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<h1 tag="marks">Marks</h1>
<toc start="2"/>

<p>
    &dactyl.appname; supports a number of different methods of
    marking your place, in order to easily return later,
</p>

<ul>
    <li><em>Bookmarks</em> are the standard marks of &dactyl.host;, and are fully supported.</li>
    <li><em>QuickMarks</em> allow you to quickly save and return as many as 62 (a-zA-Z0-9) different web sites with a quick keyboard shortcut.</li>
    <li><em>Local marks</em> allow you to store and return to a position within the current web page.</li>
    <li><em>URL marks</em> allow you to store and return to the position and URL of the current web page.</li>
    <li><em>History</em> marks every opened page with data on when and how often it has been visited.</li>
</ul>

<h2 tag="bookmarks">Bookmarks</h2>

<p>
    Bookmarks are the most traditional kind of marks supported by
    &dactyl.appname;. They are accessible through &dactyl.host;'s
    bookmark menu, sidebar, and toolbar, in addition to its location
    bar completion system. &dactyl.appname; makes them accessible
    not only via several commands and its completion system (see the
    <o>complete</o> option), but also displays a ❤ in the status bar
    when a bookmarked page is displayed.
</p>

<item>
    <tags>a :bma :bmark</tags>
    <spec>:bma<oa>rk</oa><oa>!</oa> <oa>-title=...</oa> <oa>-keyword=...</oa> <oa>-tag=tag,...</oa> <oa>url</oa></spec>
    <spec>a</spec>
    <description>
        <p>Add a bookmark.</p>

        <p>The following options are available,</p>

        <dl>
            <dt>-title</dt>
            <dd>
                The title of the bookmark.
                Defaults to the page title, if available, or
                <oa>url</oa> otherwise.
                (short name <em>-t</em>)
            </dd>
            <dt>-tag</dt>
            <dd>
                Comma-separated list of tags for grouping and later
                access (short name <em>-T</em>).
            </dd>
            <dt>-keyword</dt>
            <dd>
                A keyword which may be used to open the bookmark via
                the URL bar or <ex>:open</ex> prompt. If the
                <oa>url</oa> contains the string <em>%s</em> it is
                replaced by any text following the keyword when it
                is opened.
                (short name <em>-k</em>)
            </dd>
        </dl>

        <p>
            If <oa>url</oa> is omitted, the URL currently loaded web
            page is used.
        </p>

        <p>
            If <oa>!</oa> is present, a new bookmark is always
            added. Otherwise, the first bookmark matching
            <oa>url</oa> is updated.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>A</tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>A</spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Toggle bookmarked state of current URL. Add/remove a
            bookmark for the current location, depending on whether
            it is currently bookmarked. New bookmarks are placed in
            the <em>Unfiled Bookmarks</em> folder, and don't appear
            in the bookmarks menu or toolbar, but do appear in
            location bar and <em>:open</em> completions, as well as
            the <em>:bmarks</em> list.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:bmarks</tags>
    <spec>:bmarks<oa>!</oa> <oa>filter</oa></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            List or open multiple bookmarks. Opens the message window
            at the bottom of the screen with all bookmarks with
            titles or URLs matching <oa>filter</oa>. The resulting
            URLs can be clicked, or accessed via extended hint modes
            such as <k>;o</k>.
        </p>

        <p>
            The special version <ex>:bmarks!</ex> works the same as
            <ex>:bmarks</ex> except that it opens all all matching
            bookmarks in new tabs rather than listing them.
        </p>

        <p>The bookmarks may also be filtered via the following options,</p>

        <dl>
            <dt>-tag</dt>
            <dd>
                A comma-separated list of tags, all of which must be
                present for a match (short name <em>-T</em>).
            </dd>
            <dt>-max</dt>
            <dd>
                The maximum number of items to list or open
                (short name <em>-m</em>).
            </dd>
        </dl>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:delbm :delbmarks</tags>
    <spec>:delbm[arks] <oa>url</oa></spec>
    <spec>:delbm[arks]!</spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Deletes <em>all</em> bookmarks which match <oa>url</oa>.
            If omitted, <oa>url</oa> defaults to the URL of the
            current buffer.
        </p>

        <p>If <oa>!</oa> is specified then all bookmarks will be deleted.</p>
    </description>
</item>

<h2 tag="history">History</h2>

<p>
    Though not traditionally considered a mark, history behaves very
    similarly to bookmarks both in &dactyl.host; and
    &dactyl.appname;. Every visited page is marked and weighted by
    when and how often it is visited, and can be retrieved both in
    history list and location completions. Indeed, the ‘frecency’
    algorithm used to determine the results of location completions
    (see the <o>complete</o> option) mean that history is often a
    more effective type of mark than bookmarks themselves.
</p>

<item>
    <tags><![CDATA[<C-o>]]></tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec><![CDATA[[count]<C-o>]]></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Go to an older position in the jump list. This currently
            entails moving backward in page history, but in the
            future will take into account page positions as well.
            If <oa>count</oa> is specified go back <oa>count</oa> pages.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags><![CDATA[<C-i>]]></tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec><![CDATA[[count]<C-i>]]></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Go to an newer position in the jump list. This currently
            entails moving forward in page history, but in the
            future will take into account page positions as well.
            If <oa>count</oa> is specified go forward <oa>count</oa> pages.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags><![CDATA[<M-Left> <A-Left> H]]></tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>[count]H</spec>
    <description>
        <p>Go back in the browser history. If <oa>count</oa> is specified go back <oa>count</oa> pages.</p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags><![CDATA[<M-Right> <A-Right> L]]></tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec><oa>count</oa>L</spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Go forward in the browser history. If <oa>count</oa> is specified go forward <oa>count</oa>
            pages.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:ba :back</tags>
    <spec>:<oa>count</oa>ba<oa>ck</oa> <oa>url</oa></spec>
    <spec>:<oa>count</oa>ba<oa>ck</oa>!</spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Go back in the browser history. If <oa>count</oa> is specified go back <oa>count</oa> pages.
        </p>
        <p>
            The special version <ex>:back!</ex> goes to the beginning of the browser history.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:fw :fo :forward</tags>
    <spec>:<oa>count</oa>fo<oa>rward</oa> <oa>url</oa></spec>
    <spec>:<oa>count</oa>fo<oa>rward</oa>!</spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Go forward in the browser history. If <oa>count</oa> is specified go forward <oa>count</oa>
            pages.
        </p>
        <p>
            The special version <ex>:forward!</ex> goes to the end of the browser history.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:hs :hist :history</tags>
    <spec>:hist<oa>ory</oa><oa>!</oa> <oa>filter</oa></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Show recently visited URLs. Opens the message window at the bottom of the screen
            with all history items whose page titles or URLs match
            <oa>filter</oa>.
        </p>

        <p>
            The special version <ex>:history!</ex> works the same as
            <ex>:history</ex> except that it opens all all matching
            pages in new tabs rather than listing them.
        </p>

        <p>The pages may also be filtered via the following options,</p>

        <dl>
            <dt>-max</dt>
            <dd>
                The maximum number of items to list or open
                (short name <em>-m</em>).
            </dd>
        </dl>
    </description>
</item>

<h2 tag="quickmarks">QuickMarks</h2>

<p>
    QuickMarks are bookmarks stripped to the bone for quickly
    getting to the pages that you visit most. A QuickMark is very
    simply a URL assigned to a letter or number. They can therefore
    be saved or opened with only three key presses each.
</p>

<item>
    <tags>M</tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>M<a>a-zA-Z0-9</a></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Add new QuickMark for current URL. You can later jump to
            the mark with <k>go</k><a>a-zA-Z0-9</a>
            <k>gn</k><a>a-zA-Z0-9</a>. QuickMarks are persistent
            across browser sessions.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>go</tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>go<a>a-zA-Z0-9</a></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Jump to a QuickMark in the current tab. See also
            <k>M</k> and <ex>:qmark</ex>.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>gn</tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>gn<a>a-zA-Z0-9</a></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Jump to a QuickMark in a new tab. The new tab is focused
            only if <o>activate</o> contains <em>quickmark</em> or
            <em>all</em>. See also <k>M</k> and <ex>:qmark</ex>.
        </p>
        <p>Mnemonic: Go in a new tab.</p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:delqm :delqmarks</tags>
    <spec>:delqm<oa>arks</oa> <a>arg</a></spec>
    <spec>:delqm<oa>arks</oa>!</spec>
    <description>
        <p>Delete the specified QuickMarks.</p>

        <p>Examples:</p>

        <ul>
            <li><ex>:delqmarks Aa b p</ex> deletes QuickMarks A, a, b and p</li>
            <li><ex>:delqmarks b-p</ex> deletes all QuickMarks in the range b to p</li>
            <li><ex>:delqmarks!</ex> deletes all QuickMarks</li>
        </ul>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:qma :qmark</tags>
    <spec>:qmark <a>a-zA-Z0-9</a> <a>url</a></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Mark <a>url</a> with a letter for quick access. See also
            <k>go</k>, <k>gn</k>, and <k>M</k>.
        </p>

        <p>
            In addition to simple URLs, <a>url</a> may be any string
            that can be passed to <ex>:open</ex>, including bookmark
            and search keywords and comma-separated lists of URLs to
            be opened in multiple tabs, such as,
        </p>

        <code><ex>:qmark f http://wwww.pandora.com, google Tim Minchin</ex></code>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:qmarks</tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>:qmarks <oa>arg</oa></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            List QuickMarks. If <oa>arg</oa> is given then limit the
            list to those QuickMarks mentioned, otherwise list them
            all.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<h2 tag="urlmarks localmarks">Local marks and URL marks</h2>

<p>
    Local and URL marks allow you to mark your position on the
    current page to quickly return later. Each mark is assigned to a
    letter. Lowercase letters behave as local marks, while uppercase
    letters act as URL marks. The difference between the two is
    that local marks apply uniquely to each page, while URL marks
    mark a specific position on a specific page. So, while the mark
    <em>m</em> may take you to the top of the page on Site 1, it may
    take you to the middle on Site 2. The mark <em>M</em>, on the
    other hand, will always return you to Site 1, no matter where
    before hand.
</p>

<item>
    <tags>m</tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>m<a>a-zA-Z</a></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Set mark at the cursor position. Marks a-z are local to the buffer, whereas
            A-Z are valid between buffers.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>` '</tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>'<a>a-zA-Z</a></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Jump to the mark. Marks a-z are local to the buffer, whereas A-Z are valid
            between buffers.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:delm :delmarks</tags>
    <spec>:delm<oa>arks</oa> <a>arg</a></spec>
    <spec>:delm<oa>arks</oa>!</spec>
    <description>
        <p>Delete the specified marks.</p>

        <p>Examples:</p>

        <ul>
            <li><ex>:delmarks Aa b p</ex> deletes marks A, a, b, and p</li>
            <li><ex>:delmarks b-p</ex> deletes all marks in the range b to p</li>
            <li><ex>:delmarks!</ex> deletes all marks for the current buffer</li>
        </ul>

    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:ma :mark</tags>
    <spec>:mark <a>a-zA-Z</a></spec>
    <description short="true">
        <p>Mark current location within the web page.</p>
    </description>
</item>

<item>
    <tags>:marks</tags>
    <strut/>
    <spec>:marks <oa>arg</oa></spec>
    <description>
        <p>
            Show all local marks for the current web page and all
            URL marks. If <oa>arg</oa> is specified then limit the
            list to those marks mentioned.
        </p>
    </description>
</item>
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