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> © 2001-2009 by
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>$Id: index.html,v 1.42 2009/03/21 12:59:32 fabiankeil Exp $<BR></P
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> The developer manual provides guidance on coding, testing, packaging, documentation
and other issues of importance to those involved with
<SPAN
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>Privoxy</SPAN
> development. It is mandatory (and helpful!) reading
for anyone who wants to join the team. Note that it's currently out of date
and may not be entirely correct. As always, patches are welcome.</P
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> Please note that this document is constantly evolving. This copy represents
the state at the release of version 3.0.12.
You can find the latest version of the this manual at <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/</A
>.
Please see <A
HREF="contact.html"
>the Contact section</A
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on how to contact the developers.</P
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><B
>Table of Contents</B
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><DT
>1. <A
HREF="introduction.html"
>Introduction</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>1.1. <A
HREF="introduction.html#QUICKSTART"
>Quickstart to Privoxy Development</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>2. <A
HREF="cvs.html"
>The CVS Repository</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>2.1. <A
HREF="cvs.html#CVSACCESS"
>Access to CVS</A
></DT
><DT
>2.2. <A
HREF="cvs.html#CVSBRANCHES"
>Branches</A
></DT
><DT
>2.3. <A
HREF="cvs.html#CVSCOMMIT"
>CVS Commit Guidelines</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>3. <A
HREF="documentation.html"
>Documentation Guidelines</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>3.1. <A
HREF="documentation.html#SGML"
>Quickstart to Docbook and SGML</A
></DT
><DT
>3.2. <A
HREF="documentation.html#DOCSTYLE"
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> Documentation Style</A
></DT
><DT
>3.3. <A
HREF="documentation.html#AEN217"
>Privoxy Custom Entities</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>4. <A
HREF="coding.html"
>Coding Guidelines</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>4.1. <A
HREF="coding.html#S1"
>Introduction</A
></DT
><DT
>4.2. <A
HREF="coding.html#S2"
>Using Comments</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>4.2.1. <A
HREF="coding.html#S3"
>Comment, Comment, Comment</A
></DT
><DT
>4.2.2. <A
HREF="coding.html#S4"
>Use blocks for comments</A
></DT
><DT
>4.2.3. <A
HREF="coding.html#S5"
>Keep Comments on their own line</A
></DT
><DT
>4.2.4. <A
HREF="coding.html#S6"
>Comment each logical step</A
></DT
><DT
>4.2.5. <A
HREF="coding.html#S7"
>Comment All Functions Thoroughly</A
></DT
><DT
>4.2.6. <A
HREF="coding.html#S8"
>Comment at the end of braces if the
content is more than one screen length</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>4.3. <A
HREF="coding.html#S9"
>Naming Conventions</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>4.3.1. <A
HREF="coding.html#S10"
>Variable Names</A
></DT
><DT
>4.3.2. <A
HREF="coding.html#S11"
>Function Names</A
></DT
><DT
>4.3.3. <A
HREF="coding.html#S12"
>Header file prototypes</A
></DT
><DT
>4.3.4. <A
HREF="coding.html#S13"
>Enumerations, and #defines</A
></DT
><DT
>4.3.5. <A
HREF="coding.html#S14"
>Constants</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>4.4. <A
HREF="coding.html#S15"
>Using Space</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>4.4.1. <A
HREF="coding.html#S16"
>Put braces on a line by themselves.</A
></DT
><DT
>4.4.2. <A
HREF="coding.html#S17"
>ALL control statements should have a
block</A
></DT
><DT
>4.4.3. <A
HREF="coding.html#S18"
>Do not belabor/blow-up boolean
expressions</A
></DT
><DT
>4.4.4. <A
HREF="coding.html#S19"
>Use white space freely because it is
free</A
></DT
><DT
>4.4.5. <A
HREF="coding.html#S20"
>Don't use white space around structure
operators</A
></DT
><DT
>4.4.6. <A
HREF="coding.html#S21"
>Make the last brace of a function stand
out</A
></DT
><DT
>4.4.7. <A
HREF="coding.html#S22"
>Use 3 character indentions</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>4.5. <A
HREF="coding.html#S23"
>Initializing</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>4.5.1. <A
HREF="coding.html#S24"
>Initialize all variables</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>4.6. <A
HREF="coding.html#S25"
>Functions</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>4.6.1. <A
HREF="coding.html#S26"
>Name functions that return a boolean as a
question.</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6.2. <A
HREF="coding.html#S27"
>Always specify a return type for a
function.</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6.3. <A
HREF="coding.html#S28"
>Minimize function calls when iterating by
using variables</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6.4. <A
HREF="coding.html#S29"
>Pass and Return by Const Reference</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6.5. <A
HREF="coding.html#S30"
>Pass and Return by Value</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6.6. <A
HREF="coding.html#S31"
>Names of include files</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6.7. <A
HREF="coding.html#S32"
>Provide multiple inclusion
protection</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6.8. <A
HREF="coding.html#S33"
>Use `extern "C"` when appropriate</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6.9. <A
HREF="coding.html#S34"
>Where Possible, Use Forward Struct
Declaration Instead of Includes</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>4.7. <A
HREF="coding.html#S35"
>General Coding Practices</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>4.7.1. <A
HREF="coding.html#S36"
>Turn on warnings</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.2. <A
HREF="coding.html#S37"
>Provide a default case for all switch
statements</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.3. <A
HREF="coding.html#S38"
>Try to avoid falling through cases in a
switch statement.</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.4. <A
HREF="coding.html#S39"
>Use 'long' or 'short' Instead of
'int'</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.5. <A
HREF="coding.html#S40"
>Don't mix size_t and other types</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.6. <A
HREF="coding.html#S41"
>Declare each variable and struct on its
own line.</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.7. <A
HREF="coding.html#S42"
>Use malloc/zalloc sparingly</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.8. <A
HREF="coding.html#S43"
>The Programmer Who Uses 'malloc' is
Responsible for Ensuring 'free'</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.9. <A
HREF="coding.html#S44"
>Add loaders to the `file_list' structure
and in order</A
></DT
><DT
>4.7.10. <A
HREF="coding.html#S45"
>"Uncertain" new code and/or changes to
existing code, use FIXME or XXX</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>4.8. <A
HREF="coding.html#S46"
>Addendum: Template for files and function
comment blocks:</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>5. <A
HREF="testing.html"
>Testing Guidelines</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>5.1. <A
HREF="testing.html#TESTING-PLAN"
>Testplan for releases</A
></DT
><DT
>5.2. <A
HREF="testing.html#TESTING-REPORT"
>Test reports</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>6. <A
HREF="newrelease.html"
>Releasing a New Version</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>6.1. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#VERSIONNUMBERS"
>Version numbers</A
></DT
><DT
>6.2. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#BEFORERELEASE"
>Before the Release: Freeze</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#THERELEASE"
>Building and Releasing the Packages</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>6.3.1. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#PACK-GUIDELINES"
>Note on Privoxy Packaging</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.2. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-TARBALL"
>Source Tarball</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.3. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-RPM"
>SuSE, Conectiva or Red Hat RPM</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.4. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-OS2"
>OS/2</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.5. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-SOLARIS"
>Solaris</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.6. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-WINDOWS"
>Windows</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.7. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-DEBIAN"
>Debian</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.8. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-MACOSX"
>Mac OS X</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.9. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-FREEBSD"
>FreeBSD</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.10. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-HPUX"
>HP-UX 11</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.11. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-AMIGA"
>Amiga OS</A
></DT
><DT
>6.3.12. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#NEWRELEASE-AIX"
>AIX</A
></DT
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></DD
><DT
>6.4. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#RELEASING"
>Uploading and Releasing Your Package</A
></DT
><DT
>6.5. <A
HREF="newrelease.html#AFTERRELEASE"
>After the Release</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>7. <A
HREF="webserver-update.html"
>Update the Webserver</A
></DT
><DT
>8. <A
HREF="contact.html"
>Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests</A
></DT
><DD
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><DT
>8.1. <A
HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
>Get Support</A
></DT
><DT
>8.2. <A
HREF="contact.html#REPORTING"
>Reporting Problems</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>8.2.1. <A
HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
>Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</A
></DT
><DT
>8.2.2. <A
HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
>Reporting Bugs</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>8.3. <A
HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
>Request New Features</A
></DT
><DT
>8.4. <A
HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
>Other</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>9. <A
HREF="copyright.html"
>Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>9.1. <A
HREF="copyright.html#AEN1223"
>License</A
></DT
><DT
>9.2. <A
HREF="copyright.html#AEN1239"
>History</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>10. <A
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