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The following environment variables affect the url library's
operation at startup.
TMPDIRThe following user options affect the general operation of
url library.
The value of this variable specifies the name of the directory where the
urllibrary stores its various configuration files, cache files, etc.The default value specifies a subdirectory named url/ in the standard Emacs user data directory specified by the variable
user-emacs-directory(normally ~/.emacs.d). However, the old default was ~/.url, and this directory is used instead if it exists.
Specifies the types of debug messages which are logged to the
*URL-DEBUG*buffer.tmeans log all messages. A number means log all messages and show them withmessage. It may also be a list of the types of messages to be logged.
The function to use for asking yes or no functions. This is normally either
y-or-n-poryes-or-no-p, but could be another function taking a single argument (the prompt) and returningtonly if an affirmative answer is given.
A symbol specifying the type of gateway support to use for connections from the local machine. The supported methods are:
telnet- Run telnet in a subprocess to connect;
rlogin- Rlogin to another machine to connect;
socks- Connect through a socks server;
ssl- Connect with SSL;
native- Connect directly.