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New Firefox Performance Testing Documentation

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Configuration
For example:
<pre>$./perfconfig.sh</pre>
 
===config.yaml===
 
 
==Config info==
 
Your config.yaml should consist of these items. Refer to [[sample.config]]:
<pre>
# Filename will be appended to the timestamp in the report filename.
# Use letters and underscores only
filename: yourfilename
# The title of the report
title: 1 GHz Celeron
 
# Name of profile to test
Test profile 1:
# Path to Firefox to test
firefox: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 2 Beta 1\firefox.exe
 
# Preferences to set in the test (use "preferences : {}" for no prefs)
preferences:
javascript.options.showInConsole : true
xpinstall.enabled : true
 
# Extensions to install in test (use "extensions: {}" for none)
extensions:
# Make sure that the path is directed to the desired location of the extension
# Need quotes around guid because of curly braces
"{12345678-1234-1234-1234-abcd12345678}" : c:\path\to\unzipped\xpi
foo@sample.com : c:\path\to\other\unzipped\xpi
</pre>
 
==Instructions==
1. Verify that the '''firefox''' path is pointing to the right Firefox instance on your system.
* You will hit a zero division error and some other errors if you don't point it to the right path
 
2. '''preferences''':
* If you don't have '''preferences''', change to: <pre>preferences : {}</pre> (make sure there is a space between ":" and "{" or else it will cause a syntax error)
* If you do have '''preferences''', refer to [[sample.config]]
 
3. '''extensions''':
* If you don't have '''extensions''' to install, change to: <pre>extensions: {}</pre> (make sure there is a space between ":" and "{" or else it will cause a syntax error)
* If you do have '''extensions''' to install, refer to this sample:
<pre>
extensions:
# Make sure that the path is directed to the desired location of the extension
# Need quotes around guid because of curly braces
"{12345678-1234-1234-1234-abcd12345678}" : c:\path\to\unzipped\xpi
foo@sample.com : c:\path\to\other\unzipped\xpi
</pre>
* Make sure that the path to the extension is right
 
4. Change '''filename''' and '''title''' to whatever you desire
 
**You might run into this message on your browser: '''This page should close Firefox. If it does not, please make sure that the dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows preference is set to true in about:config'''
**Type '''auto:config''' in the address bar and double click on '''dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows''' to change it to true
* If you see '''processing... Performance Testing is starting''', performance testing is running..
* You can check the progress by the progress bar
==Run Firefox Performance Tests==
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