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elaborate on the URL option

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@ -232,7 +232,14 @@ The actual URL to deal with. The parameter should be a char * to a zero
terminated string. The string must remain present until curl no longer needs
it, as it doesn't copy the string.
\fBNOTE:\fP this option is (the only one) required to be set before
If the given URL lacks the protocol part ("http://" or "ftp://" etc), it will
attempt to guess which protocol to use based on the given host name. If the
given protocol of the set URL is not supported, libcurl will return on error
(\fICURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL\fP) when you call \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or
\fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP. Use \fIcurl_version_info(3)\fP for detailed info
on which protocols that are supported.
\fBNOTE:\fP \fICURLOPT_URL\fP is the only option that must be set before
\fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP is called.
.IP CURLOPT_PROXY
Set HTTP proxy to use. The parameter should be a char * to a zero terminated