Error Console
From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
You can output information to console using the following method:
- Declare a global variable (but be sure to use an unique identifier!):
var gConsoleService = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1'] .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIConsoleService);
(note, you can also use toJavaScriptConsole() function to open JavaScript console on startup)
- Define a function:
function myExt_logMessage(aMessage) { gConsoleService.logStringMessage('My extension: ' + aMessage); }
- Use it like here:
myExt_logMessage("Initialized.");
See also: Using dump(), Using Console Service.