updated to again set the flags of what to init, and now also feature a

set of available flags

docs/curl_global_init.3

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+.\" $Id$
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-.TH curl_global_init 3 "29 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_global_init 3 "31 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual"
 .SH NAME
 curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -17,13 +17,23 @@ sessions that'll be used) by every application that uses libcurl.
 If this function hasn't been invoked when \fIcurl_easy_init\fP is called, it
 will be done automatically by libcurl.
 
-The flags option should be set to zero. It will be used to tell libcurl what
-specific features it should \fBnot\fP init.
+The flags option is a bit pattern that tells libcurl exact what features to
+init, as described below. Set the desired bits by ORing the values together.
 
 You must however \fBalways\fP use the \fIcurl_global_cleanup\fP function, as
 that cannot be called automatically for you by libcurl.
 
 This function was added in libcurl 7.8.
+.SH FLAGS
+.TP 5
+.B CURL_GLOBAL_ALL
+Initialise everyting possible. This sets all known bits.
+.TP
+.B CURL_GLOBAL_SSL
+Initialise SSL
+.TP
+.B CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING
+Initialise nothing extra. This sets no bit.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 If this function returns non-zero, something went wrong and you cannot use the
 other curl functions.