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diff --git a/doc/source/faq.sgml b/doc/source/faq.sgml
index 5d74cbc2..22a5196d 100644
--- a/doc/source/faq.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
-
-
+
+
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
This file belongs into
ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/
- $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.35 2007/11/19 17:57:59 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.46 2008/08/30 15:37:35 fabiankeil Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@
- Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2007 by
+ Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2008 by
Privoxy Developers
-$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.35 2007/11/19 17:57:59 fabiankeil Exp $
+$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.46 2008/08/30 15:37:35 fabiankeil Exp $
-
-In Mac OSX, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
+
+In Mac OS X, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
Privoxy as the HTTP proxy.
Microsoft Internet Explorer (in versions like 5.1) respects system-wide
@@ -2477,16 +2475,19 @@ every time I start IE. What gives?
-
-In Mac OSX, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
- uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
+
+In Mac OS X, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
+ uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
empty the trash.
+
+ Note: This ONLY applies to privoxy 3.0.6 and earlier.
+
Just dragging the Privoxy folder to the trash is
- not enough to delete it. Privoxy supplies an
+ not enough to delete it. Privoxy supplies an
uninstall.command file that takes care of
- these details. Open the trash, drag the uninstall.command
- file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
+ these details. Open the trash, drag the uninstall.command
+ file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
confirmation and the administration password.
@@ -2497,12 +2498,12 @@ every time I start IE. What gives?
-
-In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
+
+In Mac OS X Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
experience random delays in page loading. I'm using
localhost as my browser's proxy setting.
- We believe this is due to an IPv6-related bug in OSX, but don't fully
+ We believe this is due to an IPv6-related bug in Mac OS X, but don't fully
understand the issue yet. In any case, changing the proxy setting to
127.0.0.1 instead of localhost
works around the problem.
@@ -2561,6 +2562,10 @@ Why?
see if that helps. Make sure whatever name(s) are used for the local system,
that they resolve both ways.
+
+ You should also be able to work around the problem with the
+ hostname option.
+
@@ -2667,7 +2672,7 @@ Why?
is done by the underlying operating system -- not
Privoxy itself. Privoxy
merely initiates the process and hands it off, and then later reports
- whatever the outcome was. And tries to give a coherent message if there seems
+ whatever the outcome was and tries to give a coherent message if there seems
to be a problem. In some cases, this might otherwise be mitigated by the
browser itself which might try some work-arounds and alternate approaches (e.g
adding www. to the URL).
@@ -2698,10 +2703,13 @@ Why?
are in the raw HTML source of the page, and the browser just ignores them. But the
pattern matching in Privoxy's page filtering
mechanism is trying to match against absurdly long strings and this becomes
- very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete. Until a better
- solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages, particularly the
- js-annoyances and unsolicited-popups
- filters.
+ very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete.
+
+
+ Until a better solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages,
+ particularly the js-annoyances and
+ unsolicited-popups filters. If you run into this problem
+ with a recent &my-app; version, please send a problem report.
@@ -2713,7 +2721,8 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?
it does not happen. I would suspect some inadvertent interaction of software
components such as anti-virus software, spyware protectors, personal
firewalls or similar components. Try disabling (or uninstalling) these one
- at a time and see if that helps.
+ at a time and see if that helps. Either way, if you are using a
+ recent &my-app; version, please report the problem.
@@ -2727,6 +2736,9 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?
prevent-compression.
+
+ As of &my-app; 3.0.9, zlib support is enabled in the default builds.
+
@@ -2808,6 +2820,48 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
$Log: faq.sgml,v $
+Revision 2.46 2008/08/30 15:37:35 fabiankeil
+Update entities.
+
+Revision 2.45 2008/08/16 08:51:28 fabiankeil
+Update version-related entities.
+
+Revision 2.44 2008/06/19 01:41:36 hal9
+Add short note about zlib being enabled in 3.0.9
+
+Revision 2.43 2008/06/14 13:21:25 fabiankeil
+Prepare for the upcoming 3.0.9 beta release.
+
+Revision 2.42 2008/06/07 13:11:15 fabiankeil
+- Note that the "100% cpu problem" is worth
+ reporting if it happens with a recent release.
+- Mention the hostname option as a workaround for
+ the "can't get my own hostname" issue.
+- The profile formerly known as "Adventuresome"
+ is called "Advanced" now.
+- Some white-space fixes.
+
+Revision 2.41 2008/06/06 15:32:09 fabiankeil
+- Minor rewordings.
+- Don't claim that all the old Junkbuster features remain.
+ Some of them have been removed or replaced with better ones.
+
+Revision 2.40 2008/02/22 05:54:27 markm68k
+updates for mac os x
+
+Revision 2.39 2008/02/03 21:37:41 hal9
+Apply patch from Mark: s/OSX/OS X/
+
+Revision 2.38 2008/01/19 17:52:39 hal9
+Re-commit to fix various minor issues for new release.
+
+Revision 2.37 2008/01/19 15:03:05 hal9
+Doc sources tagged for 3.0.8 release.
+
+Revision 2.36 2008/01/17 01:49:51 hal9
+Change copyright notice for docs s/2007/2008/. All these will be rebuilt soon
+enough.
+
Revision 2.35 2007/11/19 17:57:59 fabiankeil
A bunch of rewordings, minor updates and fixes.
@@ -2910,7 +2964,7 @@ Revision 1.61.2.41 2004/04/05 13:44:05 oes
Fixed allow-all-cookies alias name; closes SR #929746
Revision 1.61.2.40 2004/01/30 17:00:33 oes
-Added OSX Panther problem
+Added Mac OS X Panther problem
Revision 1.61.2.39 2004/01/29 22:53:08 hal9
Minor changes for exempting docs of text/plain. Change copyright date.
@@ -2997,28 +3051,28 @@ Revision 1.61.2.15 2002/08/10 11:34:22 oes
Add disclaimer about probably being out-of-date
Revision 1.61.2.14 2002/08/07 02:53:43 hal9
-Fix some minor markup errors, and move one OSX Q/A to troubleshooting section.
+Fix some minor markup errors, and move one Mac OS X Q/A to troubleshooting section.
Revision 1.61.2.13 2002/08/06 11:55:32 oes
Added missing close tag
Revision 1.61.2.12 2002/08/06 11:43:46 david__schmidt
-Updated OSX uninstall FAQ... we have an uninstall script now.
+Updated Mac OS X uninstall FAQ... we have an uninstall script now.
Revision 1.61.2.11 2002/08/06 08:54:03 oes
Style police: Fixed formatting details
Revision 1.61.2.10 2002/08/02 14:00:25 david__schmidt
-Made the OSX removal commands far less dangerous
+Made the Mac OS X removal commands far less dangerous
Revision 1.61.2.9 2002/08/02 13:14:45 oes
-Added warning about sudo rm -r for Mac OSX deinstallation; moved this item to install section
+Added warning about sudo rm -r for Mac OS X deinstallation; moved this item to install section
Revision 1.61.2.8 2002/08/02 02:01:42 david__schmidt
-Add FAQ item for MSIE on OSX HTTP proxy confusion
+Add FAQ item for MSIE on Mac OS X HTTP proxy confusion
Revision 1.61.2.7 2002/08/02 01:46:01 david__schmidt
-Added FAQ item for Mac OSX uninstall woes
+Added FAQ item for Mac OS X uninstall woes
Revision 1.61.2.6 2002/07/30 20:04:56 hal9
Fix typo: 'schould'.