On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:24:26PM +0530, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > On 4/27/07, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:33:35 +0100 > >Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I use my laptop in two locations, one which has an HTTP proxy (work), > >> the other which doesn't (home). Is there an easy way to set up GNOME > >> to understand multiple locations which are easy to switch between, or > >> do I have to do everything manually? > > > >I don't know of a dedicated tool for the purpose, but you could script > >it yourself without too much difficulty. If you set the variable > >$USE_HTTP_PROXY to 'true' or 'false' as appropriate, then you would > >invoke: > > > > /usr/bin/gconftool --set /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy \ > > --type boolean $USE_HTTP_PROXY > > [...] > > With iceweasel, I like to use the "automatic proxy configuration" and > make it point to a URL that will generate the appropriate > autoconfiguration script. > > http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/proxy-live.html > describes what must be present at the autoconfig URL. >
Thanks for all the advice - much appreciated! Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
