On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Hi Mikulas, > > Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, Axel Beckert wrote: > > > while we're at it, this bug report about -only-proxies recently came > > > in, too, at https://bugs.debian.org/827186. Citing the relevants parts > > > of the mail with most details: > > > > It is not a bug, it is a feature. > > As mentioned below, I'm aware of that intention. I though still think > that there is a bug in it: > > > The "only proxies" option is intended to be used when Links is used with > > tor. > [...] > > > According to the changelog it's a feature since 2.9: > > > > > > An option to fake Firefox in the HTTP header. It modifies User-Agent and > > > several other options to be more Firefox-like. This option is also > > > automatically turned on when "Connect only via proxies or Socks (useful > > > for tor)" is selected. It makes it safer to use Links with tor. > > > > > > But it seems that the name of the "-only-proxies" feature is confusing > > > people as they don't expect that the User-Agent string is modified by > > > it and not overridable anymore afterwards. Maybe it's currently a > > > little bit too overzealous? > > Given your confirmation that the behaviour itself is intended, I think > the "-only-proxies" option is definitely misnamed as it does not have > "tor" in its name anywhere and its current name suggests something > different than it does.. > > Regards, Axel The fact that this option is for tor is mentioned in the dialog box: "[X] Connect only via proxies or Socks (useful for tor)" and in the manual page: -only-proxies <0>/<1> (default 0) "1" causes that Links won't initiate any non-proxy connection. It is useful for anonymization with tor or similar networks. Command line options should be small, I don't think it's necessary to extend the option name to be longer. Mikulas
