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diff --git a/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc b/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc index ec6ffbcb1..728942ab1 100644 --- a/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc +++ b/doc/help/configuring.asciidoc @@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ exists, the `autoconfig.yml` file **is not read anymore** by default. You need to <<configpy-autoconfig,load it from `config.py`>> if you want settings changed via `:set`/`:bind` to persist between restarts. +[[patterns]] +URL pattern support +------------------- + +Many settings are customizable depending on the page being visited by using URL +patterns. The link:settings{outfilesuffix}[settings documentation] marks such +settings with "This setting supports URL patterns. + +The syntax is based on Chromium's +https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/match_patterns/[URL pattern syntax]. +As an extension, the scheme and path can be left off as a short-hand syntax, so +`example.com` is equivalent to `*://example.com/*`. + [[autoconfig]] Configuring qutebrowser via the user interface ---------------------------------------------- @@ -45,9 +58,10 @@ customizable. Using the link:commands{outfilesuffix}#set[`:set`] command and command completion, you can quickly set settings interactively, for example `:set tabs.position left`. -Some settings are also customizable for a given -https://developer.chrome.com/apps/match_patterns[URL pattern] by doing e.g. -`:set --pattern=*://example.com/ content.images false`. +<<patterns,URL patterns>> can be used via ` +`:set --pattern *://example.com/* content.images false`, or with shorthand +syntax for both argument and pattern, `:set -u example.com content.images +false`. To get more help about a setting, use e.g. `:help tabs.position`. @@ -160,8 +174,8 @@ color = config.get('colors.completion.fg') Per-domain settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Using `config.set`, some settings are also customizable for a given -https://developer.chrome.com/apps/match_patterns[URL pattern]: +Using `config.set` instead of the `c.` shorthand, many settings are also +customizable for a given <<patterns,URL patterns>>. [source,python] ---- |