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All Note that several of the features described above are disabled by default
+ in Privoxy 3.0.7 beta and later.
+ Check the
+ configuration file to learn why
+ and in which cases it's safe to enable them again. default.action (the main actions file)
- is used to define which match-all.action is used to define which "actions" 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
- Privoxy 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.
+ default.action defines many exceptions (both positive and negative)
+ from the default set of actions that's configured in match-all.action.
+ It should be the second actions file loaded and shouldn't be edited by the user.
Multiple actions files may be defined in config. 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
default.actionmatch-all.action (which you will most probably want
- to define sooner or later) are probably best applied in
- user.action, where you can preserve them across
- upgrades. standard.action is for
- Privoxy's 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.
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> The syntax of the configuration and filter files may change between different
+ Privoxy versions, unfortunately some enhancements cost backwards compatibility.
+ All files use the ""##" character to denote a
comment (the rest of the line will be ignored) and understand line continuation
- through placing a backslash ("\\") as the very last character
- in a line. If the ## is preceded by a backslash, it looses
- its special function. Placing a ## in front of an otherwise
valid configuration line to prevent it from being interpreted is called "commenting
- out" that line. The actions files and default.filter
+> The actions files and filter files
can use Perl style regular expressionsStarting Privoxy6.1. Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser6.1. Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser
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