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- $Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.123.2.7 2002/06/09 00:29:34 hal9 Exp $
+ $Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.123.2.14 2002/08/06 09:16:13 oes Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
See LICENSE.
<article id="index">
<artheader>
-<title>Privoxy User Manual</title>
+<title>Privoxy &p-version; User Manual</title>
<pubdate>
<subscript>
<!-- Completely the wrong markup, but very little is allowed -->
<!-- in this part of an article. FIXME -->
<link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> &my-copy; 2001, 2002 by
- <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy Developers</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy Developers</ulink>
</subscript>
</pubdate>
-<pubdate>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.123.2.7 2002/06/09 00:29:34 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.123.2.14 2002/08/06 09:16:13 oes Exp $</pubdate>
<!--
<para>
You can find the latest version of the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> at <ulink
url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/">http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</ulink>.
- Please see the <ulink url="contact.html">Contact section</ulink> on how to
+ Please see the <link linkend="contact">Contact section</link> on how to
contact the developers.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect3 id="installation-mac"><title>Max OSX</title>
+<sect3 id="installation-mac"><title>Mac OSX</title>
<para>
Unzip the downloaded package (you can either double-click on the file
- in the finder, or on the desktop if you downloaded it there). Then,
- double-click on the package installer icon and follow the installation
- process.
- <application>Privoxy</application> will be installed in the subdirectory
- <literal>/Applications/Privoxy.app</literal>.
- <application>Privoxy</application> will set itself up to start
- automatically on system bring-up via
- <literal>/System/Library/StartupItems/Privoxy</literal>.
+ in the finder, or on the desktop if you downloaded it there). The
+ Privoxy.pkg package should appear after unzipping. Then,
+ double-click on that Privoxy.pkg package installer icon and follow
+ the installation process.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> will be installed in the folder
+ <literal>/Library/Privoxy</literal>.
+ It will run automatically whenever you start up. To prevent it from
+ running automatically, remove or rename the folder
+ <literal>/Library/StartupItems/Privoxy</literal>.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To run Privoxy by hand, double-click on
+ <literal>RunPrivoxy.command</literal>.
+ To run Privoxy from Terminal, execute
+ <literal>/Library/Privoxy/RunPrivoxy.command</literal>.
</para>
</sect3>
remove this directory.
</para>
</sect3>
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect3 id="installattion-gentoo"><title>Gentoo</title>
+<para>
+ Gentoo source packages (Ebuilds) for <application>Privoxy</application> are
+ contained in the Gentoo Portage Tree (they are not on the download page,
+ but there is a Gentoo section, where you can see when a new
+ <application>Privoxy</application> Version is added to the Portage Tree).
+</para>
+<para>
+ Before installing <application>Privoxy</application> under Gentoo just do
+ first <literal>emerge rsync</literal> to get the latest changes from the
+ Portage tree. With <literal>emerge privoxy</literal> you install the latest
+ version.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Configuration files are in <filename>/etc/privoxy</filename>, the
+ documentation is in <filename>/usr/share/doc/privoxy-&p-version;</filename>
+ and the Log directory is in <filename>/var/log/privoxy</filename>.
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
</sect2>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<!-- end boilerplate -->
</sect2>
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect2 id="installation-keepupdated"><title>Keeping your Installation Up-to-Date</title>
+<para>
+ As user feedback comes in and development continues, we will make updated versions
+ of both the main <link linkend="actions-file">actions file</link> (as a <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118&release_id=103670">separate
+ package</ulink>) and the software itself (including the actions file) available for
+ download.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release updates of
+ <application>Privoxy</application> or the actions file, <ulink
+ url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce/">subscribe
+ to our announce mailing list</ulink>, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ In order not to loose your personal changes and adjustments when updating
+ to the latest <literal>default.action</literal> file we <emphasis>strongly
+ recommend</emphasis> that you use <literal>user.action</literal> for your
+ customization of <application>Privoxy</application>. See the <link
+ linkend="actions-file">Chapter on actions files</link> for details.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
</sect1>
127.0.0.1 (or 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>
+ Please note that <application>Privoxy</application> can only proxy HTTP and
+ HTTPS traffic. It will not work with FTP or other protocols.
+</para>
<!-- image of Mozilla Proxy configuration -->
<para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="start-macosx">
-<title>MAX OSX</title>
+<title>Mac OSX</title>
<para>
During installation, <application>Privoxy</application> is configured to
- start automatically when the system restarts. You can start it manually
- through the Terminal with these commands:
+ start automatically when the system restarts. To run Privoxy by hand,
+ double-click on the <literal>RunPrivoxy.command</literal> icon in the
+ <literal>/Library/Privoxy</literal> folder. Or, type this command
+ in the Terminal:
</para>
<para>
<screen>
- cd /Applications/Privoxy.app
- ./privoxy</screen>
+ /Library/Privoxy/RunPrivoxy.command
+ </screen>
+</para>
+<para>
+ If you are not logged in as an administrator, you will be asked for the
+ administrator password when starting <application>Privoxy</application>
+ by hand.
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
</sect2>
+<sect2 id="start-gentoo">
+<title>Gentoo</title>
+<para>
+ A script is again used. It will use the file <filename>/etc/privoxy/config
+ </filename> as its main configuration file.
+</para>
+<para>
+ <screen>
+ /etc/init.d/privoxy start
+ </screen>
+</para>
+<para>
+ Note that <application>Privoxy</application> is not automatically started at
+ boot time by default. You can change this with the <literal>rc-update</literal>
+ command.
+</para>
+<para>
+ <screen>
+ rc-update add privoxy default
+ </screen>
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
<!--
<para>
</para>
<para>
- If the above paragraph sounds gibberish to you, you might want to <ulink
- url="actions-file.html#ACTIONSFILE">read more about the actions concept</ulink>
- or even dive deep into the <ulink url="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">Appendix
- on actions</ulink>.
+ If the above paragraph sounds gibberish to you, you might want to <link
+ linkend="actions-file">read more about the actions concept</link>
+ or even dive deep into the <link linkend="actionsanat">Appendix
+ on actions</link>.
</para>
<para>
If you can't get rid of the problem at all, think you've found a bug in
Privoxy, want to propose a new feature or smarter rules, please see the
- section <ulink url="contact.html"><quote>Contacting the
- Developers</quote></ulink> below.
+ section <link linkend="contact"><quote>Contacting the
+ Developers</quote></link> below.
</para>
-->
provide a base level of functionality for
<application>Privoxy's</application> array of features. So it is
a set of broad rules that should work reasonably well for users everywhere.
- This is the file that the developers are keeping updated, and making
- available to users.
+ This is the file that the developers are keeping updated, and <link
+ linkend="installation-keepupdated">making available to users</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
the same URL set the same action differently, the last match wins. If not,
the effects are aggregated. E.g. a URL might match a regular section with
a heading line of <literal>{
- +<ulink url="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE">handle-as-image</ulink> }</literal>,
+ +<link linkend="handle-as-image">handle-as-image</link> }</literal>,
then later another one with just <literal>{
- +<ulink url="actions-file.html#BLOCK">block</ulink> }</literal>, resulting
+ +<link linkend="block">block</link> }</literal>, resulting
in <emphasis>both</emphasis> actions to apply.
</para>
<anchor id="filter-banners-by-size">
<screen>+filter{banners-by-size} # Kill banners based on their size for this page (<emphasis>very</emphasis> efficient!)</screen>
</para>
+ <para>
+ <anchor id="filter-banners-by-link">
+ <screen>+filter{banners-by-link} # Kill banners based on the link they are contained in (experimental)</screen>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <anchor id="filter-img-reorder">
+ <screen>+filter{img-reorder} # Reorder attributes in <img> tags to make the banners-by-* filters more effective</screen>
+ </para>
<para>
<anchor id="filter-content-cookies">
<screen>+filter{content-cookies} # Kill cookies that come sneaking in the HTML or JS content</screen>
<anchor id="filter-crude-parental">
<screen>+filter{crude-parental} # Kill all web pages that contain the words "sex" or "warez"</screen>
</para>
+ <para>
+ <anchor id="filter-js-events">
+ <screen>+filter{js-events} # Kill all JS event bindings (<emphasis>Radically destructive!</emphasis> Only for extra nasty sites) </screen>
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
-<link linkend="FILTER-FUN">filter{fun}</link> \
+<link linkend="FILTER-NIMDA">filter{nimda}</link> \
+<link linkend="FILTER-BANNERS-BY-SIZE">filter{banners-by-size}</link> \
+ -<link linkend="FILTER-BANNERS-BY-LINK">filter{banners-by-link}</link> \
+ -<link linkend="FILTER-IMG-REORDER">filter{img-reorder}</link> \
-<link linkend="FILTER-SHOCKWAVE-FLASH">filter{shockwave-flash}</link> \
-<link linkend="FILTER-CRUDE-PARENTAL">filter{crude-parental}</link> \
+ -<link linkend="FILTER-JS-EVENTS">filter{js-events}</link> \
-<link linkend="HANDLE-AS-IMAGE">handle-as-image</link> \
+<link linkend="HIDE-FORWARDED-FOR-HEADERS">hide-forwarded-for-headers</link> \
+<link linkend="HIDE-FROM-HEADER">hide-from-header{block}</link> \
<screen>
# The status bar is for displaying link targets, not pointless blahblah
#
-s/window\.status\s*=\s*['"].*?['"]/dUmMy=1/ig</screen>
+s/window\.status\s*=\s*(['"]).*?\1/dUmMy=1/ig</screen>
</para>
<para>
or more whitespace</quote>. The <literal>?</literal> in <literal>.*?</literal>
makes this matching of arbitrary text ungreedy. (Note that the <literal>U</literal>
option is not set). The <literal>['"]</literal> construct means: <quote>a single
- <emphasis>or</emphasis> a double quote</quote>.
+ <emphasis>or</emphasis> a double quote</quote>. Finally, <literal>\1</literal> is
+ a backreference to the first parenthesis just like <literal>$1</literal> above,
+ with the difference that in the <emphasis>pattern</emphasis>, a backslash indicates
+ a backreference, whereas in the <emphasis>substitute</emphasis>, it's the dollar.
</para>
<para>
<screen>
# Kill OnUnload popups. Yummy. Test: http://www.zdnet.com/zdsubs/yahoo/tree/yfs.html
#
-s/(<body .*)onunload(.*>)/$1never$2/iU</screen>
+s/(<body [^>]*)onunload(.*>)/$1never$2/iU</screen>
</para>
<para>
This job replaces the <quote>onunload</quote> attribute in
<quote><body></quote> tags with the dummy word <literal>never</literal>.
Note that the <literal>i</literal> option makes the pattern matching
- case-insensitive.
+ case-insensitive. Also note that ungreedy matching alone doesn't always guarantee
+ a minimal match: In the first parenthesis, we had to use <literal>[^>]*</literal>
+ instead of <literal>.*</literal> to prevent the match from exceeding the
+ <body> tag if it doesn't contain <quote>OnUnload</quote>, but the page's
+ content does.
</para>
<para>
#
s* industry[ -]leading \
| cutting[ -]edge \
+| customer[ -]focused \
+| market[ -]driven \
| award[ -]winning # Comments are OK, too! \
| high[ -]performance \
| solutions[ -]based \
<para>
The <literal>x</literal> option in this job turns on extended syntax, and allows for
- e.g. the liberal use of (non-interpreted!) whitespace for nicer formatting.
+ e.g. the liberal use of (non-interpreted!) whitespace for nicer formatting.
</para>
<para>
<para>
Credit: The site which gave us the general idea for these bookmarklets is
- <ulink url="http://www.bookmarklets.com">www.bookmarklets.com</ulink>. They
+ <ulink url="http://www.bookmarklets.com/">www.bookmarklets.com</ulink>. They
have more information about bookmarklets.
</para>
Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
$Log: user-manual.sgml,v $
+ Revision 1.123.2.14 2002/08/06 09:16:13 oes
+ Nits re: actions file download
+
+ Revision 1.123.2.13 2002/08/02 18:23:19 g_sauthoff
+ Just 2 small corrections to the Gentoo sections
+
+ Revision 1.123.2.12 2002/08/02 18:17:21 g_sauthoff
+ Added 2 Gentoo sections
+
+ Revision 1.123.2.11 2002/07/26 15:20:31 oes
+ - Added version info to title
+ - Added info on new filters
+ - Revised parts of the filter file tutorial
+ - Added info on where to get updated actions files
+
+ Revision 1.123.2.10 2002/07/25 21:42:29 hal9
+ Add brief notes on not proxying non-HTTP protocols.
+
+ Revision 1.123.2.9 2002/07/11 03:40:28 david__schmidt
+
+ Updated Mac OSX sections due to installation location change
+
+ Revision 1.123.2.8 2002/06/09 16:36:32 hal9
+ Clarifications on filtering and MIME. Hardcode 'latest release' in index.html.
+
Revision 1.123.2.7 2002/06/09 00:29:34 hal9
Touch ups on filtering, in actions section and Anatomy.
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