Sorry for the bumping will take care of it next time.
Unfortunately the answer from the developer was not a real answer about the design decision why calibre not support the common method using system API. Or if it's by design why there is no option to overwrite it.
Normally if an application need to connect the internet it use the system default variables (calibre not, as it can't use this for whatever reasons).
The question was more about the "why" and not the "how".
Thanks for pointing to the source code I created a temporary workaround using the source but I think it would be better to implement this in an official way.
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Originally Posted by BetterRed
You have been given an answer on this issue by the author of calibre, Kovid Goyal. He is not interested in implementing and maintaining support for PAC proxies, and he has told you why.
There is nothing stopping you from downloading the source and writing the code to support PAC proxies for your own own use, if you lack the skills to write the code, find someone who has them and commission them to do the work.
Thread bumping to no good purpose is frowned at MR. So you should regard this post as a warning.
BR
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