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18 Purpose : README for Privoxy
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22 Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
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26 NOTE: Please read developer-manual/documentation.html before touching
27 anything in this, or other Privoxy documentation. You have been warned!
28 Failure to abide by this rule will result in the revocation of your license
29 to live a peaceful existence!
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77 /*********************************************************************
79 * File : $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/doc/source/readme.sgml,v $
81 * Purpose : README file to give a short intro.
83 * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the SourceForge
84 * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
86 * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
87 * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
88 * Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com
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117 This README is included with <![%p-not-stable;[ the development version of]]>
118 Privoxy &p-version;. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity
119 level is <quote>&p-status;</quote><![%p-not-stable;[, but seems stable to us :)]]>.
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129 <sect1 id="importantchanges" ><title>IMPORTANT CHANGES</title>
131 February 2009, Privoxy 3.0.11 is released.
134 As usual there are changes that effect the configuration. See the "ChangeLog",
135 and the "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in
136 <citetitle>the User Manual</citetitle> for details and specifics.
139 This is a stable release, and marks a departure for Privoxy development.
142 Previously, odd numbered releases were considered beta versions and
143 were only released at the end of the development cycle when the code
144 was already believed to be stable. Usually it was, so the stable release
145 contained pretty much the same code, but got a higher version number.
146 In the future we intend to release several snapshots between stable releases.
147 There will probably still be about two stable releases per year,
148 but hopefully about six snapshots instead of the two betas we have now.
149 The intentions is to make testing without CVS access easier.
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154 <sect1 id="install" ><title>INSTALL</title>
156 See the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file in this directory, for installing
157 from raw source, and the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle>, for all other
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163 <sect1 id="run"><title>RUN</title>
165 privoxy [--help] [--version]
166 [--no-daemon] [--pidfile PIDFILE] [--user USER[.GROUP]] [--chroot] [--pre-chroot-nslookup
167 HOSTNAME ][config_file]
170 See the man page or <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> for an explanation of each option, and
171 other configuration and usage issues.
174 If no config_file is specified on the command line, Privoxy will look for a
175 file named 'config' in the current directory (except Win32 which will look
176 for 'config.txt'). If no config_file is found, Privoxy will fail to start.
179 Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start
182 Or Debian and Ubuntu: /etc/init.d/privoxy start
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187 <sect1 id="configuration"><title>CONFIGURATION</title>
189 See: 'config', 'default.action', 'user.action', 'default.filter', and
190 'user.filter'. 'user.action' and 'user.filter' are for personal and local
191 configuration preferences. These are all well commented. Most of the magic is
192 in '*.action' files. 'user.action' should be used for any actions
193 customizations. On Unix-like systems, these files are typically installed in
194 /etc/privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed.
195 There are many significant changes and advances from earlier versions. The
196 <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> has an explanation of all configuration
197 options, and examples: http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/.
200 Be sure to set your browser(s) for HTTP/HTTPS Proxy at <IP>:<Port>, or
201 whatever you specify in the config file under 'listen-address'. DEFAULT is
202 localhost:8118. Note that Privoxy ONLY proxies HTTP (and HTTPS) traffic. Do not try it
203 with FTP or other protocols for the simple reason it does not work.
206 The actions list can be configured via the web interface accessed via
207 http://p.p/, as well other options.
211 All configuration files are subject to unannounced changes during the
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218 <sect1 id="documentation"><title>DOCUMENTATION</title>
220 There should be documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory<![%p-not-stable;[, but it
221 may not be completed at this point]]>. In particular, see the
222 <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> there,
223 the <citetitle>FAQ</citetitle>, and those interested in Privoxy development, should look at
224 <citetitle>developer-manual</citetitle>.
228 The most up to date source of information on the current development version,
229 may still be either comments in the source code, or the included
230 configuration files. ]]>The source and configuration files are all well
231 commented. The main configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and
232 'default.filter'<![%p-not-stable;[ in the top-level source directory]]>.
236 Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager. All
237 documentation is posted on http://www.privoxy.org, in case you don't have it,
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243 <sect1 id="contact"><title>CONTACTING THE DEVELOPERS, BUG REPORTING AND FEATURE REQUESTS</title>
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