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Re: http_proxy with firefox?



On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 14:49:37 +0200, Christof Hurschler wrote:
> Von: "Mirco Piccin" <pictux@gmail.com>
> > Hi!
> > 
> > }} does anyone know if firefox can use the http_proxy einviornment
> > variable?
> > 
> > I don't know, sincerely, but i can tell you that i use the:
> > SwitchProxy Tool that is an extension for firefox that allow to
> > change dinamically (without close & reopen firefox) proxy set.  Hope
> > it helps you!  Bye
> 
> I also use switch-proxy, which *is* nice.  I have my laptop setup to
> automatically set the environment variable depending on where I am.
> KDE does a nice job and allows one to use the environment variables.
> I haven't figured out how to do it wich Firefox though...

If all else fails then you could tell firefox to use a pac file for
proxy configuration. You can use a simple script to change this file (or
redirect a symlink) depending on which network is detected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config

-- 
Regards,
          Florian



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