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>6. <SPAN
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>Privoxy</SPAN
-> Configuration</A
-></H1
+> Configuration</H1
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> All <SPAN
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>6.1. Controlling <SPAN
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-> with Your Web Browser</A
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+> with Your Web Browser</H2
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->6.2. Configuration Files Overview</A
-></H2
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+>6.2. Configuration Files Overview</H2
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> For Unix, *BSD and Linux, all configuration files are located in
<TT
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-> <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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+> 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
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>"<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
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>"wake up"</SPAN
> requests
- must obviously be sent to the <I
+ must obviously be sent to the <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
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>old</I
+></SPAN
> listening address.</P
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> While under development, the configuration content is subject to change.
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