passed through @code{url-encode-url} before using it, to ensure that
it is properly URI-encoded (@pxref{URI Encoding}).
-@defun url-retrieve-synchronously url
+@defun url-retrieve-synchronously url silent no-cookies
This function synchronously retrieves the data specified by @var{url},
and returns a buffer containing the data. The return value is
@code{nil} if there is no data associated with the URL (as is the case
for @code{dired}, @code{info}, and @code{mailto} URLs).
+
+If the optional argument @var{silent} is non-@code{nil}, progress
+messages are suppressed. If the optional argument @var{no-cookies} is
+non-@code{nil}, cookies are not stored or sent.
@end defun
@defun url-retrieve url callback &optional cbargs silent no-cookies