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-> All <SPAN
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-> configuration is stored
- in text files. These files can be edited with a text editor.
- Many important aspects of <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> can
- also be controlled easily with a web browser.
- </P
-><DIV
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-><H2
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-><A
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->6.1. Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
-></H2
-><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->'s user interface can be reached through the special
- URL <A
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->
- (shortcut: <A
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-> ▪ <A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status"
-TARGET="_top"
->View & change the current configuration</A
->
- </TD
-></TR
-><TR
-><TD
-> ▪ <A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-version"
-TARGET="_top"
->View the source code version numbers</A
->
- </TD
-></TR
-><TR
-><TD
-> ▪ <A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-request"
-TARGET="_top"
->View the request headers.</A
->
- </TD
-></TR
-><TR
-><TD
-> ▪ <A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info"
-TARGET="_top"
->Look up which actions apply to a URL and why</A
->
- </TD
-></TR
-><TR
-><TD
-> ▪ <A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle"
-TARGET="_top"
->Toggle Privoxy on or off</A
->
- </TD
-></TR
-><TR
-><TD
-> ▪ <A
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-TARGET="_top"
->Documentation</A
->
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-><P
-> This should be self-explanatory. Note the first item leads to an editor for the
- <A
-HREF="actions-file.html"
->actions files</A
->, which is where the ad, banner,
- cookie, and URL blocking magic is configured as well as other advanced features of
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->. This is an easy way to adjust various
- aspects of <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> configuration. The actions
- file, and other configuration files, are explained in detail below. </P
-><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Toggle Privoxy On or Off"</SPAN
-> is handy for sites that might
- have problems with your current actions and filters. You can in fact use
- it as a test to see whether it is <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
- causing the problem or not. <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> continues
- to run as a proxy in this case, but all manipulation is disabled, i.e.
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> acts like a normal forwarding proxy. There
- is even a toggle <A
-HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
->Bookmarklet</A
-> offered, so
- that you can toggle <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> with one click from
- your browser.</P
-><P
-> Note that several of the features described above are disabled by default
- in <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> 3.0.7 beta and later.
- Check the
- <A
-HREF="config.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->configuration file</A
-> to learn why
- and in which cases it's safe to enable them again.</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="SECT2"
-><H2
-CLASS="SECT2"
-><A
-NAME="CONFOVERVIEW"
->6.2. Configuration Files Overview</A
-></H2
-><P
-> For Unix, *BSD and Linux, all configuration files are located in
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/privoxy/</TT
-> by default. For MS Windows, OS/2, and
- AmigaOS these are all in the same directory as the
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> executable. </P
-><P
-> The installed defaults provide a reasonable starting point, though
- some settings may be aggressive by some standards. For the time being, the
- principle configuration files are:</P
-><P
-> <P
-></P
-><UL
-><LI
-><P
-> The <A
-HREF="config.html"
->main configuration file</A
-> is named <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->config</TT
->
- on Linux, Unix, BSD, OS/2, and AmigaOS and <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->config.txt</TT
->
- on Windows. This is a required file.
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->match-all.action</TT
-> is used to define which <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"actions"</SPAN
->
- relating to banner-blocking, images, pop-ups, content modification, cookie handling
- etc should be applied by default. It should be the first actions file loaded.
- </P
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->default.action</TT
-> defines many exceptions (both positive and negative)
- from the default set of actions that's configured in <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->match-all.action</TT
->.
- It should be the second actions file loaded and shouldn't be edited by the user.
- </P
-><P
-> Multiple actions files may be defined in <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->config</TT
->. These
- are processed in the order they are defined. Local customizations and locally
- preferred exceptions to the default policies as defined in
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->match-all.action</TT
-> (which you will most probably want
- to define sooner or later) are best applied in <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->user.action</TT
->,
- where you can preserve them across upgrades. The file isn't installed by all
- installers, but you can easily create it yourself with a text editor.
- </P
-><P
->
- There is also a web based editor that can be accessed from
- <A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status"
-TARGET="_top"
->http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</A
->
- (Shortcut: <A
-HREF="http://p.p/show-status"
-TARGET="_top"
->http://p.p/show-status</A
->) for the
- various actions files.
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Filter files"</SPAN
-> (the <A
-HREF="filter-file.html"
->filter
- file</A
->) can be used to re-write the raw page content, including
- viewable text as well as embedded HTML and JavaScript, and whatever else
- lurks on any given web page. The filtering jobs are only pre-defined here;
- whether to apply them or not is up to the actions files.
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->default.filter</TT
-> includes various filters made
- available for use by the developers. Some are much more intrusive than
- others, and all should be used with caution. You may define additional
- filter files in <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->config</TT
-> as you can with
- actions files. We suggest <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->user.filter</TT
-> for any
- locally defined filters or customizations.
- </P
-></LI
-></UL
-></P
-><P
-> The syntax of the configuration and filter files may change between different
- Privoxy versions, unfortunately some enhancements cost backwards compatibility.
- </P
-><P
-> All files use the <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"<TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->#</TT
->"</SPAN
-> character to denote a
- comment (the rest of the line will be ignored) and understand line continuation
- through placing a backslash ("<TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->\</TT
->") as the very last character
- in a line. If the <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->#</TT
-> is preceded by a backslash, it looses
- its special function. Placing a <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->#</TT
-> in front of an otherwise
- valid configuration line to prevent it from being interpreted is called "commenting
- out" that line. Blank lines are ignored.</P
-><P
-> The actions files and filter files
- can use Perl style <A
-HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
->regular expressions</A
-> for
- maximum flexibility. </P
-><P
-> After making any changes, there is no need to restart
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> in order for the changes to take
- effect. <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> detects such changes
- automatically. Note, however, that it may take one or two additional
- requests for the change to take effect. When changing the listening address
- of <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->, these <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"wake up"</SPAN
-> requests
- must obviously be sent to the <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->old</I
-></SPAN
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+ <a name="CONFIGURATION">6. Privoxy Configuration</a>
+ </h1>
+ <p>
+ All <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> configuration is stored
+ in text files. These files can be edited with a text editor. Many
+ important aspects of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can
+ also be controlled easily with a web browser.
+ </p>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2">
+ <a name="CONTROL-WITH-WEBBROWSER">6.1. Controlling Privoxy with
+ Your Web Browser</a>
+ </h2>
+ <p>
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>'s user interface can be
+ reached through the special URL <a href=
+ "http://config.privoxy.org/" target=
+ "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/</a> (shortcut: <a href=
+ "http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>), which is a built-in
+ page and works without Internet access. You will see the following
+ section:
+ </p>
+ <table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+<pre class="SCREEN">
+
+</pre>
+ <h2 class="BRIDGEHEAD">
+ <a name="AEN859"></a> Privoxy Menu
+ </h2>
+<pre>
+</pre>
+ <table border="0">
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ ▪ <a
+ href="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status" target=
+ "_top">View & change the current configuration</a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ ▪ <a
+ href="http://config.privoxy.org/show-version" target=
+ "_top">View the source code version numbers</a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ ▪ <a
+ href="http://config.privoxy.org/show-request" target=
+ "_top">View the request headers.</a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ ▪ <a
+ href="http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info" target=
+ "_top">Look up which actions apply to a URL and why</a>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ ▪ <a
+ href="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle" target=
+ "_top">Toggle Privoxy on or off</a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ ▪ <a
+ href="https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.25/user-manual/"
+ target="_top">Documentation</a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </tbody>
+ </table>
+<pre>
+</pre>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <p>
+ This should be self-explanatory. Note the first item leads to an
+ editor for the <a href="actions-file.html">actions files</a>, which
+ is where the ad, banner, cookie, and URL blocking magic is
+ configured as well as other advanced features of <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>. This is an easy way to adjust various
+ aspects of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> configuration.
+ The actions file, and other configuration files, are explained in
+ detail below.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <span class="QUOTE">"Toggle Privoxy On or Off"</span> is handy for
+ sites that might have problems with your current actions and
+ filters. You can in fact use it as a test to see whether it is
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> causing the problem or
+ not. <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> continues to run as a
+ proxy in this case, but all manipulation is disabled, i.e. <span
+ class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> acts like a normal forwarding
+ proxy.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Note that several of the features described above are disabled by
+ default in <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> 3.0.7 beta and
+ later. Check the <a href="config.html" target="_top">configuration
+ file</a> to learn why and in which cases it's safe to enable them
+ again.
+ </p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2">
+ <a name="CONFOVERVIEW">6.2. Configuration Files Overview</a>
+ </h2>
+ <p>
+ For Unix, *BSD and Linux, all configuration files are located in
+ <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/privoxy/</tt> by default. For MS Windows,
+ OS/2, and AmigaOS these are all in the same directory as the <span
+ class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> executable. The name and number
+ of configuration files has changed from previous versions, and is
+ subject to change as development progresses.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The installed defaults provide a reasonable starting point, though
+ some settings may be aggressive by some standards. For the time
+ being, the principle configuration files are:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <p>
+ The <a href="config.html">main configuration file</a> is named
+ <tt class="FILENAME">config</tt> on Linux, Unix, BSD, OS/2, and
+ AmigaOS and <tt class="FILENAME">config.txt</tt> on Windows.
+ This is a required file.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>
+ <tt class="FILENAME">match-all.action</tt> is used to define
+ which <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> relating to
+ banner-blocking, images, pop-ups, content modification, cookie
+ handling etc should be applied by default. It should be the
+ first actions file loaded.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <tt class="FILENAME">default.action</tt> defines many
+ exceptions (both positive and negative) from the default set of
+ actions that's configured in <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">match-all.action</tt>. It should be the second
+ actions file loaded and shouldn't be edited by the user.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Multiple actions files may be defined in <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">config</tt>. These are processed in the order they
+ are defined. Local customizations and locally preferred
+ exceptions to the default policies as defined in <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">match-all.action</tt> (which you will most probably
+ want to define sooner or later) are best applied in <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">user.action</tt>, where you can preserve them across
+ upgrades. The file isn't installed by all installers, but you
+ can easily create it yourself with a text editor.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ There is also a web based editor that can be accessed from <a
+ href="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status" target=
+ "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</a> (Shortcut: <a
+ href="http://p.p/show-status" target=
+ "_top">http://p.p/show-status</a>) for the various actions
+ files.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>
+ <span class="QUOTE">"Filter files"</span> (the <a href=
+ "filter-file.html">filter file</a>) can be used to re-write the
+ raw page content, including viewable text as well as embedded
+ HTML and JavaScript, and whatever else lurks on any given web
+ page. The filtering jobs are only pre-defined here; whether to
+ apply them or not is up to the actions files. <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">default.filter</tt> includes various filters made
+ available for use by the developers. Some are much more
+ intrusive than others, and all should be used with caution. You
+ may define additional filter files in <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">config</tt> as you can with actions files. We
+ suggest <tt class="FILENAME">user.filter</tt> for any locally
+ defined filters or customizations.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>
+ The syntax of the configuration and filter files may change between
+ different Privoxy versions, unfortunately some enhancements cost
+ backwards compatibility.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ All files use the <span class="QUOTE">"<tt class=
+ "LITERAL">#</tt>"</span> character to denote a comment (the rest of
+ the line will be ignored) and understand line continuation through
+ placing a backslash ("<tt class="LITERAL">\</tt>") as the very last
+ character in a line. If the <tt class="LITERAL">#</tt> is preceded
+ by a backslash, it looses its special function. Placing a <tt
+ class="LITERAL">#</tt> in front of an otherwise valid configuration
+ line to prevent it from being interpreted is called "commenting
+ out" that line. Blank lines are ignored.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The actions files and filter files can use Perl style <a href=
+ "appendix.html#REGEX">regular expressions</a> for maximum
+ flexibility.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ After making any changes, there is no need to restart <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> in order for the changes to take
+ effect. <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> detects such
+ changes automatically. Note, however, that it may take one or two
+ additional requests for the change to take effect. When changing
+ the listening address of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>,
+ these <span class="QUOTE">"wake up"</span> requests must obviously
+ be sent to the <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">old</i></span> listening address.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ While under development, the configuration content is subject to
+ change. The below documentation may not be accurate by the time you
+ read this. Also, what constitutes a <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"default"</span> setting, may change, so please check all
+ your configuration files on important issues.
+ </p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="NAVFOOTER">
+ <hr align="LEFT" width="100%">
+ <table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0"
+ cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">
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+ <a href="config.html" accesskey="N">Next</a>
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+ <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">
+ Starting Privoxy
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