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Common NetSurf user options 4nd December 2014
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Common NetSurf user options
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This document outlines the common configuration options supported by the
NetSurf core.
This document outlines the common configuration options supported by
the NetSurf core.
Overview
========
The users configurations are generally stored in a "Choices" file
and are loaded at browser startup. Most user interfaces provide a
way to configure these parameters in a manner consistant with the
toolkit in use.
The users configurations are generally stored in a "Choices" file and
are loaded at browser startup. Most user interfaces provide a way
to configure these parameters in a manner consistant with the
toolkit in use.
The user choices are stored as a simple key:value list.
The user choices are stored as a simple key:value list.
Each entry has a type, one of: boolean, integer, unsigned integer,
hexadecimal colour value or string.
Each entry has a type, one of: boolean, integer, unsigned integer,
hexadecimal colour value or string.
General Options
===============
+----------------------+--------+-----------+----------------------------------+
| Option Key | Type | Default | Description |
+----------------------+--------+-----------+----------------------------------+
| http_proxy | bool | false | An HTTP proxy should be used. |
| | | | |
| http_proxy | bool | false | An HTTP proxy should be used. |
| | | | |
| http_proxy_host | string | NULL | Hostname of proxy. |
| | | | |
| http_proxy_port | int | 8080 | Proxy port. |
| | | | |
| http_proxy_auth | int | 0 | Proxy authentication method. |
| | | | |
| http_proxy_auth_user | string | NULL | Proxy authentication user name |
| | | | |
| http_proxy_auth_pass | string | NULL | Proxy authentication password |
| | | | |
| http_proxy_noproxy | string | localhost | Proxy omission list |
| | | | |
| font_size | int | 128 | Default font size / 0.1pt. |
| | | | |
| font_min_size | int | 85 | Minimum font size. |
| | | | |
| font_sans | string | NULL | Default sans serif font |
| | | | |
| font_serif | string | NULL | Default serif font |
| | | | |
| font_mono | string | NULL | Default monospace font
| | | | |
| font_cursive | string | NULL | Default cursive font
| | | | |
| font_fantasy | string | NULL | Default fantasy font
| | | | |
| accept_language | string | NULL | Accept-Language header.
| | | | |
| accept_charset | string | NULL | Accept-Charset header.
| | | | |
| memory_cache_size | int | 12MiB | Preferred maximum size of memory |
| | | | cache in bytes. |
| | | | |
| disc_cache_size | uint | 1GiB | Preferred expiry size of disc |
| | | | cache in bytes. |
| | | | |
| disc_cache_age | int | 28 | Preferred expiry age of disc |
| | | | cache in days. |
| | | | |
| block_advertisements | bool | false | Whether to block advertisements
| | | | |
| do_not_track | bool | false | Disable website tracking [1]
| | | | |
| minimum_gif_delay | int | 10 | Minimum GIF animation delay
| | | | |
| send_referer | bool | true | Whether to send the referer HTTP |
| | | | header. |
| | | | |
| foreground_images | bool | true | Whether to fetch foreground images
| | | | |
| background_images | bool | true | Whether to fetch background images
| | | | |
| animate_images | bool | true | Whether to animate images
| | | | |
| enable_javascript | bool | false | Whether to execute javascript
| | | | |
| script_timeout | int | 10 | Maximum time to wait for a script|
| | | | to run in seconds |
| | | | |
| expire_url | int | 28 | How many days to retain URL data |
| | | | for. |
| | | | |
| font_default | int | 0 | Default font family
| | | | |
| ca_bundle | string | NULL | ca-bundle location
| | | | |
| ca_path | string | NULL | ca-path location
| | | | |
| cookie_file | string | NULL | Cookie file location
| | | | |
| cookie_jar | string | NULL | Cookie jar location
| | | | |
| homepage_url | string | NULL | Home page location
| | | | |
| search_url_bar | bool | false | search web from url bar
| | | | |
| search_provider | int | 0 | default web search provider
| | | | |
| url_suggestion | bool | true | URL completion in url bar
| | | | |
| window_x | int | 0 | default x position of new windows
| | | | |
| window_y | int | 0 | default y position of new windows
| | | | |
| window_width | int | 0 | default width of new windows
| | | | |
| window_height | int | 0 | default height of new windows
| | | | |
| window_screen_width | int | 0 | width of screen when above |
| | | | options were saved |
| | | | |
| window_screen_height | int | 0 | height of screen when above |
| | | | options were saved |
| | | | |
| toolbar_status_size | int | 6667 | default size of status bar vs. |
| | | | h scroll bar |
| | | | |
| scale | int | 100 | default window scale
| | | | |
| incremental_reflow | bool | true | Whether to reflow web pages while|
| | | | objects are fetching |
| | | | |
| min_reflow_period | uint | 25 | Minimum time (in cs) between HTML|
| | | | reflows while objects are fetching
| | | | |
| core_select_menu | bool | false | Use core selection menu |
| | | | |
+----------------------+--------+-----------+----------------------------------+
Option Key | Type | Default | Description
-------------------- | ------ | --------- | --------------------------------
http_proxy | bool | false | An HTTP proxy should be used.
http_proxy | bool | false | An HTTP proxy should be used.
http_proxy_host | string | NULL | Hostname of proxy.
http_proxy_port | int | 8080 | Proxy port.
http_proxy_auth | int | 0 | Proxy authentication method.
http_proxy_auth_user | string | NULL | Proxy authentication user name
http_proxy_auth_pass | string | NULL | Proxy authentication password
http_proxy_noproxy | string | localhost | Proxy omission list
font_size | int | 128 | Default font size / 0.1pt.
font_min_size | int | 85 | Minimum font size.
font_sans | string | NULL | Default sans serif font
font_serif | string | NULL | Default serif font
font_mono | string | NULL | Default monospace font
font_cursive | string | NULL | Default cursive font
font_fantasy | string | NULL | Default fantasy font
accept_language | string | NULL | Accept-Language header.
accept_charset | string | NULL | Accept-Charset header.
memory_cache_size | int | 12MiB | Preferred maximum size of memory cache in bytes.
disc_cache_size | uint | 1GiB | Preferred expiry size of disc cache in bytes.
disc_cache_age | int | 28 | Preferred expiry age of disc cache in days.
block_advertisements | bool | false | Whether to block advertisements
do_not_track | bool | false | Disable website tracking [1]
minimum_gif_delay | int | 10 | Minimum GIF animation delay
send_referer | bool | true | Whether to send the referer HTTP header.
foreground_images | bool | true | Whether to fetch foreground images
background_images | bool | true | Whether to fetch background images
animate_images | bool | true | Whether to animate images
enable_javascript | bool | false | Whether to execute javascript
script_timeout | int | 10 | Maximum time to wait for a script to run in seconds
expire_url | int | 28 | How many days to retain URL data for.
font_default | int | 0 | Default font family
ca_bundle | string | NULL | ca-bundle location
ca_path | string | NULL | ca-path location
cookie_file | string | NULL | Cookie file location
cookie_jar | string | NULL | Cookie jar location
homepage_url | string | NULL | Home page location
search_url_bar | bool | false | search web from url bar
search_provider | int | 0 | default web search provider
url_suggestion | bool | true | URL completion in url bar
window_x | int | 0 | default x position of new windows
window_y | int | 0 | default y position of new windows
window_width | int | 0 | default width of new windows
window_height | int | 0 | default height of new windows
window_screen_width | int | 0 | width of screen when above options were saved
window_screen_height | int | 0 | height of screen when above options were saved
toolbar_status_size | int | 6667 | default size of status bar vs. h scroll bar
scale | int | 100 | default window scale
incremental_reflow | bool | true | Whether to reflow web pages while objects are fetching
min_reflow_period | uint | 25 | Minimum time (in cs) between HTML reflows while objects are fetching
core_select_menu | bool | false | Use core selection menu
[1] http://www.w3.org/Submission/2011/SUBM-web-tracking-protection-20110224/#dnt-uas
Fetcher options
===============
+--------------------------+------+------+-------------------------------------+
| Option Key | Type | Dflt | Description |
+--------------------------+------+------+-------------------------------------+
| max_fetchers | int | 24 | Maximum simultaneous active fetchers|
| | | | |
| max_fetchers_per_host | int | 5 | Maximum simultaneous active fetchers|
| | | | per host. (<=option_max_fetchers |
| | | | else it makes no sense) [2] |
| | | | |
| max_cached_fetch_handles | int | 6 | Maximum number of inactive fetchers |
| | | | cached. The total number of handles|
| | | | netsurf will therefore have open is|
| | | | this plus option_max_fetchers. |
| | | | |
| suppress_curl_debug | bool | true | Suppress debug output from cURL. |
| | | | |
| target_blank | bool | true | Whether to allow target="_blank" |
| | | | |
| button_2_tab | bool | true | Whether second mouse button opens in|
| | | | new tab. |
| | | | |
+--------------------------+------+------+-------------------------------------+
Option Key | Type | Default | Description
------------------------ | -----| ------- | -----------------------------------
max_fetchers | int | 24 | Maximum simultaneous active fetchers
max_fetchers_per_host | int | 5 | Maximum simultaneous active fetchers per host. (<=option_max_fetchers else it makes no sense) [2]
max_cached_fetch_handles | int | 6 | Maximum number of inactive fetchers cached. The total number of handles netsurf will therefore have open is this plus option_max_fetchers.
suppress_curl_debug | bool | true | Suppress debug output from cURL.
target_blank | bool | true | Whether to allow target="_blank"
button_2_tab | bool | true | Whether second mouse button opens in new tab.
[2] Note that rfc2616 section 8.1.4 says that there should be no more
than two keepalive connections per host. None of the main browsers
@ -174,32 +96,18 @@ Fetcher options
PDF / Print options
===================
+------------------------+------+-------+--------------------------------------+
| Option Key | Type | Deflt | Description |
+------------------------+------+-------+--------------------------------------+
| margin_top | int | 10 | top margin of exported page |
| | | | |
| margin_bottom | int | 10 | bottom margin of exported page |
| | | | |
| margin_left | int | 10 | left margin of exported page |
| | | | |
| margin_right | int | 10 | right margin of exported page |
| | | | |
| export_scale | int | 70 | scale of exported content |
| | | | |
| suppress_images | bool | false | suppressing images in printed content|
| | | | |
| remove_backgrounds | bool | false | turning off all backgrounds for |
| | | | printed content |
| | | | |
| enable_loosening | bool | true | turning on content loosening for |
| | | | printed content |
| | | | |
| enable_PDF_compression | bool | true | compression of PDF documents |
| | | | |
| enable_PDF_password | bool | false | setting a password and encoding PDF |
| | | | documents |
+------------------------+------+-------+--------------------------------------+
Option Key | Type | Deflt | Description
---------------------- | ---- | ----- | ------------------------------------
margin_top | int | 10 | top margin of exported page
margin_bottom | int | 10 | bottom margin of exported page
margin_left | int | 10 | left margin of exported page
margin_right | int | 10 | right margin of exported page
export_scale | int | 70 | scale of exported content
suppress_images | bool | false | suppressing images in printed content
remove_backgrounds | bool | false | turning off all backgrounds for printed content
enable_loosening | bool | true | turning on content loosening for printed content
enable_PDF_compression | bool | true | compression of PDF documents
enable_PDF_password | bool | false | setting a password and encoding PDF documents
System colours
==============
@ -207,35 +115,33 @@ System colours
These are the css system colours which the browser also uses to style
generated output.
+--------------------------------+--------+------------+
| Option Key | Type | Default |
+--------------------------------+--------+------------+
| sys_colour_ActiveBorder | colour | 0x00d3d3d3 |
| sys_colour_ActiveCaption | colour | 0x00f1f1f1 |
| sys_colour_AppWorkspace | colour | 0x00f1f1f1 |
| sys_colour_Background | colour | 0x006e6e6e |
| sys_colour_ButtonFace | colour | 0x00f9f9f9 |
| sys_colour_ButtonHighlight | colour | 0x00ffffff |
| sys_colour_ButtonShadow | colour | 0x00aeaeae |
| sys_colour_ButtonText | colour | 0x004c4c4c |
| sys_colour_CaptionText | colour | 0x004c4c4c |
| sys_colour_GrayText | colour | 0x00505050 |
| sys_colour_Highlight | colour | 0x00c00800 |
| sys_colour_HighlightText | colour | 0x00ffffff |
| sys_colour_InactiveBorder | colour | 0x00f1f1f1 |
| sys_colour_InactiveCaption | colour | 0x00e6e6e6 |
| sys_colour_InactiveCaptionText | colour | 0x00a6a6a6 |
| sys_colour_InfoBackground | colour | 0x008fdfef |
| sys_colour_InfoText | colour | 0x00000000 |
| sys_colour_Menu | colour | 0x00f1f1f1 |
| sys_colour_MenuText | colour | 0x004e4e4e |
| sys_colour_Scrollbar | colour | 0x00cccccc |
| sys_colour_ThreeDDarkShadow | colour | 0x00aeaeae |
| sys_colour_ThreeDFace | colour | 0x00f9f9f9 |
| sys_colour_ThreeDHighlight | colour | 0x00ffffff |
| sys_colour_ThreeDLightShadow | colour | 0x00ffffff |
| sys_colour_ThreeDShadow | colour | 0x00d5d5d5 |
| sys_colour_Window | colour | 0x00f1f1f1 |
| sys_colour_WindowFrame | colour | 0x004e4e4e |
| sys_colour_WindowText | colour | 0x00000000 |
+--------------------------------+--------+------------+
Option Key | Type | Default
------------------------------ | ------ | ----------
sys_colour_ActiveBorder | colour | 0x00d3d3d3
sys_colour_ActiveCaption | colour | 0x00f1f1f1
sys_colour_AppWorkspace | colour | 0x00f1f1f1
sys_colour_Background | colour | 0x006e6e6e
sys_colour_ButtonFace | colour | 0x00f9f9f9
sys_colour_ButtonHighlight | colour | 0x00ffffff
sys_colour_ButtonShadow | colour | 0x00aeaeae
sys_colour_ButtonText | colour | 0x004c4c4c
sys_colour_CaptionText | colour | 0x004c4c4c
sys_colour_GrayText | colour | 0x00505050
sys_colour_Highlight | colour | 0x00c00800
sys_colour_HighlightText | colour | 0x00ffffff
sys_colour_InactiveBorder | colour | 0x00f1f1f1
sys_colour_InactiveCaption | colour | 0x00e6e6e6
sys_colour_InactiveCaptionText | colour | 0x00a6a6a6
sys_colour_InfoBackground | colour | 0x008fdfef
sys_colour_InfoText | colour | 0x00000000
sys_colour_Menu | colour | 0x00f1f1f1
sys_colour_MenuText | colour | 0x004e4e4e
sys_colour_Scrollbar | colour | 0x00cccccc
sys_colour_ThreeDDarkShadow | colour | 0x00aeaeae
sys_colour_ThreeDFace | colour | 0x00f9f9f9
sys_colour_ThreeDHighlight | colour | 0x00ffffff
sys_colour_ThreeDLightShadow | colour | 0x00ffffff
sys_colour_ThreeDShadow | colour | 0x00d5d5d5
sys_colour_Window | colour | 0x00f1f1f1
sys_colour_WindowFrame | colour | 0x004e4e4e
sys_colour_WindowText | colour | 0x00000000