X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Freadme.sgml;h=2acf495aa1bb0e0634cdc948948eae46b63e8fd8;hp=740e7713c475365e2b2ab32780391e7782167f0c;hb=34a6a841e529579e2be4457ea0d4cb1befbc840a;hpb=b93f35c60fa190ec3ae30879632be6269c4de2b3 diff --git a/doc/source/readme.sgml b/doc/source/readme.sgml index 740e7713..2acf495a 100644 --- a/doc/source/readme.sgml +++ b/doc/source/readme.sgml @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ + - - + + @@ -13,26 +13,24 @@ ]> @@ -76,18 +74,18 @@ /********************************************************************* * - * File : $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/doc/source/readme.sgml,v $ + * File : doc/source/readme.sgml * - * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. + * Purpose : Give a short intro about Privoxy. * - * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the SourceForge - * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/ + * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2020 the + * Privoxy team. https://www.privoxy.org/ * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written - * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and + * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and * Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General * Public License as published by the Free Software * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at @@ -102,8 +100,8 @@ * The GNU General Public License should be included with * this file. If not, you can view it at * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html - * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., - * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, + * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., + * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, * USA * *********************************************************************/ @@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ This README is included with - Privoxy &p-version;. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity + Privoxy &p-version;. See https://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity level is &p-status;. @@ -126,45 +124,21 @@ -IMPORTANT CHANGES - - March 2009, Privoxy 3.0.12 is released. - +CHANGES - This is primarily a bug fix release. See the "ChangeLog", and the "What's - New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User - Manual for details. + For a list of changes in this release, please have a + look at the "ChangeLog", the "What's New" section or + the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual. - - February 2009, Privoxy 3.0.11 is released. - - - As usual there are changes that effect the configuration. See the "ChangeLog", - and the "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in - the User Manual for details and specifics. - - - This is a stable release, and marks a departure for Privoxy development. - - - Previously, odd numbered releases were considered beta versions and - were only released at the end of the development cycle when the code - was already believed to be stable. Usually it was, so the stable release - contained pretty much the same code, but got a higher version number. - In the future we intend to release several snapshots between stable releases. - There will probably still be about two stable releases per year, - but hopefully about six snapshots instead of the two betas we have now. - The intentions is to make testing without CVS access easier. - INSTALL - + See the INSTALL file in this directory, for installing from raw source, and the User Manual, for all other - installation types. + installation types. @@ -176,7 +150,7 @@ HOSTNAME ][config_file] - See the man page or User Manual for an explanation of each option, and + See the man page or User Manual for an explanation of each option, and other configuration and usage issues. @@ -184,12 +158,6 @@ file named 'config' in the current directory (except Win32 which will look for 'config.txt'). If no config_file is found, Privoxy will fail to start. - - Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start - - - Or Debian and Ubuntu: /etc/init.d/privoxy start - @@ -203,12 +171,12 @@ /etc/privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed. There are many significant changes and advances from earlier versions. The User Manual has an explanation of all configuration - options, and examples: http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/. + options, and examples: https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/. Be sure to set your browser(s) for HTTP/HTTPS Proxy at <IP>:<Port>, or whatever you specify in the config file under 'listen-address'. DEFAULT is - localhost:8118. Note that Privoxy ONLY proxies HTTP (and HTTPS) traffic. Do not try it + 127.0.0.1:8118. Note that Privoxy ONLY proxies HTTP (and HTTPS) traffic. Do not try it with FTP or other protocols for the simple reason it does not work. @@ -227,10 +195,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION There should be documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory. In particular, see the + may not be completed at this point]]>. In particular, see the User Manual there, the FAQ, and those interested in Privoxy development, should look at - developer-manual. + developer-manual. The source and configuration files are all well commented. The main configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and - 'default.filter'. + 'default.filter'. - Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager. All - documentation is posted on http://www.privoxy.org, in case you don't have it, + Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager. All + documentation is posted on https://www.privoxy.org, in case you don't have it, or can't find it. @@ -255,14 +223,4 @@ - - - - - - - - - -