bug#19105: eww-save-history: use a customizable limit (eww-history-limit)

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:

 >> Package: emacs Severity: wishlist

 >> The limit on the number of eww-history entries enforced by
 >> eww-save-history is currently hard-coded.  Instead, it should be
 >> customizable, with an option not to enforce any limit at all.

 >> Please thus consider the patch MIMEd.

 > Thanks; applied.  Could you send a doc fix for eww.texi?

        Sure; MIMEd.

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FSF associate member #7257  np. Ghost Opera — Kamelot   … 3013 B6A0 230E 334A

--- a/doc/misc/eww.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eww.texi
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ @node Basics
 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