+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>Privoxy Configuration</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
-CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+
-"><LINK
+CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK
REL="HOME"
-TITLE="Privoxy 3.0.7 User Manual"
+TITLE="Privoxy 3.0.17 User Manual"
HREF="index.html"><LINK
REL="PREVIOUS"
TITLE="Starting Privoxy"
HREF="config.html"><LINK
REL="STYLESHEET"
TYPE="text/css"
-HREF="../p_doc.css">
+HREF="../p_doc.css"><META
+HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"
+CONTENT="text/html;
+charset=ISO-8859-1">
<LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="p_doc.css">
</head
><BODY
><TH
COLSPAN="3"
ALIGN="center"
->Privoxy 3.0.7 User Manual</TH
+>Privoxy 3.0.17 User Manual</TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="CONFIGURATION"
-></A
->6. Privoxy Configuration</H1
+>6. Privoxy Configuration</A
+></H1
><P
> All <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN755"
-></A
->6.1. Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</H2
+NAME="AEN921"
+>6.1. Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
+></H2
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
> <H2
CLASS="BRIDGEHEAD"
><A
-NAME="AEN763"
+NAME="AEN929"
></A
> Privoxy Menu</H2
><P
><TR
><TD
> ▪ <A
-HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/ 3.0.7/user-manual/"
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/3.0.17/user-manual/"
TARGET="_top"
>Documentation</A
>
>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"
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="CONFOVERVIEW"
-></A
->6.2. Configuration Files Overview</H2
+>6.2. Configuration Files Overview</A
+></H2
><P
> For Unix, *BSD and Linux, all configuration files are located in
<TT
><P
> <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
->default.action</TT
-> (the main <A
-HREF="actions-file.html"
->actions file</A
->)
- is used to define which <SPAN
+>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 also defines many
- exceptions (both positive and negative) from this default set of actions that enable
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> to selectively eliminate the junk, and only the junk, on
- as many websites as possible.
+>
+ 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
>config</TT
>. These
are processed in the order they are defined. Local customizations and locally
- preferred exceptions to the default policies as defined in
+ preferred exceptions to the default policies as defined in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
->default.action</TT
+>match-all.action</TT
> (which you will most probably want
- to define sooner or later) are probably best applied in
- <TT
+ to define sooner or later) are best applied in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>user.action</TT
->, where you can preserve them across
- upgrades. <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->standard.action</TT
-> is only for
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy's</SPAN
-> internal use.
+>,
+ 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
>
></UL
></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. (There is
- one exception: <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
->+fast-redirects</A
-> which
- has enhanced syntax and will require updating any local configs from earlier
- versions.)</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"
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
->
\ No newline at end of file
+>
projects / privoxy.git / blobdiff