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- $Id: privoxy-man-page.sgml,v 2.6 2006/08/26 02:37:27 hal9 Exp $
+ $Id: privoxy-man-page.sgml,v 2.7 2006/09/01 15:10:45 hal9 Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
See LICENSE.
<arg><option>--user </option><replaceable class="parameter">user[.group]</replaceable></arg>
<arg><option>--chroot</option></arg>
<arg><replaceable class="parameter">configfile</replaceable></arg>
- <command> (UNIX)</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>privoxy.exe</command>
- <arg><replaceable class="parameter">configfile</replaceable></arg>
- <command> (Windows)</command>
- </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<para>
If the <filename>configfile</filename> is not specified on the command line,
<command>Privoxy</command> 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
+ <filename>config</filename> in the current directory . If no
<filename>configfile</filename> is found, <command>Privoxy</command> will
fail to start.
</para>
<command>Proxies</command>; <command>Manual Proxy Configuration</command>;
<command>View</command>.
</para>
+<para>
+ For Firefox, go through: <command>Tools</command>;
+ <command>Options</command>; <command>General</command>;
+ <command>Connection Settings</command>;
+ <command>Manual Proxy Configuration</command>.
+</para>
<para>
For Internet Explorer, go through: <command>Tools</command>;
<command>Internet Properties</command>; <command>Connections</command>;
<filename>default.action</filename>, and <filename>user.filter</filename> for
locally defined filters. These are well commented. On Unix
and Unix-like systems, these are located in
- <filename>/etc/privoxy/</filename> by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
- these files are in the same directory as the <command>Privoxy</command>
- executable.
+ <filename>/etc/privoxy/</filename> by default.
</para>
<para>
See the <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/">user-manual</ulink> for a complete
+ url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"><citetitle>User Manual</citetitle></ulink> for a detailed
explanation of installation, general usage, all configuration options, new
features and notes on upgrading.
</para>
<para>
See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
- <citetitle>user-manual</citetitle>
- for explanations of the above syntax, and other <command>Privoxy</command>
+ <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle>
+ for full explanations of the above syntax, and other <command>Privoxy</command>
configuration options.
</para>
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "PRIVOXY" "1" "01 September 2006" "Privoxy 3.0.4 beta" ""
+.TH "PRIVOXY" "1" "05 September 2006" "Privoxy 3.0.4 beta" ""
.SH NAME
privoxy \- Privacy Enhancing Proxy
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBprivoxy\fR [\fB--help\fR ] [\fB--version\fR ] [\fB--no-daemon\fR ] [\fB--pidfile \fIpidfile\fB\fR ] [\fB--user \fIuser[.group]\fB\fR ] [\fB--chroot\fR ] [\fB\fIconfigfile\fB\fR ]\fB (UNIX)\fR
-
-
-\fBprivoxy.exe\fR [\fB\fIconfigfile\fB\fR ]\fB (Windows)\fR
+\fBprivoxy\fR [\fB--help\fR ] [\fB--version\fR ] [\fB--no-daemon\fR ] [\fB--pidfile \fIpidfile\fB\fR ] [\fB--user \fIuser[.group]\fB\fR ] [\fB--chroot\fR ] [\fB\fIconfigfile\fB\fR ]
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
.PP
If the \fIconfigfile\fR is not specified on the command line,
\fBPrivoxy\fR will look for a file named
-\fIconfig\fR in the current directory (except on Win32 where
-it will try \fIconfig.txt\fR). If no
+\fIconfig\fR in the current directory . If no
\fIconfigfile\fR is found, \fBPrivoxy\fR will
fail to start.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBProxies\fR; \fBManual Proxy Configuration\fR;
\fBView\fR.
.PP
+For Firefox, go through: \fBTools\fR;
+\fBOptions\fR; \fBGeneral\fR;
+\fBConnection Settings\fR;
+\fBManual Proxy Configuration\fR.
+.PP
For Internet Explorer, go through: \fBTools\fR;
\fBInternet Properties\fR; \fBConnections\fR;
\fBLAN Settings\fR.
\fIdefault.action\fR, and \fIuser.filter\fR for
locally defined filters. These are well commented. On Unix
and Unix-like systems, these are located in
-\fI/etc/privoxy/\fR by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
-these files are in the same directory as the \fBPrivoxy\fR
-executable.
+\fI/etc/privoxy/\fR by default.
.PP
-See the user-manual for a complete
+See the \fIUser Manual\fR for a detailed
explanation of installation, general usage, all configuration options, new
features and notes on upgrading.
.PP
## Turn some actions on ################################
## NOTE: Actions are off by default, unless explictily turned on
- ## otherwise.
+ ## otherwise with the '+' operator.
{ \\
-add-header \\
}
/ # '/' Match *all* URL patterns
-
# Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
# We would expect these to be ads.
.fi
.PP
See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
-\fIuser-manual\fR
-for explanations of the above syntax, and other \fBPrivoxy\fR
+\fIUser Manual\fR
+for full explanations of the above syntax, and other \fBPrivoxy\fR
configuration options.
.SH "FILES"
the web-based user interface. \fBPrivoxy\fR must be
running for this to work. Shortcut: http://p.p/
-http://www.privoxy.org/actions/, to submit ``misses'' to the developers.
+http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288, to submit ``misses'' and other
+configuration related suggestions to the developers.
http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html,
an explanation how cookies are used to track web users.
http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html,
the original Internet Junkbuster.
-http://privacy.net/analyze/, a useful site
+http://privacy.net/, a useful site
to check what information about you is leaked while you browse the web.
http://www.squid-cache.org/, a very popular
caching proxy, which is often used together with \fBPrivoxy\fR.
+http://tor.eff.org/,
+\fBTOR\fR can help anonymize web browsing,
+web publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications.
+
http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/,
the \fBPrivoxy\fR developer manual.
.SH "DEVELOPMENT TEAM"