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><H1
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><A
-NAME="CONFIGURATION">6. <SPAN
+NAME="CONFIGURATION"
+></A
+>6. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> Configuration</H1
><H2
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><A
-NAME="AEN582">6.1. Controlling <SPAN
+NAME="AEN766"
+></A
+>6.1. Controlling <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> with Your Web Browser</H2
> <H2
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><A
-NAME="AEN591"> Privoxy Menu</H2
+NAME="AEN775"
+></A
+> Privoxy Menu</H2
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> ▪ <A
-HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/3.1.1/user-manual/"
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><H2
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><A
-NAME="CONFOVERVIEW">6.2. Configuration Files Overview</H2
+NAME="CONFOVERVIEW"
+></A
+>6.2. Configuration Files Overview</H2
><P
> For Unix, *BSD and Linux, all configuration files are located in
<TT
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->default.filter</TT
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Filter files"</SPAN
> (the <A
HREF="filter-file.html"
>filter
>) 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.
+ 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.
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></P
><P
+> The syntax of all configuration files has remained the same throughout the
+ 3.x series. There have been enhancements, but no changes that would preclude
+ the use of any configuration file from one version to the next.</P
+><P
> All files use the <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"<TT
valid configuration line to prevent it from being interpreted is called "commenting
out" that line.</P
><P
-> The actions files and <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->default.filter</TT
->
+> The actions files and filter files
can use Perl style <A
HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
>regular expressions</A