Jeffrey Baker wrote:
> I tried to use Piggy Bank and Solvent but I'm afraid the system is a
> bit crashy.  On Linux with Firefox 3.0 Beta 4, Piggy Bank never
> starts.  It complains on the console that it can't load JAR files.  On
> Windows XP with Firefox 2.0, Piggy Bank starts but if I try to scrape
> more than one property from something, it crashes and doesn't restart
> itself until I restart firefox.
> 
> Since Piggy Bank and Solvent are large heterogeneous hacks
> (Javascript, XUL, Java, and probably others I missed), how do the
> developers go about debugging it?  Is there a common developer
> workflow?  How can you easily rebuild and redeploy your local version
> of the extension?

Nice to see your interest in PB.  Start here:

   http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Piggy_Bank_Development

Note that there may be a way forward with Firefox 3 and PB based on 
David Huynh's work getting our generic Java FF extension up.

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Ryan Lee                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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