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Kevin Chu (kevin@portal.ca)
Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:34:32 -0800
Kevin Chu wrote:
> You can enter "about:config" in the browser's location textfield to
> see your current settings. Many of the settings are documented
> somewhere, but I don't remember where. :) Some are relevant to
> ~/.netscape/preferences.js, some are relevant elsewhere.
Did some digging in netscape.communicator.unix on
secnews.netscape.com. Here is what I was able to find:
http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/deploymt/jsprefs.htm
and in the about:config output:
green - default prefs
blue - changed from defaults (preferences.js)
black - locked pref (may be able to change from mission control)
red - locked by a netscape.cfg or something
Also, black entries may be set by editing preferences.js but they
won't stick.
Many prefs are documented on devedge (can't find URL). Some are
orphaned from old versions and not used any more. Some are set
through the GUI Edit -> Preferences. Most are not documented
anywhere.
Disclaimer: I haven't touched any of these except for adding trailing
slashes to some cache paths in preferences.js to allow the caches to
be cleared. (Known bug.)
[[kevin@localhost kevin]$ grep cache .netscape/preferences.js | grep
dire
user_pref("browser.cache.directory", "/home/kevin/.netscape/cache/");
user_pref("browser.sarcache.directory",
"/home/kevin/.netscape/archive/");
Kevin
-- Kevin Chu kevin@portal.ca http://members.tripod.com/~super_kevin/
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