README: Update with instructions for perplexity.ai (#204)

README.org: perplexity.ai provides an OpenAI-style API.  Also remove 
some extra whitespace.

README.org

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ GPTel is a simple Large Language Model chat client for Emacs, with support for m
 | Kagi Summarizer | ✓      | [[https://kagi.com/settings?p=api][API key]]                   |
 | together.ai     | ✓      | [[https://api.together.xyz/settings/api-keys][API key]]                   |
 | Anyscale        | ✓      | [[https://docs.endpoints.anyscale.com/][API key]]                   |
+| Perplexity      | ✓      | [[https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started][API key]]                   |
 
 *General usage*: ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRnh_brggM][YouTube Demo]])
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ GPTel uses Curl if available, but falls back to url-retrieve to work without ext
       - [[#kagi-fastgpt--summarizer][Kagi (FastGPT & Summarizer)]]
       - [[#togetherai][together.ai]]
       - [[#anyscale][Anyscale]]
+      - [[#perplexity][Perplexity]]
   - [[#usage][Usage]]
     - [[#in-any-buffer][In any buffer:]]
     - [[#in-a-dedicated-chat-buffer][In a dedicated chat buffer:]]
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ If you want it to be the default, set it as the default value of =gptel-backend=
 Register a backend with
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (gptel-make-gpt4all "GPT4All"           ;Name of your choosing
- :protocol "http"                       
+ :protocol "http"
  :host "localhost:4891"                 ;Where it's running
  :models '("mistral-7b-openorca.Q4_0.gguf")) ;Available models
 #+end_src
@@ -329,6 +331,33 @@ You can pick this backend from the menu when using gptel (see [[#usage][Usage]])
               gptel-model   "mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1")
 #+end_src
 
+#+html: </details>
+#+html: <details><summary>
+**** Perplexity
+#+html: </summary>
+
+Register a backend with
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+;; Perplexity offers an OpenAI compatible API
+(gptel-make-openai "Perplexity"         ;Any name you want
+  :host "api.perplexity.ai"
+  :key "your-api-key"                   ;can be a function that returns the key
+  :endpoint "/chat/completions"
+  :stream t
+  :models '(;; has many more, check perplexity.ai
+            "pplx-7b-chat"
+            "pplx-70b-chat"
+            "pplx-7b-online"
+            "pplx-70b-online"))
+#+end_src
+
+You can pick this backend from the menu when using gptel (see [[#usage][Usage]]), or set this as the default value of =gptel-backend=:
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+;; OPTIONAL configuration
+(setq-default gptel-backend (gptel-make-openai "Perplexity" ...)
+              gptel-model   "pplx-7b-chat")
+#+end_src
+
 #+html: </details>
 
 ** Usage
@@ -385,7 +414,7 @@ The default mode is =markdown-mode= if available, else =text-mode=.  You can set
 
 **** Save and restore your chat sessions
 
-Saving the file will save the state of the conversation as well.  To resume the chat, open the file and turn on =gptel-mode= before editing the buffer.  
+Saving the file will save the state of the conversation as well.  To resume the chat, open the file and turn on =gptel-mode= before editing the buffer.
 
 ** FAQ
 #+html: <details><summary>
@@ -456,7 +485,7 @@ For more programmable usage, gptel provides a general =gptel-request= function t
 
 #+html: </details>
 #+html: <details><summary>
-**** (Doom Emacs) Sending a query from the gptel menu fails because of a key conflict with Org mode 
+**** (Doom Emacs) Sending a query from the gptel menu fails because of a key conflict with Org mode
 #+html: </summary>
 
 Doom binds ~RET~ in Org mode to =+org/dwim-at-point=, which appears to conflict with gptel's transient menu bindings for some reason.