On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:56:51 AM UTC+1, pd wrote:
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> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 2:05:49 AM UTC+11, Jan Honza Odvarko wrote:
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>> On Monday, December 2, 2013 5:35:53 AM UTC+1, pd wrote:
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>>> Thanks again for another handy mini release. I noticed the nice new 
>>> search box treatment before I even realized I'd been upgraded :)
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>>> Regarding the progress of towards adopting the new debugger, can you say 
>>> more about the platform APIs issues you mentioned?
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>> *Bug 637572* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637572> - 
>> [jsdbg2] 
>> Implement Debugger.Source, providing script source code and detailed origin 
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>> The last missing piece in our JSD2 branch (the branch where the entire 
>> JSD2 adoption process happens) is related to debugging dynamically 
>> evaluated scripts (new Function(), eval, event scripts). I believe that the 
>> bug above it the only one blocking us (or at least I don't know about 
>> anything else at the moment).
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> Sounds like the new debugger is much closer than previous suggestions re 
> how long it would take to integrate, suggested. Is that the case?
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Yes, Firebug is very close to be JSD2 ready.

 

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>>> My impression was that the DevTools people (of which there are seemingly 
>>> many) were fully intending to develop the DevTools in an open manner in 
>>> that Add-ons would be free to interact with them.
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>> That's correct. All API related to JSD2 (the new debugging engine) as 
>> well as RDP (remote debugging protocol) are open and supposed to be used by 
>> extensions like Firebug.
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>> Honza
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> Ok, good to know the "we are yet [again] blocked by missing platform APIs" 
> are not blocking adoption of the new debugger. Which APIs are you referring 
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Any extension that wants to implement new features for developers could use:

* https://wiki.mozilla.org/Remote_Debugging_Protocol
  - to access running browser remotely
* https://wiki.mozilla.org/Debugger
  - to use debugger API

One thing missed by Firebug is reported here:

*Bug 637572* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637572> - [jsdbg2] 
Implement Debugger.Source, providing script source code and detailed origin 
information


Honza




 
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>>> On Saturday, November 30, 2013 2:18:34 AM UTC+11, Jan Honza Odvarko 
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>>>> https://blog.getfirebug.com/2013/11/29/firebug-1-13-alpha-6/
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>>>> Honza
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