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doc: update -proxy, -onion and -onlynet info in tor.md

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Improve the description of what these options do with regards to
tor or network traffic.

Some of the wording is from a laanwj review in PR 19358.
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@ -23,10 +23,15 @@ outgoing connections, but more is possible.
-proxy=ip:port Set the proxy server. If SOCKS5 is selected (default), this proxy
server will be used to try to reach .onion addresses as well.
You need to use -noonion or -onion=0 to explicitly disable
outbound access to onion services.
-onion=ip:port Set the proxy server to use for Tor onion services. You do not
need to set this if it's the same as -proxy. You can use -noonion
need to set this if it's the same as -proxy. You can use -onion=0
to explicitly disable access to onion services.
Note: Only the -proxy option sets the proxy for DNS requests;
with -onion they will not route over Tor, so use -proxy if you
have privacy concerns.
-listen When using -proxy, listening is disabled by default. If you want
to run an onion service (see next section), you'll need to enable
@ -40,7 +45,11 @@ outgoing connections, but more is possible.
-onlynet=onion Make outgoing connections only to .onion addresses. Incoming
connections are not affected by this option. This option can be
specified multiple times to allow multiple network types, e.g.
ipv4, ipv6, or onion.
ipv4, ipv6 or onion. If you use this option with values other
than onion you *cannot* disable onion connections; outgoing onion
connections will be enabled when you use -proxy or -onion. Use
-noonion or -onion=0 if you want to be sure there are no outbound
onion connections over the default proxy or your defined -proxy.
In a typical situation, this suffices to run behind a Tor proxy: