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Add these prefs to user.js (in your [[Profile Folder | Profile]]):
These prefs may be useful for people writing Mozilla extensions. They should be added to [[user.js]] or [[about:config]].


// [[Dev : Tips : Disable XUL cache|Disable XUL cache]] (so you don't have to restart everytime you change a XUL file)
<pre>
user_pref("nglayout.debug.disable_xul_cache", true);
// [[Dev : Tips : Disable XUL cache|Disable XUL cache]] (so you don't  
// have to restart everytime you change a XUL file)
user_pref("nglayout.debug.disable_xul_cache", true);


// Enable dump() ([[Dev : Tips : Enabling dump |read more]])
// Enable dump() output ([[Dev : Tips : Enabling dump|read more]])
user_pref("browser.dom.window.dump.enabled", true);
user_pref("browser.dom.window.dump.enabled", true);


// Show chrome errors in the JS console
// Show chrome errors in the JavaScript console
user_pref("javascript.options.showInConsole", true);
user_pref("javascript.options.showInConsole", true);


// Enable strict JS warnings
// Enable strict JavaScript warnings. (Note, that since most people have it
user_pref("javascript.options.strict", true);
// turned off, you will see dozens of warnings in their code. Use with caution).
user_pref("javascript.options.strict", true);
</pre>

Revision as of 13:34, 4 October 2004

These prefs may be useful for people writing Mozilla extensions. They should be added to user.js or about:config.

// [[Dev : Tips : Disable XUL cache|Disable XUL cache]] (so you don't 
// have to restart everytime you change a XUL file)
user_pref("nglayout.debug.disable_xul_cache", true);

// Enable dump() output ([[Dev : Tips : Enabling dump|read more]])
user_pref("browser.dom.window.dump.enabled", true);

// Show chrome errors in the JavaScript console
user_pref("javascript.options.showInConsole", true);

// Enable strict JavaScript warnings. (Note, that since most people have it 
// turned off, you will see dozens of warnings in their code. Use with caution).
user_pref("javascript.options.strict", true);