User:AaronMT

Greetings

Hello, my name is Aaron Train. I am a recent graduate of Computer Programming and Analysis. As of the previous winter (08), I have transferred into the BSD program to earn a degree. Currently, I am enrolled in a whole slew of different courses ranging from the 3rd to the 7th semester. I find open source fascinating, particularly Mozilla's projects as well as Canonical's Ubuntu GNU/Linux project. I look forward to tinkering with the innards of Firefox, in DPS909. I also enjoy learning more about software development, open source and current/future web applications, and lastly modern programming languages. Name: Aaron Train Program: Bachelor of Software Design Hometown: Thornhill, Ontario

Contact

• Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
  • AaronMT on IRC (moznet#seneca or freenode#seneca)
• E-Mail
  • Seneca E-Mail: amtrain@learn.senecac.on.ca
  • Personal E-Mail: aaron.train@gmail.com

Blog

• Open Source Weblog: Aaron on Software

DPS909A - Fall 2008

Labs

Mozilla Building

In preperation for DPS909 - Lab #2 (Week 3) I will outline my intended computer/OS that I will be documenting my process through the lab on ...

• Operating System: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
• Computer Used: Dell Inspiron 1501
• Date Performed: --AaronMT 18:10, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Ubuntu GNU/Linux - Mozilla Build (Minefield 3.1b1pre)

The process involved in building Mozilla Firefox (Minefield 3.1b1pre) on Ubuntu GNU/Linux involved many steps (all of which are new to me entirely):

• Hardware
  • 2048MB Ram and 15GB left on this Linux partition
• Preparation
  • Make sure Ubuntu is up to date

    sudo apt-get install update

  • Linux Build Prerequisites
    • A recent POSIX Shell
    • A C++ compiler.
    • Perl 5.6 or higher. Older perl versions may work if you upgrade File::Spec to version 0.8
    • GNU make 3.79.1 or higher. Other varieties of "make" will not work.
    • CVS 1.11 or higher
    • the GTK2 widget toolkit
    • libXt-devel for X11/Intrinsic.h, X11/Shell.h
    • libIDL 0.6.3
    • zip 2.3
    • freetype 2.1.0
    • fontconfig
    • pkg-config 0.9.0

Most if not all packages were installed with the following command

apt-get build-dep firefox

sudo apt-get install libdbus-glib-1-dev curl

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

Obtaining the Mozilla-Central Source & Installing/Configuring Mercurial

The next step, should you choose to install Firefox 3.01+ is to grab Mercurial and set it up properly.

• sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential 

• sudo easy_install -U mercurial

Configuration (Highly Suggested)

• It is highly suggested that you follow these configuration instructions here

Fetching the latest trunk build of Firefox

• hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ ~/Desktop/src

Building on Ubuntu GNU/Linux=

Configure and build as usual using a .mozconfig file and make -f client.mk.

• My ~/.mozconfig

# My first mozilla config
. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-@CONFIG_GUESS@
ac_add_options --disable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-static --enable-shared

• Building!

cd ~/Desktop/src/
make -f client.mk build

• Running Firefox

cd ~/Desktop/src/obj-i686-pc-linux-gnu/dist/bin/
./firefox

Total build time took about 45 minutes.

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Mozilla Ubiquity

Ubiquity Commands - Work in Progress

Display IP address

• Displays users IP address immediately
  

by AaronMT

Usage: ip

Utilizes the whatismyip website to parse the IP and display it right in the console

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
name: "ip",
  homepage: "http://aaronmt.wordpress.com",
  author: { name: "Aaron Train", email: "aaron.train@gmail.com"},
  description: "Displays your internal IP address.",
  help: "Just type IP",
  icon: "http://whatismyip.com/favicon.ico",
  preview: function(pblock) {
    var url = "http://whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp";
    jQuery.get( url, function(data) {
       pblock.innerHTML = data;
    });
  },
  execute: function() {
    var url = "http://whatismyip.com";
    Utils.openUrlInBrowser(url);
  },
});

Search MedicineNet

• Searches MedicineNet with a given keyword

by AaronMT

Usage: health keyword phrase

CmdUtils.CreateCommand(
{
	name: "health",
	homepage: "http://medicinenet.com",
	author: { name: "Aaron Train", email: "aaron.train@gmail.com" },
	description: "Takes keyword phrase and searches MedicineNet",
	help: "health <i>keyword phrase</i>",
	icon: "http://images.medicinenet.com/images/fav/MN.ico",
	takes: {"Enter a noun": noun_arb_text},
	preview: function(pblock, keywordPhrase)
	{
		pblock.innerHTML = "Search the MedicineNet by entering any phrase <b>" + keywordPhrase.text + "</b>"
	},

	execute: function(keywordPhrase)
	{
		var searchURL = "http://www.medicinenet.com/" + keywordPhrase.text;
		Utils.openUrlInBrowser(searchURL);
	}
});

Pastebin

• Transfers selected text to a new pastebin>
  

Usage: pb

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
name: "pb",
  homepage: "http://aaronmt.wordpress.com",
  author: { name: "Aaron Train", email: "aaron.train@gmail.com"},
  description: "Transfers selected text to a new Pastebin.",
  help: "Selected text will be sent to a new Pastebin",
  icon: "http://pastebin.ca/pastebin.ico",
  preview: function(pblock) {
    var text=context.focusedWindow.document.getSelection();
    var url = "http://pastebin.ca";
  },
  execute: function() {
    var url = "http://pastebin.ca";
    var text=context.focusedWindow.document.getSelection();
    displayMessage(text);
    Utils.openUrlInBrowser(url);
  },
});

Bugs

Ubuntu

[1] Bugs I have reported

Firefox

[2] Bugs I have reported

External Projects

I am deeply passionate with the Ubuntu project. Having first used it in its infancy and being involved with the community, collaborating with the community to better the product has been a hobby and passion of mine for the past few years. I have been contributing to many tutorials and solutions in the community, such as:

• Fixing laptop brightness in Ubuntu 8.04

• Collaborating on a fixes for laptop suspend issues in Ubuntu 7.10