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Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
See LICENSE.
</subscript>
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</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configfiles"> <title>What's the difference between the
-<quote>Cautious</quote>, <quote>Medium</quote> and <quote>Advenced</quote> defaults?</title>
+<quote>Cautious</quote>, <quote>Medium</quote> and <quote>Advanced</quote> defaults?</title>
<para>
Configuring <application>Privoxy</application> is not entirely trivial. To help you get
started, we provide you with three different default action <quote>packages</quote> in
<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="filterfile">What is the <filename>default.filter</filename> file?</title>
+<title id="filterfile">What is the <filename>default.filter</filename> file? What is a <quote>filter</quote>?</title>
<para>
The <ulink url="../user-manual/filter-file.html"><filename>default.filter</filename></ulink>
file is where <emphasis>filters</emphasis> are defined, which can be used to modify or
- remove, web page content on the fly. This applies to <emphasis>anything</emphasis>
+ remove, web page content on the fly. Filters apply to <emphasis>anything</emphasis>
in the page source, including HTML tags, and JavaScript. Regular expressions are used
to accomplish this. There are a number of pre-defined filters to deal with common
annoyances. The filters are only defined here, to invoke them, you need to use the
- <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#FILTER"><literal>filter</literal> action</ulink>.
+ <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#FILTER"><literal>filter</literal>
+ action</ulink> in one of the actions files. Filtering is automatically
+ disabled for inappropriate MIME types.
</para>
<para>
If you are familiar with regular expressions, and HTML, you can look at
the provided <filename>default.filter</filename> with a text editor and define
your own filters. This is potentially a very powerful feature, but
- requires some expertise.
+ requires some expertise in both regular expressions and HTML/HTTP.
</para>
<para>
content, giving the user a feeling of "it works". This effect is especially
noticeable on slow dialup connections.
</para>
+<para>
+ Filtering is automatically disabled for inappropriate MIME types.
+
+</para>
</sect2>
The easiest way is to access <application>Privoxy</application> with your
browser by using the remote toggle URL: <ulink
url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle">http://config.privoxy.org/toggle</ulink>.
+ See the <ulink url="../user-manual/appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS">Bookmarklets section</ulink>
+ of the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> for an easy way to access this
+ feature.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="reallyoff">
+<title>When <quote>disabled</quote> is <application>Privoxy</application> totally
+out of the picture?</title>
+<para>
+ No, this just means all filtering and actions are disabled.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is still acting as a proxy, but just not
+ doing any of the things that <application>Privoxy</application> would
+ normally be expected to do. It is still a <quote>middle-man</quote> in
+ the interaction between your browser and web sites.
</para>
</sect2>
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<!--
(typically <filename>default.filter</filename>, set by the
<literal><link linkend="filterfile">filterfile</link></literal>
option in the <link linkend="config">config file</link>). Filtering
- can be completely disabled without the use of parameters. Example:
- </para>
- <para>
- <screen> { -filter }
- .example.com</screen>
- </para>
- <para>
- Disables filters for that site.
+ can be completely disabled without the use of parameters.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<literal><link linkend="buffer-limit">buffer-limit</link></literal>
option in the main <link linkend="config">config file</link>. The
default is 4096 KB (4 Megs). Once this limit is exceeded, the buffered
- data, and all pending data, is passed through unfiltered.
+ data, and all pending data, is passed through unfiltered. Inappropriate
+ MIME types are not filtered.
</para>
<para>
At this time, <application>Privoxy</application> cannot (yet!) uncompress compressed
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See LICENSE.
<![%p-homepage;[
<para>
- The most recent version is &p-version; (&p-status;). (Odd numbered versions
- are available only through CVS.)
+ <!-- FIXME: Temporarily hard coding this. HB. -->
+ The most recent release is 2.9.14 (&p-status;).
</para>
]]>
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+ index.sgml, like homepage, but with content toggles more suitable for this use.
+
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