From 5c81865455a2d6e42838047e86a19c4a2441a28e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Grothoff Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 14:24:32 +0100 Subject: modernize manual for current browsers --- doc/documentation/chapters/user.texi | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/documentation') diff --git a/doc/documentation/chapters/user.texi b/doc/documentation/chapters/user.texi index 4b3bf336e..8ce8b52e2 100644 --- a/doc/documentation/chapters/user.texi +++ b/doc/documentation/chapters/user.texi @@ -417,14 +417,18 @@ in the menu, and then select the "Advanced" tab in the dialog and then "Network": Here, select "Settings..." to open the proxy settings dialog. -Select "Manual proxy configuration" and enter "localhost" -with port 7777 under SOCKS Host. Select SOCKS v5 and then push "OK". +Select "Manual proxy configuration" and enter @code{localhost} +with port 7777 under SOCKS Host. Furthermore, set the +checkbox ``Proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5'' at the bottom of +the dialog. Finally, push "OK". You must also go to about:config and change the @code{browser.fixup.alternate.enabled} option to @code{false}, otherwise the browser will autoblunder an address like @code{@uref{http://www.gnu/, www.gnu}} to -@code{@uref{http://www.gnu.com/, www.gnu.com}}. +@code{@uref{http://www.gnu.com/, www.gnu.com}}. If you want +to resolve ``@'' in your own TLDs, you must additionally +set @code{browser.fixup.dns_first_use_for_single_words} to @code{true}. After configuring your browser, you might want to first confirm that it continues to work as before. (The proxy is still experimental and if you -- cgit v1.2.3