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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/url.texi | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 2 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/url.texi b/doc/misc/url.texi index 14a4c96cc47..0a96a5428b1 100644 --- a/doc/misc/url.texi +++ b/doc/misc/url.texi @@ -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 @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ domain. *** The URL package now support https over proxies supporting CONNECT. ---- ++++ *** `url-user-agent' now defaults to `default', and the User-Agent string is computed dynamically based on `url-privacy-level'. |