large set of command-line options is user-unfriendly about ratproxy HOT 2 OPEN

This is definitely an enhancement request but it doesn't appear I have the 
means to
set that myself.

Yup, I fully agree; it's actually one of the features I have planned for the 
next
version. 

On one hand, I wanted to avoid a situation where the default behavior has some
options enabled, some disabled, and hence some short command-line options enable
features, while others disable them (something that is pretty annoying in some 
other
programs, particularly as defaults change between versions). On the other, 
specifying
15 options to get a good baseline is annoying. Since I already plan adding
configuration files, providing customizable profiles should be reasonably easy.