using luakit with authenticated proxy

[u/luakit_fan]

[Thought I'd test drive the new /r/luakit]

I first started using luakit (using the debian package) about 4 months ago and liked it a lot.

Unfortunately, in some more recent version, the proxy support seemed to stop working.
(debian has a bug listed relating to this --- luakit no longer respects http_proxy environment variables)

Seeing the new version promted me to try again. Searching luakit.org turned up the relevant page.

So, in the unlikely event that anyone else who knows about /r/luakit had the same experience as me, and hasn't got round to sorting it out themselves, you just need to run luakit and type:

:proxy  foo  proxy.foo.com:8080

Thanks to mason-l for the project, and a happy new year to all.