docs: added mention of NO_PROXY env var

ActivityWatch · Nov 12, 2020 · 033321d · 033321d
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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ If you want more advanced ways to run ActivityWatch (including running it withou
    If you are running GNOME 3 or another desktop environment that does not support system trays, or if for some reason Qt can't be used on your machine, read `Running on GNOME`.
 
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-   If you are using a proxy, activitywatch will not work by default. To circumvent this you can set the environment variable ``HTTP_PROXY`` before starting aw-qt. How to set an environment variable depends on your operating system, use Google if you are unsure how to do this.
+   If you are using a proxy ActivityWatch might not work out of the box. To fix this you can set the environment variable ``NO_PROXY`` to include ``127.0.0.1`` before starting aw-qt. How to set an environment variable depends on your operating system, use Google if you are unsure how to do this.
 
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