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#: See [http://cs.senecac.on.ca/%7Edavid.humphrey/writing/firefox-win32-build.html Building Firefox on Win32 using Visual Studio .NET 2005]. | #: See [http://cs.senecac.on.ca/%7Edavid.humphrey/writing/firefox-win32-build.html Building Firefox on Win32 using Visual Studio .NET 2005]. | ||
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#: Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IRC_clients for a list of IRC clients on various platforms. Two popular choices are [http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/ Chatzilla] and [http://www.irssi.org/ irssi]. | #: Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IRC_clients for a list of IRC clients on various platforms. Two popular choices are [http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/ Chatzilla] and [http://www.irssi.org/ irssi]. | ||
# '''Where can I ask for help on IRC?''' | # '''Where can I ask for help on IRC?''' | ||
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Revision as of 16:21, 12 September 2006
This FAQ is meant to provide a place for you to capture knowledge as you begin working on Mozilla development. When someone answers a question for you, consider adding it below. Create new topic headings as necessary.
Building Firefox
- Where can I get information on building Firefox or other Mozilla products?
- Start with the documentation on MDC: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation.
- Where can I get more help building Firefox on Windows?
IRC
- What is the best way to share long error messages or other text that is too big to copy/paste into IRC?
- Use pastebin at http://pastebin.mozilla.org to copy/paste your output. Then paste the resulting URL into IRC.
- Where can I find a comprehensive list of IRC clients?
- Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IRC_clients for a list of IRC clients on various platforms. Two popular choices are Chatzilla and irssi.
- Where can I ask for help on IRC?
- Use the seneca or firefox channels on irc://irc.mozilla.org.
Terminology
- What does MDC or devmo refer to?
- Mozilla Developer Center - http://developer.mozilla.org.
