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authorevan@chromium.org <evan@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98>2009-09-22 01:10:31 +0000
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linux: fix a TODO in the manpage
Doc some environment variables. Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/215050 git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@26779 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
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diff --git a/chrome/app/resources/manpage.1.in b/chrome/app/resources/manpage.1.in
index 26fc162..a461d35 100644
--- a/chrome/app/resources/manpage.1.in
+++ b/chrome/app/resources/manpage.1.in
@@ -12,16 +12,19 @@
.SH DESCRIPTION
See the Google Chrome help center for help on using the browser.
.IP
-http://www.google.com/support/chrome/
+<http://www.google.com/support/chrome/>
.PP
This manpage only describes invocation, environment, and arguments.
.SH OPTIONS
+@@NAME@@ has hundreds of undocumented command-line flags that are added
+and removed at the whim of the developers. Here, we document relatively
+stable flags.
.TP
\fB\-\-user\-data\-dir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Specifies the directory that user data (your "profile") is kept in.
Defaults to
-.IR ~/.config/@@CONFDIR@@/Default .
+.I ~/.config/@@CONFDIR@@/Default .
Separate instances of @@NAME@@ must use separate user data directories;
repeated invocations of @@FILENAME@@ will reuse an existing process for
a given user data directory.
@@ -36,18 +39,48 @@ in "app mode": with no browser toolbars.
As a GTK+ app, @@NAME@@ also obeys GTK+ command-line flags, such
as
.BR \-\-display .
-See
+See the GTK documentation for more:
+.IP
<http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/gtk-running.html>
-and
-<http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/gtk-x11.html> .
+<http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/gtk-x11.html>
.SH ENVIRONMENT
-@@NAME@@ obeys the
+@@NAME@@ obeys the following environment variables:
+
+.TP
+.B all_proxy
+Shorthand for specifying all of
+.B http_proxy, https_proxy, ftp_proxy
+
+.TP
+.B http_proxy
+The proxy server used for HTTP. This overrides any Gnome/KDE proxy
+setting.
+
+.TP
.B http_proxy
-environment variable for setting the proxy. This overrides any Gnome
-proxy setting.
+The proxy server used for HTTPS. This overrides any Gnome/KDE proxy
+setting.
-TODO(evanm): doc all the proxy-related environment settings.
+.TP
+.B ftp_proxy
+The proxy server used for FTP. This overrides any Gnome/KDE proxy
+setting.
+
+.TP
+.B auto_proxy
+Specify proxy autoconfiguration. Defined and empty autodetects; otherwise,
+it should be an autoconfig URL.
+
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.I ~/.config/@@CONFDIR@@
+Default directory for configuration data.
+
+.TP
+.I ~/.cache/@@CONFDIR@@
+Default directory for cache data. (Why? See
+<http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/> .)
.SH BUGS
Bug tracker: