHistory(pos int) error {
+	if p.Length < 2 || pos > p.Position {
+		return fmt.Errorf("There are not enough history locations available")
+	}
+	if pos < 0 {
+		pos = p.Position-1
+	}
+
+	p.Add(p.History[pos])
+	return nil
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------\\
 // + + +          F U N C T I O N S          + + + \\
 //--------------------------------------------------\\