Firebug currently (up to 2.0) does not offer mappings between URLs and local files. This feature is requested in issue 5035 <https://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=5035>. Therefore you need to use tricks like the one suggested by Andrei.
Sebastian On Friday, June 13, 2014 12:55:59 PM UTC-5, Andrei wrote: > > I tried with the hosts trick and it works :) > > I attached a print screen with my configuration and the PHP script that I > made > You need to change in 2 places: > 1 . $arRepl array. For every element, the key is the source canonical URL > and the value, is the filesystem directory path > > $arRepl = array( > 'http://mydomain.dev' => 'C:/xampp/htdocs', > 'http://local.host' => 'C:/xampp/htdocs', > 'http://localhost' => 'C:/xampp/htdocs' > ); > > 2. the last line: > > system('"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\PSPad editor\\PSPad.exe" '.$argv[1]." > /". $argv[2]); > > is to run pspad on windows, you need to change that too for what editor > you use. The editor must support command line to open file $argv[1] and > the jump to line $argv[2] > I can give you another example, how to configure the line for vi editor in > linux: > > system('vi +'.$argv[2]." ". $argv[1]); > > > On Thursday, June 12, 2014 9:14:37 PM UTC+3, San wrote: >> >> I'm using MAMP on a Mac, not XAMPP on Windows. Also I only know a little >> PHP; I can't follow the opening "Line Commands/Executable/Arguments" part >> of your code. (Is that even code, or just a comment of some kind?) Perhaps >> a bigger difference is that I'm not using "http://localhost";... As I >> said, I've configured Apache + my hosts file so that, if my live page is >> http://mydomain.com/... then the local equivalent is >> http://mydomain.dev/... That's the one I'm trying to get Firebug to >> open. >> >> I'm surprised I haven't been able to find any clear documentation for how >> to set up the arguments; what I have seen implies that the argument format >> would be different for different platforms and editors, and there are a lot >> of possible combinations. >> >> In that other thread you said "I configured a proxy script that >> translates the URL into the filesystem path and then the script opens the >> editor. In this way I can easily edit long .css or .js files." By proxy >> script did you mean the PHP code you showed above? Did that mean you DID >> find a way to have Firebug open your local/dev files with the Open With >> Editor command? Or are you still limited to having Firebug only open files >> over the Internet? >> >> As far as I know, there is no real difference between "http://foo.dev"; >> (local Apache) and "http://foo.com"; (online Apache). I suspect my >> problem is just that I can't find any documentation for what the argument >> should look like. Why would they put a feature into Firebug and then fail >> to explain it anywhere? >> >> Lawrence San >> Business Writing: Santhology.com >> Cartoon Stories for Thoughtful People: Sanstudio.com >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Andrei <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is the same problem I am acing on local machine. On localhost it doesn't >>> do anything, however, it works on a remote URL. >>> You can see more discussion in this older post: >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firebug/5gp45wiFtvg >>> >>> How i configured is using a PHP script >>> Line commands: >>> Executable: path to PHP executable >>> Arguments:c:\path_to_php_file"%url" /%line >>> >>> inside the PHP file I translate the URL argument($argv[1]) into >>> filesystem path(I use xampp), and then open the file with pspad at line >>> $argv[2]. The localhost condition doesn't work, but you can change the >>> yourdomain.com condition as you need, that one works >>> >>> <?php >>> >>> if(preg_match("/^http\:\/\/localhost/",$argv[1])) { >>> $argv[1] = preg_replace(array("/^http\:\/\/localhost/","/\?.+$/"), >>> array("C:\xampp\htdocs",""),$argv[1]); >>> } >>> >>> if(preg_match("/^http\:\/\/yourdomain.com/",$argv[1])) {// if >>> http://yourdomain.com/styles.css corresponds to >>> C:\xampp\htdocs\project\styles.css >>> $argv[1] = preg_replace(array("/^http\:\/\/yourdomain.com/","/\?.+$/"), >>> array("C:\xampp\htdocs\project",""),$argv[1]); >>> } >>> >>> system('"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\PSPad editor\\PSPad.exe" '.$argv[1]." >>> ". $argv[2]); >>> ?> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:39:08 AM UTC+3, San wrote: >>>> >>>> From reading an earlier post in this group, I just discovered the Open >>>> With Editor command in Firebug, which I never noticed before. >>>> >>>> Background: I run a local devel server (Apache) on the same Mac that I >>>> use for browsing and editing web pages, so the "server file" and the >>>> "local >>>> dev file" is actually the same file residing on the same machine. I >>>> normally open it in Firefox as a .dev URL, not as a "file" (so all my >>>> scripts will work, among other things). >>>> >>>> However, using a Firefox extension called Dafzilla ViewSourceWith, I've >>>> been able to set up a mapping that correlates the URLs with the local >>>> files. For example, when Firefox shows the URL of the current page as: >>>> >>>> http://sanstudio.dev/test/linktest.html >>>> >>>> ...I can click on the ViewSourceWith button in the Firefox toolbar, and >>>> my text editor (BBEdit) will open the "local" file that my local Apache >>>> used to actually generate that URL: >>>> >>>> /Volumes/MyHardDrive/MyDevFolder/test/linktest.html >>>> >>>> That's my real master source file, not some cached copy. This is >>>> extremely useful to me, but ViewSourceWith doesn't always work with every >>>> version of Firefox. >>>> >>>> So I thought it might be possible to get a similar mapping into Firebug >>>> using the Open With Editor dialog. It was easy to add BBEdit as the >>>> editor; >>>> that works fine. However, when BBEdit opens a page via Firebug that way, >>>> it's always opening the temporary cached file that the browser uses, not >>>> the real local source file the way ViewSourceWith does. >>>> >>>> So I played with Firebug's "Launch Arguments" in the Configure Editors >>>> dialog, trying to figure out how to add a mapping, presumably using the >>>> %file parameter. I tried various things like: >>>> >>>> %file /Volumes/MyHardDrive/MyDevFolder/ >>>> >>>> ... and various other things, but when I click the "test" button, every >>>> argument format I've tried either opens Firefox's cached temporary file >>>> (same as if I had entered no arguments) or does nothing at all. >>>> >>>> I did a lot of Googling trying to find *specifically* how you enter the >>>> text in the Arguments box, and I looked through the examples in the >>>> dialog's popdown menu, and I still got nowhere. >>>> >>>> Next to the %file text-entry box there's a hint that says "Path to the >>>> local file (or to the temporary copy)" which certainly sounds like it >>>> doesn't *have* to be the temporary copy. Is it possible to do what I want >>>> with the Configure Editors dialog? Can anybody tell me how to enter the >>>> argument? 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