youtube-dl

commit: 6ddb4888d2610df3bbb5024440caddde50fe9ad8
parent fa5cb8d0212918657cb58b4d5791ed3de831bd74
Author: Yen Chi Hsuan <yan12125@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun,  8 May 2016 15:15:58 +0800

[options] Update --proxy description for SOCKS proxies

Diffstat:
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youtube_dl/options.py
5
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     network.add_option(
         '--proxy', dest='proxy',
         default=None, metavar='URL',
-        help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
+        help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable experimental '
+             'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
+             'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
+             'for direct connection')
     network.add_option(
         '--socket-timeout',
         dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',