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79 >6. Privoxy Configuration</A
85 > configuration is stored
86 in text files. These files can be edited with a text editor.
87 Many important aspects of <SPAN
91 also be controlled easily with a web browser.
99 >6.1. Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
105 >'s user interface can be reached through the special
107 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/"
109 >http://config.privoxy.org/</A
116 which is a built-in page and works without Internet access.
117 You will see the following section: </P
140 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status"
142 >View & change the current configuration</A
149 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-version"
151 >View the source code version numbers</A
158 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-request"
160 >View the request headers.</A
167 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info"
169 >Look up which actions apply to a URL and why</A
176 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle"
178 >Toggle Privoxy on or off</A
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200 > This should be self-explanatory. Note the first item leads to an editor for the
202 HREF="actions-file.html"
204 >, which is where the ad, banner,
205 cookie, and URL blocking magic is configured as well as other advanced features of
209 >. This is an easy way to adjust various
213 > configuration. The actions
214 file, and other configuration files, are explained in detail below. </P
218 >"Toggle Privoxy On or Off"</SPAN
219 > is handy for sites that might
220 have problems with your current actions and filters. You can in fact use
221 it as a test to see whether it is <SPAN
225 causing the problem or not. <SPAN
229 to run as a proxy in this case, but all manipulation is disabled, i.e.
233 > acts like a normal forwarding proxy. There
235 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
238 that you can toggle <SPAN
241 > with one click from
244 > Note that several of the features described above are disabled by default
248 > 3.0.7 beta and later.
253 >configuration file</A
255 and in which cases it's safe to enable them again.</P
263 >6.2. Configuration Files Overview</A
266 > For Unix, *BSD and Linux, all configuration files are located in
270 > by default. For MS Windows, OS/2, and
271 AmigaOS these are all in the same directory as the
277 > The installed defaults provide a reasonable starting point, though
278 some settings may be aggressive by some standards. For the time being, the
279 principle configuration files are:</P
288 >main configuration file</A
293 on Linux, Unix, BSD, OS/2, and AmigaOS and <TT
297 on Windows. This is a required file.
306 HREF="actions-file.html"
309 is used to define which <SPAN
312 > relating to banner-blocking, images, pop-ups,
313 content modification, cookie handling etc should be applied by default. It also defines many
314 exceptions (both positive and negative) from this default set of actions that enable
318 > to selectively eliminate the junk, and only the junk, on
319 as many websites as possible.
322 > Multiple actions files may be defined in <TT
326 are processed in the order they are defined. Local customizations and locally
327 preferred exceptions to the default policies as defined in
331 > (which you will most probably want
332 to define sooner or later) are probably best applied in
336 >, where you can preserve them across
348 There is also a web based editor that can be accessed from
350 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status"
352 >http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</A
355 HREF="http://p.p/show-status"
357 >http://p.p/show-status</A
359 various actions files.
366 >"Filter files"</SPAN
368 HREF="filter-file.html"
371 >) can be used to re-write the raw page content, including
372 viewable text as well as embedded HTML and JavaScript, and whatever else
373 lurks on any given web page. The filtering jobs are only pre-defined here;
374 whether to apply them or not is up to the actions files.
378 > includes various filters made
379 available for use by the developers. Some are much more intrusive than
380 others, and all should be used with caution. You may define additional
385 actions files. We suggest <TT
389 locally defined filters or customizations.
395 > The syntax of the configuration and filter files may change between different
396 Privoxy versions, unfortunately some enhancements cost backwards compatibility.
399 > All files use the <SPAN
405 > character to denote a
406 comment (the rest of the line will be ignored) and understand line continuation
407 through placing a backslash ("<TT
410 >") as the very last character
411 in a line. If the <TT
414 > is preceded by a backslash, it looses
415 its special function. Placing a <TT
418 > in front of an otherwise
419 valid configuration line to prevent it from being interpreted is called "commenting
420 out" that line. Blank lines are ignored.</P
422 > The actions files and filter files
423 can use Perl style <A
424 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
425 >regular expressions</A
427 maximum flexibility. </P
429 > After making any changes, there is no need to restart
433 > in order for the changes to take
437 > detects such changes
438 automatically. Note, however, that it may take one or two additional
439 requests for the change to take effect. When changing the listening address
447 must obviously be sent to the <SPAN
453 > listening address.</P
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