I found that is behaving in some strange way. Let's see.

When you enable to use a proxy, the pref "network.proxy.type" is set to 1; then, Kmeleon should be using (and indeed uses) the proxy configured on "network.proxy.http" and "network.proxy.http_port" (or .ftp/.ftp_port, and for ssl, and... you know).

That is the normal behavior and works. But looks like when you configure a proxy in the preference window, the proxy is then set to whatever says in proxy.kmm and, so, in a preference like "kmeleon.plugins.macros.proxy1.proxy.http".

But, for any reason, K-meleon is not taking the IPs/ports set on this prefs, but the default one, this is "network.proxy.http" and "network.proxy.http_port". It is not taking the user-configuration proxy selected in the preference window.

Is it only my problem?. Does it happen to you too?

I don't do proxies so I never see this behavior. Do you know at which version the behavior of the prefs changed?

Hanlon’s razor is an eponymous adage named after Robert J. Hanlon that states: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

JamesD

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/29/2016 07:11PM by adodupan.

Try this method, maybe.. Just, for things clear out.

function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
// variable strings to return
var proxy_yes = "PROXY 194.36.10.154:3128";
var proxy_no = "DIRECT";
if (shExpMatch(url, "127.0.0.1")) { return proxy_yes; }
if (shExpMatch(url, "*www.*")) { return proxy_yes; }
if (shExpMatch(url, "*.*")) { return proxy_yes; }
if (shExpMatch(url, "https://*";) { return proxy_yes; }
if (shExpMatch(url, "ftp://*";) { return proxy_yes; }
if (shExpMatch(url, "gopher*")) { return proxy_yes; }
return proxy_yes;
}

save privacy.pac in root c:\
in privacy mode profile preferences, proxy> new configuration>
name configuration: privacymode
use the following url: file:///c|/privacy.pac
then select new privacy proxy from tools>proxy

http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?9,83391

Ok, I see..., I see I didn't see the apply button.

It's not enough to set for use the proxy profile, but also go to the selected proxy profile tab and click to apply... ehem... awesome.

Even the indescribable answer by adodupan, helped to find out what happened. Until then, I didn't notice that "apply" button :/

To whoever made this, I would like to suggest to apply a proxy profile by just selecting it in the dropdown menu of user predefined proxy profiles. I didn't found it in the proxy.kmm... yet. Maybe is in some jar file in chrome folder.


Anyway, just answering to JamesD, maybe this comes from 1.5.x as it is when the preference window changed. I didn't use enough the versions between 1.1.6 and your 1.6b2.4 to find out where started to happen.

As a side note: sometimes I need proxies to test my own http/ftp/whatever servers from "outside".

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/29/2016 07:12PM by adodupan.

Interesting, thanks.