[You (Adrian Bridgett)] >We should also standardize the environment variables that are used. Once >again, if the program doesn't support environment variables, tough - >although of course maintainers are encouraged to "fix" the programs :-)
Maybe just enforce the standards that are kinda sorta already there, or even just forward bugs upstream if these are not supported? $http_proxy env variable is supported by lynx, W3 mode in Emacsen, and Mosaic flavors. Also don't forget WWW_HOME as your home page. I think there's not really much way we can get them to get netscape to respect this; I don't think it's worth it to munge thru the (quite volatile) netscape preferences either. >If people could be kind enough to email sample proxy configurations to me >(ones that are supported by some non-customized program), then I'll come up >with a proposed scheme. I'll include some sample code to make it easier for >maintainers to convert a program. Well, the less work the better ;) BTW, my home scheme doesn't really fit into your map. This is for squid, in this case, running on localhost: gopher_proxy=http://localhost:3128/ http_proxy=http://localhost:3128/ ftp_proxy=http://localhost:3128/ FWIW, there's also an experimental Linux feature, transparent proxy, I think, which could automatically redirect outbound HTTP requests to a local httpd cache. .....A. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .