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<artheader>
<title>Privoxy User Manual</title>
-<pubdate>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.97 2002/04/27 21:04:42 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.98 2002/04/28 05:43:59 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<sect1 id="startup">
<title>Starting <application>Privoxy</application></title>
<para>
- Before launching <application>Privoxy</application> for the first time, you
- will want to configure your browser(s) to use <application>Privoxy</application>
- as a HTTP and HTTPS proxy. The default is localhost for the proxy address,
- and port 8118 (earlier versions used port 8000). This is the one
- configuration step that must be done!
+ Before launching <application>Privoxy</application> for the first time, you
+ will want to configure your browser(s) to use
+ <application>Privoxy</application> as a HTTP and HTTPS proxy. The default is
+ localhost for the proxy address, and port 8118 (earlier versions used port
+ 8000). This is the one configuration step that must be done!
</para>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application>!
</para>
-
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> is typically started by specifying the
- main configuration file to be used on the command line. Example Unix startup
- command:
+ main configuration file to be used on the command line. If no configuration
+ file is specified on the command line, <application>Privoxy</application>
+ will look for a file named <filename>config</filename> in the current
+ directory. Except on Win32 where it will try <filename>config.txt</filename>.
</para>
+<sect2 id="start-redhatdebian">
+<title>RedHat and Debian</title>
+<para>
+We use a script. Note that RedHat does not start Privoxy upon booting per
+default. It will use the file <filename>/etc/privoxy/config</filename> as its
+main configuration file. FIXME: Debian??
+</para>
<para>
<screen>
- # /usr/sbin/privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
+ # /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start
</screen>
</para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="start-suse">
+<title>SuSE</title>
+<para>
+We use a script. It will use the file <filename>/etc/privoxy/config</filename>
+as its main configuration file. Note that SuSE starts Privoxy upon booting
+your PC.
+</para>
<para>
- See <link linkend="cmdoptions">below</link> for other command line options.
+ <screen>
+ # rcprivoxy start
+</screen>
</para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="start-windows">
+<title>Windows</title>
<para>
- An init script is provided for SuSE and Red Hat.
+Click on the Privoxy Icon to start Privoxy. If no configuration file is
+ specified on the command line, <application>Privoxy</application> will look
+ for a file named <filename>config.txt</filename>. Note that Windows will
+ automatically start Privoxy upon booting you PC.
</para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="start-unices">
+<title>Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</title>
+<para>
+Example Unix startup command:
+</para>
<para>
- For for SuSE: <command>rcprivoxy start</command>
+ <screen>
+ # /usr/sbin/privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
+</screen>
</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="start-os2">
+<title>OS/2</title>
+<para>
+FIXME.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="start-macosx">
+<title>MAX OSX</title>
<para>
- For Red Hat and Debian: <command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start</command>
+FIXME.
</para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="start-amigaos">
+<title>AmigaOS</title>
<para>
- If no configuration file is specified on the command line,
- <application>Privoxy</application> will look for a file named
- <filename>config</filename> in the current directory. Except on Win32 where
- it will try <filename>config.txt</filename>. If no file is specified on the
- command line and no default configuration file can be found,
- <application>Privoxy</application> will fail to start.
+FIXME.
</para>
+</sect2>
+<!--
+
+<para>
+ See the section <link linkend="cmdoptions">Command line options</link> for
+ furher info.
+</para>
+
+must find a better place for this paragraph
<para>
The included default configuration files should give a reasonable starting
Developers</quote></ulink> below.
</para>
+-->
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect2 id="cmdoptions">
<title>Command Line Options</title>
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