From 811a9cbda16d79fea72a61000433beb057da8387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Imre Kristoffer Eilertsen Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:53:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Critical correction of "^" As per https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/issues/7#issuecomment-554557375 and https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/issues/7#issuecomment-554559403. --- Wiki/SyntaxMeaningsThatAreActuallyHumanReadable.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Wiki/SyntaxMeaningsThatAreActuallyHumanReadable.md b/Wiki/SyntaxMeaningsThatAreActuallyHumanReadable.md index 1d7df3451..876bcffbd 100644 --- a/Wiki/SyntaxMeaningsThatAreActuallyHumanReadable.md +++ b/Wiki/SyntaxMeaningsThatAreActuallyHumanReadable.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ #### File blocking (a.k.a. blocking rules) * `||`: Blocks resources from domains or parts thereof from being loaded. For non-domain-specific resources, no pre-emption is needed at all. * `@@`: Whitelists resources from specific URLs to make them load. -* `^`: Usually ensures that the subdomains are also covered by the entry. +* `^`: Wildcard for anything that isn't alphanumerical or "_-.%" . Often used to cover both slash ( / ) and non-slash domain name endings at the same time. * `$third-party`: Ensures that resources from a domain are only blocked if you're not visiting the domain itself. * `$~third-party`: Ensures that resources from a domain are only blocked if you're visiting the domain itself. * `$domain=`: Ensures that resources from a domain are only blocked if you're visiting a specified website.