Have you figured out how to do it yet? I have the same problem...
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> Hello all,
>
> Suppose that:
>
> 1) you are developing an application which you intend to install with
> XPI.
>
> 2) this requires some small modifications to existing Mozilla chrome
> files, eg. adding a couple of entries to the standard Mozilla menus,
> adding a line or two of JS to standard Mozilla js files, and so on.
>
> As far as I can see, you cant do this. You can only completely overwrite
> the standard Mozilla files, which means you have to maintain/install
> your own patched copies and deal with all the change control issues
> which this raises.
>
> Or am I wrong?
>
> I am looking at this from the perspective of the MultiZilla project
> (http://multizilla.mozdev.org). MultiZilla sure comes with its own
> distinct chrome files containing new functionality, but it also needs to
> patch the existing Mozilla chrome files (like in the above examples) to
> allow them to work.
>
> Is there a recommended way to achieve this?
>
> Examples of what we need to achieve on MultiZilla installation are:
>
> 1) add new commands (menus, keystrokes) to the Communicator UI to
> control the new functionality
> 2) insert hooks into Communicator JS to allow us to handle various
> events (eg. user clicks on a link in the content)
> 3) etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
