Configuration</a></h1>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN366" id="AEN366">3.1. What exactly is an
- <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> file?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="ACTIONSFILE" id="ACTIONSFILE">3.1. What
+ exactly is an <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> file?</a></h3>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> utilizes the concept of
<span class="QUOTE">" <a href=
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN389" id="AEN389">3.3. How are actions
- files configured? What is the easiest way to do this?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="ACTCONFIG" id="ACTCONFIG">3.3. How are
+ actions files configured? What is the easiest way to do this?</a></h3>
<p>Actions files are just text files in a special syntax and can be
edited with a text editor. But probably the easiest way is to access
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN398" id="AEN398">3.4. There are several
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN393" id="AEN393">3.4. There are several
different <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> files. What are the
differences?</a></h3>
<p>Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of
<tt class="FILENAME">default.action</tt> will be made available from
time to time on the <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118" target=
+ "https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118" target=
"_top">files section</a> of our <a href=
- "http://sf.net/projects/ijbswa/" target="_top">project page</a>.</p>
+ "https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/" target="_top">project
+ page</a>.</p>
<p>If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release
updates of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> or the actions
file, <a href=
- "http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce/" target=
+ "https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce/" target=
"_top">subscribe to our announce mailing list</a>,
ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.</p>
</div>
configuration so complicated?</a></h3>
<p><span class="QUOTE">"Complicated"</span> is in the eye of the
- beholder. Those that are familiar with some of the underlying concepts,
- such as regular expression syntax, take to it like a fish takes to
- water. Also, software that tries hard to be <span class="QUOTE">"user
- friendly"</span>, often lacks sophistication and flexibility. There is
- always that trade-off there between power vs. easy-of-use. Furthermore,
- anyone is welcome to contribute ideas and implementations to enhance
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>.</p>
+ beholder.</p>
+
+ <p>Privoxy is currently mainly written by and for people who are
+ already familiar with the underlying concepts like regular expressions,
+ HTTP and HTML, or are willing to become familiar with them to be able
+ to get the most out of a powerful and flexible tool such as
+ Privoxy.</p>
+
+ <p>While everybody is expected to be able to get a Privoxy default
+ installation up and running, fine-tuning requires a certain amount of
+ background information and Privoxy's documentation mainly concentrates
+ on the Privoxy-specific parts while only providing references to the
+ rest.</p>
+
+ <p>If you or anyone you know has the skills, time and energy to reduce
+ the barrier of entry, please <a href="general.html#PARTICIPATE">get
+ involved</a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN486" id="AEN486">3.11. What is the
- <tt class="FILENAME">default.filter</tt> file? What is a <span class=
- "QUOTE">"filter"</span>?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="FILTERFILE" id="FILTERFILE">3.11. What is
+ the <tt class="FILENAME">default.filter</tt> file? What is a
+ <span class="QUOTE">"filter"</span>?</a></h3>
<p>The <a href="../user-manual/filter-file.html" target=
"_top"><tt class="FILENAME">default.filter</tt></a> file is where
"_top">enable-edit-actions</a>).</p>
<p>If you intend to develop your own filters, you might want to have a
- look at <a href="http://www.fabiankeil.de/sourcecode/pft/" target=
+ look at <a href="https://www.fabiankeil.de/sourcecode/pft/" target=
"_top">Privoxy-Filter-Test</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN537" id="AEN537">3.13. Instead of ads,
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NOSEEUM" id="NOSEEUM">3.13. Instead of ads,
now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see
anything.</a></h3>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN554" id="AEN554">3.14. Why would anybody
- want to see a checkerboard pattern?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHYSEEUM" id="WHYSEEUM">3.14. Why would
+ anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</a></h3>
<p>Remember that <a href="general.html#WHATSANAD">telling which image
is an ad and which isn't</a>, is an educated guess. While we hope that
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN560" id="AEN560">3.15. I see some images
- being replaced with text instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how
- do I get rid of this?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="BLOCKEDBYTEXT" id="BLOCKEDBYTEXT">3.15. I
+ see some images being replaced with text instead of the checkerboard
+ image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</a></h3>
<p>This happens when the banners are not embedded in the HTML code of
the page itself, but in separate HTML (sub)documents that are loaded
<p>Earlier 3.x versions could run as a system service using <b class=
"COMMAND">srvany.exe</b>. See the discussion at <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118"
+ "https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118"
target=
- "_top">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118</a>,
+ "_top">https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118</a>,
for details, and a sample configuration.</p>
</div>
<p>For a good discussion of some of the issues involved (including
privacy and security issues), see <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118"
+ "https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118"
target=
- "_top">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118</a>.</p>
+ "_top">https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118</a>.</p>
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