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== List of Topics to Investigate ==
 
== List of Topics to Investigate ==
  
Pick one from the list below, or add your own if you have one applicable to your project.
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Pick one of the activities from the list below, or add your own if you have one applicable to your project.
  
Create a link out of the title and document what you find with lxr links and description in that page.
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'''Create a link''' out of the title and '''document what you find''' with '''lxr links''' and description in that page.
  
 
# Go > Back (ALT+Left Arrow)
 
# Go > Back (ALT+Left Arrow)
 
# View > Reload (CTRL+R)
 
# View > Reload (CTRL+R)
 
# Right-click an Image > View Image
 
# Right-click an Image > View Image

Revision as of 10:16, 29 September 2006

Mozilla relies on Linux Cross-Reference (or LXR for short) in order to navigate, link to, and generally communicate with one another about the source tree. You can access Mozilla's LXR at http://lxr.mozilla.org. As a developer working on Mozilla projects, learning to use lxr effectively is essential.

In this exercise you will take one or more common top-level actions and attempt to trace them through the code to see where things live and how they work. You are not expected to understand everything you read; however, you should have be able to get a general sense of the flow of things through XUL, JavaScript, C++, etc.

List of Topics to Investigate

Pick one of the activities from the list below, or add your own if you have one applicable to your project.

Create a link out of the title and document what you find with lxr links and description in that page.

  1. Go > Back (ALT+Left Arrow)
  2. View > Reload (CTRL+R)
  3. Right-click an Image > View Image