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73 >7. The Main Configuration File</A
76 > Again, the main configuration file is named <TT
80 Linux/Unix/BSD and OS/2, and <TT
84 Configuration lines consist of an initial keyword followed by a list of
85 values, all separated by whitespace (any number of spaces or tabs). For
94 >confdir /etc/privoxy</I
100 > Assigns the value <TT
107 > and thus indicates that the configuration
108 directory is named <SPAN
110 >"/etc/privoxy/"</SPAN
113 > All options in the config file except for <TT
120 > are optional. Watch out in the below description
121 for what happens if you leave them unset.</P
123 > The main config file controls all aspects of <SPAN
127 operation that are not location dependent (i.e. they apply universally, no matter
128 where you may be surfing).</P
135 >7.1. Configuration and Log File Locations</A
141 > can (and normally does) use a number of
142 other files for additional configuration, help and logging.
143 This section of the configuration file tells <SPAN
147 where to find those other files. </P
149 > The user running <SPAN
153 permission for all configuration files, and write permission to any files
154 that would be modified, such as log files and actions files.</P
172 >The directory where the other configuration files are located</P
184 >/etc/privoxy (Unix) <I
190 > installation dir (Windows) </P
193 >Effect if unset:</DT
214 > When development goes modular and multi-user, the blocker, filter, and
215 per-user config will be stored in subdirectories of <SPAN
219 For now, the configuration directory structure is flat, except for
222 >confdir/templates</TT
223 >, where the HTML templates for CGI
224 output reside (e.g. <SPAN
250 > The directory where all logging takes place (i.e. where <TT
270 >/var/log/privoxy (Unix) <I
276 > installation dir (Windows) </P
279 >Effect if unset:</DT
309 >7.1.3. actionsfile</A
312 NAME="DEFAULT.ACTION"
315 NAME="STANDARD.ACTION"
330 HREF="actions-file.html"
339 >File name, relative to <TT
358 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
359 > standard # Internal purposes, no editing recommended</P
366 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
367 > default # Main actions file</P
374 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
375 > user # User customizations</P
385 >Effect if unset:</DT
388 > No actions are taken at all. Simple neutral proxying.
398 > lines are permitted, and are in fact recommended!
402 The default values include standard.action, which is used for internal
403 purposes and should be loaded, default.action, which is the
407 > actions file maintained by the developers, and
411 >, where you can make your personal additions.
415 Actions files are where all the per site and per URL configuration is done for
416 ad blocking, cookie management, privacy considerations, etc.
417 There is no point in using <SPAN
421 least one actions file.
433 >7.1.4. filterfile</A
436 NAME="DEFAULT.FILTER"
448 HREF="filter-file.html"
457 >File name, relative to <TT
466 >default.filter (Unix) <I
469 > default.filter.txt (Windows)</P
472 >Effect if unset:</DT
475 > No textual content filtering takes place, i.e. all
479 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
488 actions in the actions files are turned neutral.
496 HREF="filter-file.html"
498 > contains content modification
500 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
501 >regular expressions</A
502 >. These rules permit
503 powerful changes on the content of Web pages, e.g., you could disable your favorite
504 JavaScript annoyances, re-write the actual displayed text, or just have some
512 it appears on a Web page.
519 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
528 actions rely on the relevant filter (<TT
534 to be defined in the filter file!
537 > A pre-defined filter file called <TT
541 a bunch of handy filters for common problems is included in the distribution.
542 See the section on the <TT
545 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
572 > The log file to use
579 >File name, relative to <TT
591 > privoxy.log (Windows)</P
594 >Effect if unset:</DT
597 > No log file is used, all log messages go to the console (<TT
607 > The windows version will additionally log to the console.
610 > The logfile is where all logging and error messages are written. The level
611 of detail and number of messages are set with the <TT
615 option (see below). The logfile can be useful for tracking down a problem with
619 > (e.g., it's not blocking an ad you
620 think it should block) but in most cases you probably will never look at it.
623 > Your logfile will grow indefinitely, and you will probably want to
624 periodically remove it. On Unix systems, you can do this with a cron job
628 >). For Red Hat, a <B
632 script has been included.
635 > On SuSE Linux systems, you can place a line like <SPAN
638 +1024k 644 nobody.nogroup"</SPAN
643 the effect that cron.daily will automatically archive, gzip, and empty the
644 log, when it exceeds 1M size.
647 > Any log files must be writable by whatever user <SPAN
651 is being run as (default on UNIX, user id is <SPAN
677 > The file to store intercepted cookies in
684 >File name, relative to <TT
696 > privoxy.jar (Windows)</P
699 >Effect if unset:</DT
702 > Intercepted cookies are not stored at all.
709 > The jarfile may grow to ridiculous sizes over time.
732 > The trust file to use
739 >File name, relative to <TT
750 >Unset (commented out)</I
751 >. When activated: trust (Unix) <I
754 > trust.txt (Windows)</P
757 >Effect if unset:</DT
760 > The whole trust mechanism is turned off.
767 > The trust mechanism is an experimental feature for building white-lists and should
768 be used with care. It is <I
771 > recommended for the casual user.
774 > If you specify a trust file, <SPAN
778 access to sites that are named in the trustfile.
779 You can also mark sites as trusted referrers (with <TT
783 the effect that access to untrusted sites will be granted, if a link from a
784 trusted referrer was used.
785 The link target will then be added to the <SPAN
789 Possible applications include limiting Internet access for children.
795 > operator in the trust file, it may grow considerably over time.
808 >7.2. Local Set-up Documentation</A
811 > If you intend to operate <SPAN
815 than just yourself, it might be a good idea to let them know how to reach
816 you, what you block and why you do that, your policies, etc.
824 >7.2.1. user-manual</A
835 > Location of the <SPAN
845 >A fully qualified URI</P
857 >Effect if unset:</DT
861 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
863 >http://www.privoxy.org/<TT
870 will be used, where <TT
885 > The User Manual URI is used for help links from some of the internal CGI pages.
886 The manual itself is normally packaged with the binary distributions, so you probably want
887 to set this to a locally installed copy. For multi-user setups, you could provide a copy on
888 a local webserver for all your users and use the corresponding URL here.
894 > Unix, in local filesystem:
905 >user-manual  file:///usr/share/doc/privoxy-2.9.20/user-manual/</PRE
912 > Any platform, on local webserver (called <SPAN
914 >"local-webserver"</SPAN
926 >user-manual  http://local-webserver/privoxy-user-manual/</PRE
951 > If set, this option should be <I
953 >the first option in the config
955 >, because it is used while the config file is being read.
970 NAME="TRUST-INFO-URL"
971 >7.2.2. trust-info-url</A
982 > A URL to be displayed in the error page that users will see if access to an untrusted page is denied.
995 >Two example URL are provided</P
998 >Effect if unset:</DT
1001 > No links are displayed on the "untrusted" error page.
1008 > The value of this option only matters if the experimental trust mechanism has been
1010 HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
1018 > If you use the trust mechanism, it is a good idea to write up some on-line
1019 documentation about your trust policy and to specify the URL(s) here.
1020 Use multiple times for multiple URLs.
1023 > The URL(s) should be added to the trustfile as well, so users don't end up
1024 locked out from the information on why they were locked out in the first place!
1035 NAME="ADMIN-ADDRESS"
1036 >7.2.3. admin-address</A
1041 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1047 > An email address to reach the proxy administrator.
1066 >Effect if unset:</DT
1069 > No email address is displayed on error pages and the CGI user interface.
1083 are unset, the whole "Local Privoxy Support" box on all generated pages will
1095 NAME="PROXY-INFO-URL"
1096 >7.2.4. proxy-info-url</A
1101 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1107 > A URL to documentation about the local <SPAN
1111 configuration or policies.
1130 >Effect if unset:</DT
1133 > No link to local documentation is displayed on error pages and the CGI user interface.
1147 are unset, the whole "Local Privoxy Support" box on all generated pages will
1151 > This URL shouldn't be blocked ;-)
1167 > These options are mainly useful when tracing a problem.
1168 Note that you might also want to invoke
1176 command line option when debugging.
1189 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1195 > Key values that determine what information gets logged to the
1197 HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
1215 >12289 (i.e.: URLs plus informational and warning messages)</P
1218 >Effect if unset:</DT
1221 > Nothing gets logged.
1228 > The available debug levels are:
1238 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
1239 > debug 1 # show each GET/POST/CONNECT request
1240 debug 2 # show each connection status
1241 debug 4 # show I/O status
1242 debug 8 # show header parsing
1243 debug 16 # log all data into the logfile
1244 debug 32 # debug force feature
1245 debug 64 # debug regular expression filter
1246 debug 128 # debug fast redirects
1247 debug 256 # debug GIF de-animation
1248 debug 512 # Common Log Format
1249 debug 1024 # debug kill pop-ups
1250 debug 2048 # CGI user interface
1251 debug 4096 # Startup banner and warnings.
1252 debug 8192 # Non-fatal errors</PRE
1259 > To select multiple debug levels, you can either add them or use
1266 > A debug level of 1 is informative because it will show you each request
1269 >1, 4096 and 8192 are highly recommended</I
1271 so that you will notice when things go wrong. The other levels are probably
1272 only of interest if you are hunting down a specific problem. They can produce
1273 a hell of an output (especially 16).
1277 > The reporting of <I
1280 > errors (i.e. ones which crash
1284 >) is always on and cannot be disabled.
1287 > If you want to use CLF (Common Log Format), you should set <SPAN
1294 > and not enable anything else.
1305 NAME="SINGLE-THREADED"
1306 >7.3.2. single-threaded</A
1311 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1317 > Whether to run only one server thread
1339 >Effect if unset:</DT
1342 > Multi-threaded (or, where unavailable: forked) operation, i.e. the ability to
1343 serve multiple requests simultaneously.
1350 > This option is only there for debug purposes and you should never
1353 >It will drastically reduce performance.</I
1366 NAME="ACCESS-CONTROL"
1367 >7.4. Access Control and Security</A
1370 > This section of the config file controls the security-relevant aspects
1381 NAME="LISTEN-ADDRESS"
1382 >7.4.1. listen-address</A
1387 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1393 > The IP address and TCP port on which <SPAN
1397 listen for client requests.
1423 >Effect if unset:</DT
1426 > Bind to 127.0.0.1 (localhost), port 8118. This is suitable and recommended for
1427 home users who run <SPAN
1430 > on the same machine as
1438 > You will need to configure your browser(s) to this proxy address and port.
1441 > If you already have another service running on port 8118, or if you want to
1442 serve requests from other machines (e.g. on your local network) as well, you
1443 will need to override the default.
1446 > If you leave out the IP address, <SPAN
1450 bind to all interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable
1451 from the Internet. In that case, consider using <A
1452 HREF="config.html#ACLS"
1453 >access control lists</A
1454 > (ACL's, see below), and/or
1461 > to untrusted users, you will
1462 also want to turn off the <TT
1465 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
1466 >enable-edit-actions</A
1472 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
1473 >enable-remote-toggle</A
1483 > Suppose you are running <SPAN
1487 a machine which has the address 192.168.0.1 on your local private network
1488 (192.168.0.0) and has another outside connection with a different address.
1489 You want it to serve requests from inside only:
1499 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
1500 > listen-address 192.168.0.1:8118</PRE
1521 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1527 > Initial state of "toggle" status
1543 >Effect if unset:</DT
1546 > Act as if toggled on
1553 > If set to 0, <SPAN
1559 >"toggled off"</SPAN
1560 > mode, i.e. behave like a normal, content-neutral
1561 proxy where all ad blocking, filtering, etc are disabled. See
1564 >enable-remote-toggle</TT
1565 > below. This is not really useful
1566 anymore, since toggling is much easier via <A
1567 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle"
1569 >the web interface</A
1577 > The windows version will only display the toggle icon in the system tray
1578 if this option is present.
1589 NAME="ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
1590 >7.4.3. enable-remote-toggle</A
1595 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1601 > Whether or not the <A
1602 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle"
1622 >Effect if unset:</DT
1625 > The web-based toggle feature is disabled.
1632 > When toggled off, <SPAN
1635 > acts like a normal,
1636 content-neutral proxy, i.e. it acts as if none of the actions applied to
1640 > For the time being, access to the toggle feature can <I
1644 controlled separately by <SPAN
1647 > or HTTP authentication,
1648 so that everybody who can access <SPAN
1659 toggle it for all users. So this option is <I
1663 for multi-user environments with untrusted users.
1666 > Note that you must have compiled <SPAN
1670 support for this feature, otherwise this option has no effect.
1681 NAME="ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
1682 >7.4.4. enable-edit-actions</A
1687 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1693 > Whether or not the <A
1694 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status"
1714 >Effect if unset:</DT
1717 > The web-based actions file editor is disabled.
1724 > For the time being, access to the editor can <I
1728 controlled separately by <SPAN
1731 > or HTTP authentication,
1732 so that everybody who can access <SPAN
1743 modify its configuration for all users. So this option is <I
1747 > for multi-user environments with untrusted users.
1750 > Note that you must have compiled <SPAN
1754 support for this feature, otherwise this option has no effect.
1766 >7.4.5. ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
1769 NAME="PERMIT-ACCESS"
1777 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1783 > Who can access what.
1825 > are IP addresses in dotted decimal notation or valid
1837 > are subnet masks in CIDR notation, i.e. integer
1838 values from 2 to 30 representing the length (in bits) of the network address. The masks and the whole
1839 destination part are optional.
1852 >Effect if unset:</DT
1855 > Don't restrict access further than implied by <TT
1865 > Access controls are included at the request of ISPs and systems
1866 administrators, and <I
1868 >are not usually needed by individual users</I
1870 For a typical home user, it will normally suffice to ensure that
1874 > only listens on the localhost
1875 (127.0.0.1) or internal (home) network address by means of the
1877 HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
1886 > Please see the warnings in the FAQ that this proxy is not intended to be a substitute
1887 for a firewall or to encourage anyone to defer addressing basic security
1891 > Multiple ACL lines are OK.
1892 If any ACLs are specified, then the <SPAN
1896 talks only to IP addresses that match at least one <TT
1900 and don't match any subsequent <TT
1903 > line. In other words, the
1904 last match wins, with the default being <TT
1913 > is using a forwarder (see <TT
1917 for a particular destination URL, the <TT
1923 that is examined is the address of the forwarder and <I
1927 of the ultimate target. This is necessary because it may be impossible for the local
1931 > to determine the IP address of the
1932 ultimate target (that's often what gateways are used for).
1935 > You should prefer using IP addresses over DNS names, because the address lookups take
1936 time. All DNS names must resolve! You can <I
1939 > use domain patterns
1943 > or partial domain names. If a DNS name resolves to multiple
1944 IP addresses, only the first one is used.
1947 > Denying access to particular sites by ACL may have undesired side effects
1948 if the site in question is hosted on a machine which also hosts other sites.
1955 > Explicitly define the default behavior if no ACL and
1963 is OK. The absence of a <TT
1972 > destination addresses are OK:
1983 > permit-access localhost</PRE
1990 > Allow any host on the same class C subnet as www.privoxy.org access to
1991 nothing but www.example.com:
2002 > permit-access www.privoxy.org/24 www.example.com/32</PRE
2009 > Allow access from any host on the 26-bit subnet 192.168.45.64 to anywhere,
2010 with the exception that 192.168.45.73 may not access www.dirty-stuff.example.com:
2021 > permit-access 192.168.45.64/26
2022 deny-access 192.168.45.73 www.dirty-stuff.example.com</PRE
2038 >7.4.6. buffer-limit</A
2043 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
2049 > Maximum size of the buffer for content filtering.
2065 >Effect if unset:</DT
2068 > Use a 4MB (4096 KB) limit.
2075 > For content filtering, i.e. the <TT
2082 > actions, it is necessary that
2086 > buffers the entire document body.
2087 This can be potentially dangerous, since a server could just keep sending
2088 data indefinitely and wait for your RAM to exhaust -- with nasty consequences.
2092 > When a document buffer size reaches the <TT
2096 flushed to the client unfiltered and no further attempt to
2097 filter the rest of the document is made. Remember that there may be multiple threads
2098 running, which might require up to <TT
2105 >, unless you have enabled <SPAN
2107 >"single-threaded"</SPAN
2125 > This feature allows routing of HTTP requests through a chain of
2127 It can be used to better protect privacy and confidentiality when
2128 accessing specific domains by routing requests to those domains
2129 through an anonymous public proxy (see e.g. <A
2130 HREF="http://www.multiproxy.org/anon_list.htm"
2132 >http://www.multiproxy.org/anon_list.htm</A
2134 Or to use a caching proxy to speed up browsing. Or chaining to a parent
2135 proxy may be necessary because the machine that <SPAN
2139 runs on has no direct Internet access.</P
2141 > Also specified here are SOCKS proxies. <SPAN
2145 supports the SOCKS 4 and SOCKS 4A protocols.</P
2157 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
2163 > To which parent HTTP proxy specific requests should be routed.
2195 HREF="actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS"
2198 that specifies to which requests (i.e. URLs) this forward rule shall apply. Use <TT
2217 is the DNS name or IP address of the parent HTTP proxy through which the requests should be forwarded,
2218 optionally followed by its listening port (default: 8080).
2219 Use a single dot (<TT
2224 >"no forwarding"</SPAN
2238 >Effect if unset:</DT
2241 > Don't use parent HTTP proxies.
2256 >, then requests are not
2257 forwarded to another HTTP proxy but are made directly to the web servers.
2260 > Multiple lines are OK, they are checked in sequence, and the last match wins.
2267 > Everything goes to an example anonymizing proxy, except SSL on port 443 (which it doesn't handle):
2278 > forward / anon-proxy.example.org:8080
2286 > Everything goes to our example ISP's caching proxy, except for requests
2287 to that ISP's sites:
2298 > forward / caching-proxy.example-isp.net:8000
2299 forward .example-isp.net .</PRE
2315 >7.5.2. forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a</A
2318 NAME="FORWARD-SOCKS4"
2321 NAME="FORWARD-SOCKS4A"
2326 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
2332 > Through which SOCKS proxy (and to which parent HTTP proxy) specific requests should be routed.
2375 HREF="actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS"
2378 that specifies to which requests (i.e. URLs) this forward rule shall apply. Use <TT
2397 are IP addresses in dotted decimal notation or valid DNS names (<TT
2408 >"no HTTP forwarding"</SPAN
2409 >), and the optional
2415 > parameters are TCP ports, i.e. integer values from 1 to 64535
2428 >Effect if unset:</DT
2431 > Don't use SOCKS proxies.
2438 > Multiple lines are OK, they are checked in sequence, and the last match wins.
2441 > The difference between <TT
2446 >forward-socks4a</TT
2448 is that in the SOCKS 4A protocol, the DNS resolution of the target hostname happens on the SOCKS
2449 server, while in SOCKS 4 it happens locally.
2460 >, then requests are not
2461 forwarded to another HTTP proxy but are made (HTTP-wise) directly to the web servers, albeit through
2469 > From the company example.com, direct connections are made to all
2473 > domains, but everything outbound goes through
2474 their ISP's proxy by way of example.com's corporate SOCKS 4A gateway to
2486 > forward-socks4a / socks-gw.example.com:1080 www-cache.example-isp.net:8080
2487 forward .example.com .</PRE
2494 > A rule that uses a SOCKS 4 gateway for all destinations but no HTTP parent looks like this:
2505 > forward-socks4 / socks-gw.example.com:1080 .</PRE
2520 NAME="ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
2521 >7.5.3. Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
2524 > If you have links to multiple ISPs that provide various special content
2525 only to their subscribers, you can configure multiple <SPAN
2529 which have connections to the respective ISPs to act as forwarders to each other, so that
2533 > users can see the internal content of all ISPs.</P
2535 > Assume that host-a has a PPP connection to isp-a.net. And host-b has a PPP connection to
2536 isp-b.net. Both run <SPAN
2540 configuration can look like this:</P
2553 forward .isp-b.net host-b:8118</PRE
2570 forward .isp-a.net host-a:8118</PRE
2576 > Now, your users can set their browser's proxy to use either
2577 host-a or host-b and be able to browse the internal content
2578 of both isp-a and isp-b.</P
2580 > If you intend to chain <SPAN
2587 > locally, then chain as
2590 >browser -> squid -> privoxy</TT
2591 > is the recommended way. </P
2593 > Assuming that <SPAN
2600 run on the same box, your <SPAN
2603 > configuration could then look like this:</P
2613 > # Define Privoxy as parent proxy (without ICP)
2614 cache_peer 127.0.0.1 parent 8118 7 no-query
2616 # Define ACL for protocol FTP
2619 # Do not forward FTP requests to Privoxy
2620 always_direct allow ftp
2622 # Forward all the rest to Privoxy
2623 never_direct allow all</PRE
2629 > You would then need to change your browser's proxy settings to <SPAN
2632 >'s address and port.
2633 Squid normally uses port 3128. If unsure consult <TT
2641 > You could just as well decide to only forward requests for Windows executables through
2642 a virus-scanning parent proxy, say, on <TT
2644 >antivir.example.com</TT
2656 forward /.*\.(exe|com|dll|zip)$ antivir.example.com:8010</PRE
2669 >7.6. Windows GUI Options</A
2675 > has a number of options specific to the
2676 Windows GUI interface:</P
2678 NAME="ACTIVITY-ANIMATION"
2683 >"activity-animation"</SPAN
2688 > icon will animate when
2692 > is active. To turn off, set to 0.</P
2697 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2700 >activity-animation 1</I
2702 </P
2712 >"log-messages"</SPAN
2717 > will log messages to the console
2723 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2728 </P
2733 NAME="LOG-BUFFER-SIZE"
2739 >"log-buffer-size"</SPAN
2740 > is set to 1, the size of the log buffer,
2741 i.e. the amount of memory used for the log messages displayed in the
2742 console window, will be limited to <SPAN
2744 >"log-max-lines"</SPAN
2747 > Warning: Setting this to 0 will result in the buffer to grow infinitely and
2748 eat up all your memory!</P
2753 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2756 >log-buffer-size 1</I
2758 </P
2763 NAME="LOG-MAX-LINES"
2768 >log-max-lines</SPAN
2769 > is the maximum number of lines held
2770 in the log buffer. See above.</P
2775 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2778 >log-max-lines 200</I
2780 </P
2785 NAME="LOG-HIGHLIGHT-MESSAGES"
2790 >"log-highlight-messages"</SPAN
2795 > will highlight portions of the log
2796 messages with a bold-faced font:</P
2801 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2804 >log-highlight-messages 1</I
2806 </P
2811 NAME="LOG-FONT-NAME"
2814 > The font used in the console window:</P
2819 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2822 >log-font-name Comic Sans MS</I
2824 </P
2829 NAME="LOG-FONT-SIZE"
2832 > Font size used in the console window:</P
2837 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2842 </P
2847 NAME="SHOW-ON-TASK-BAR"
2853 >"show-on-task-bar"</SPAN
2854 > controls whether or not
2858 > will appear as a button on the Task bar
2864 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2867 >show-on-task-bar 0</I
2869 </P
2874 NAME="CLOSE-BUTTON-MINIMIZES"
2879 >"close-button-minimizes"</SPAN
2880 > is set to 1, the Windows close
2881 button will minimize <SPAN
2884 > instead of closing
2885 the program (close with the exit option on the File menu).</P
2890 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2893 >close-button-minimizes 1</I
2895 </P
2905 >"hide-console"</SPAN
2906 > option is specific to the MS-Win console
2910 >. If this option is used,
2914 > will disconnect from and hide the
2920 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
2925 </P
2946 HREF="configuration.html"
2962 HREF="actions-file.html"