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Document the nil/default values of url-user-agent

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* doc/misc/url.texi (Customization): Document the nil/default
values of url-user-agent.
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen 2016-04-24 14:55:15 +02:00
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doc/misc/url.texi
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@ -1337,10 +1337,16 @@ Connect directly.
@end defopt
@defopt url-user-agent
The User Agent string used for sending HTTP/HTTPS requests. The value
should be a string or a function of no arguments that returns a
string. The default value is @w{@samp{User-Agent: @var{package-name}
URL/Emacs}}, where @var{package-name} is the value of
The User Agent string used for sending @acronym{HTTP}/@acronym{HTTPS}
requests. The value should be @code{nil}, which means that no
@samo{User-Agent} header is generated, @code{default}, which means
that a string is generated based on the setting of
@code{url-privacy-leve}, a string or a function of no arguments that
returns a string.
The default is @code{default}, which means that the
@w{@samp{User-Agent: @var{package-name} URL/Emacs}} string will be
generated, where @var{package-name} is the value of
@code{url-package-name} and its version, if they are non-@code{nil}.
@end defopt

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@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ domain.
*** The URL package now support https over proxies supporting CONNECT.
---
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*** `url-user-agent' now defaults to `default', and the User-Agent
string is computed dynamically based on `url-privacy-level'.