Thanks. On the good news - i found the directory for 1.2 and got the older release and installed that on FF3.0.5 and seems to be much better - back to how it was plus some...:-))
On the other hand i tried the new profile you suggested, got a clean looking FF and installed only Firebug 1.3. No improvement - still see 3X as many line numbers and js that is repetitive, in the Script window. Well for now i can keep going with 1.2, but hopefully at some later point i will try upgrading again. I should mention that my cgi app emits Xml which is then xsl-formed into the html for each page - in case that may have something to do with the issues i see... -chander On Feb 2, 7:33 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > You can try Firebug 1.3.1b3 fromhttp://getfirebug.com/releases/. This > is the latest 1.3 and is probably going to be 1.3.1. > > You can try Firebug 1.4a12 fromhttp://getfirebug.com/releases. > > You should try installing firebug in a new Firefox profile. I don't > recommend re-installing Firefox, it rarely makes a difference. > Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/firebug/web/faq-about-firebug > > You can report test cases for bugs on the issues > list:http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/list > > You can install1.2.1 from eitherhttp://getfirebug.com/releasesor > addons.mozilla.org. > > jjb > > On Feb 2, 5:00 pm, cahuja <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I upgraded to 1.3 (and FF 3.x) and now this (firebug) very useful > > tool has become my worst enemy. I am not sure if there is some > > problem with my specific installation or .....does anyone else see > > these problems ? I cleaned out and went back to FF 2.0.20.0 but the > > problems still remain the same. > > > Here are the 2 major problems that have brought my use of the tool to > > a halt. > > All suggestions/clues are welcomed... > > > A) I have many .js files that load in a particular page - the last > > one is called "cpcp.js". it does get loaded but i cannot find it in > > the "Net" list. > > in the oldversion, i had to find it in the "Net" list and > > right click to "Inspect in Script window" - now it is already listed > > in the scripts pull down menu so i can switch directly to it - and > > thats good - BUT when i do switch to it... > > - either the file only shows very few lines (first 29 out of 1200) so > > i cannot see the line i want to set a breakpoint at OR > > - if i have been clicking around and testing stuff and then i switch > > to the script window, the lines shown do not correspond to the line > > numbers in the file at all. In fact, looking closely i see multiple > > copies of the file listed (one after the other) - for example i see > > 3421 lines shown for a file that has only 1200 or so. This is same > > regardless of whatever choice i made (static, static eval,...) > > > B) Previously, i could type the name of a variable in the watch window > > and if it wasnt in context, it would just show as undefined, then if a > > breakpoint was hit, the watch window would update with the current > > value of the variable (assuming it came into scope), in any case the > > watched variable would always be listed, once i had typed it in. > > Now, if i enter a variable name and the program is not currently in > > any breakpoint, it simply disappears as if i never typed it. > > > With (A) where i cannot see the line where the breakpoint is to be set > > and (B) where i cannot enter watch variables, debugging has become > > next to impossible. > > All the new features of 1.3 look good, however the debugger has become > > quite unusable and i'm not sure where the problem is. > > > C) An old problem that still seems to exist in 1.3 is that once > > firebug is opened and any script is being examined....even though i > > reload the browser page, Firebug does not refresh - is there a menu > > item or something to use to tell firebug to update its cache of files > > with the new ones loaded. > > (otherwise one is having to exit the browser completely after fixing > > any particular bug....) > > > So is there a place i can still get1.2so i can back down - > > everywhere i look i see only 1.3... > > > Help. > > > If i need to provide screen shots and or test files, ore info please > > let me know. Thanks. > > > -chander > > PS>> yes, i did try un-installing FF, rebooted, installed FF (3 and > > 2.02) clean (i.e. no other extensions) and the problems above still > > occur --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
