[Bug 5625] Wine does not handle internet proxy settings conveniently

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5625





--- Comment #8 from Hans Leidekker <hans at it.vu.nl>  2008-04-02 03:28:36 ---
> Note that the graphical Gnome settings only
> affect sessions started with Gnome's special Terminal
> menu item, not any other launcher.  When testing
> this, make sure the http_proxy variable is set
> by gnome before jumping to conclusions.

Starting a new Gnome session should make sure it's set everywhere.

> Wine's iexplore does not yet obey these settings,

That's because it doesn't use wininet. The registry value could be read of
course
but we may have to duplicate the code that reads the environment variable.

> Likewise, launching Windows Firefox 3 beta 4 inside Wine
> does not pick up these proxy settings.   Seems
> like it ought to, but what do I know...

I just tried Firefox 3 beta 4 on Windows, it doesn't pick up these settings.


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