Ah, got it. Pretty finnicky though. If I try it 3 or 4 times, it'll work maybe once. I'll try to see whats up with that, probably some caching issues.
Thanks for the heads up On Mar 19, 5:41 pm, Jacques Crocker <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the quick response > > I tried adding "debugger;" to the place I need the breakpoint. It > doesn't catch in the debugger. > > Does it work for you? > > On Mar 19, 5:38 pm, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > just write "debugger;" in your code. ;-) > > jjb > > > On Mar 19, 5:17 pm, Jacques Crocker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi. I'd really like a way to fire off a breakpoint in my javascript > > > code itself. Is there a way to do this? > > > > For example: > > > function someFunction(){ > > > console.break(); > > > // do something > > > > } > > > > So whenever firebug sees "console.break()", it can just fire off a > > > breakpoint immediately and launch the script debugger (provided > > > firebug is enabled). > > > > In response to the inevitable "why would you want this?" question, it > > > turns out to be extremely useful in ruby land (using ruby-debug) to > > > just write "debugger" in your code whenever you need to fire off a > > > breakpoint. It also lets you easily write if checks on that breakpoint > > > using standard javascript, and not have to use the IDE to define crazy > > > rulesets for when/if breakpoints get executed. > > > > All in all, its easier to add/remove breakpoint in textmate than it is > > > in firebug so it seems like it'd be really useful. Let me know if its > > > already possible, or if I should help implement this functionality in > > > the Firebug SVN > > > > Thanks > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
