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diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
index ada9381..bc5a025 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
@@ -1138,6 +1138,20 @@ void QNetworkProxyQuery::setUrl(const QUrl &url)
multiple connections, such as QNetworkAccessManager. When set on
such object, the factory will be queried for sockets created by
that framework only.
+
+ \section1 System Proxies
+
+ You can configure a factory to use the system proxy's settings.
+ Call the setUseSystemConfiguration() function with true to enable
+ this behavior, or false to disable it.
+
+ Similarly, you can use a factory to make queries directly to the
+ system proxy by calling its systemProxyForQuery() function.
+
+ \warning Depending on the configuration of the user's system, the
+ use of system proxy features on certain platforms may be subject
+ to limitations. The systemProxyForQuery() documentation contains a
+ list of these limitations for those platforms that are affected.
*/
/*!
@@ -1159,17 +1173,20 @@ QNetworkProxyFactory::~QNetworkProxyFactory()
/*!
+ \since 4.6
+
Enables the use of the platform-specific proxy settings, and only those.
See systemProxyForQuery() for more information.
Internally, this method (when called with \a enable set to true)
sets an application-wide proxy factory. For this reason, this method
- is mutually exclusive with setApplicationProxyFactory: calling
- setApplicationProxyFactory overrides the use of the system-wide proxy,
- and calling setUseSystemConfiguration overrides any
+ is mutually exclusive with setApplicationProxyFactory(): calling
+ setApplicationProxyFactory() overrides the use of the system-wide proxy,
+ and calling setUseSystemConfiguration() overrides any
application proxy or proxy factory that was previously set.
- \since 4.6
+ \note See the systemProxyForQuery() documentation for a list of
+ limitations related to the use of system proxies.
*/
void QNetworkProxyFactory::setUseSystemConfiguration(bool enable)
{
@@ -1264,8 +1281,13 @@ void QNetworkProxyFactory::setApplicationProxyFactory(QNetworkProxyFactory *fact
function. Future versions of Qt may lift some of the limitations
listed here.
- On MacOS X, this function will ignore the Proxy Auto Configuration
+ \list
+ \o On MacOS X, this function will ignore the Proxy Auto Configuration
settings, since it cannot execute the associated ECMAScript code.
+
+ \o On Windows platforms, this function may take several seconds to
+ execute depending on the configuration of the user's system.
+ \endlist
*/
/*!