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ContactEmail: <br />mozilla [at] jamesboston [dot] ca<br /> IRC: <br />'''JamesBjboston''' on irc://irc.mozilla.org/seneca = Projects = === Fixing nsIProcess === Project page: [[User:Jamesboston/nsIProcess|Fixing nsIProcess]] The API in Firefox for managing external processes has never been fully implemented. This project aims to implement the existing API and extend the API to include inter-process communication. === The Canvas 3D JS Libary (C3DL) === Project page: [[Canvas3D_JS_Library | C3DL]] C3DL is a JavaScript library that will make it easier to write 3D applications using <del>canvas 3d</del> WebGL. (''Mozilla's Canvas 3D project has been superseded by the new WebGL standard that will also by used by WebKit.'') It will provide a set of math, scene, and 3d object classes to make the canvas more accessible for developers that want to develop 3D content in browser. === Mozilla Developer Resource Kit === Project page: [[Mozilla_Developer_Resource_Kit|Mozilla Developer Resource Kit]] Creating a package that contains everything a developer needs, including documentation, to get started with Firefox. The plan is to make it available as a live Fedora DVD for developers in countries where bandwidth is scarce. '''This project is of uncertain status. It's a multi-semester project that is worked on by a new student group each semester, but it doesn't appear to be under development at this time.''' === Portable DXR === Project page: [[Portable_DXR|Portable DXR]] This is closely related to the MDRK. The aim is to package the Mozilla developer documentation and the DXR source browsing tool in an extension that can be easily distributed/installed mostly likely as a XUL/Prism application. As an added bonus, this is a group project where the team members are experimenting with using traditional project planning tools and open source development methods. '''This project is defunct. It was a group project for school and some members have graduated. Plus, the nominal client in not interested in completion.''' = Software = === Process Manager Extension === A binary XPCOM extension that allows processes external to Firefox to be started and stopped. Currently only Win32 is supported. It is used in the SHTTPD extension. Further notes on usage: http://jamesboston.ca/cms/node/41 Download: http://jamesboston.ca/extensions/processmanager.xpi Source: http://jamesboston.ca/extensions/processmanager.zip === SHTTPD Extension === This is a proof of concept. Installing this extension will start a tiny webserver that runs locally. The purpose of this is to eventually provide a way to distribute web application as extensions so they can be run locally/offline. At present, when the browser starts the server also starts and installs an icon to the system tray. It only runs on Win32 machines. Download: http://jamesboston.ca/extensions/shttpd.xpi (The server is licensed as beerware and is available on its own at http://shttpd.sourceforge.net/). === Open in Editor Extension === This extension will open source code files from http://mxr.mozilla.org in an editor on the users machine. Simply right click on the loaded page and select the Open in Editor option from the pop up context menu. The user may choose any editor through preference settings. If no preferences are selected the extension defaults to gedit on Linux, notepad on Windows, and (currently) nothing on OS X.  Download: http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/imgs/Openineditor.xpi === Ubiquity commands === [http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~jwboston/ubiquity/ Subscribe to all my commands] [[Learning_Collaborative_Development_Lab_Fall_2008_Results#Seneca_Library_Search|Search Seneca Library]] [[Learning_Collaborative_Development_Lab_Fall_2008_Results#Paste_to_pastebin|Paste to pastebin]]

== Building on Install prerequisites == === Windows Vista ===

Get Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit Update for Windows Vista:''(The Visual C++ 2008 Express version will work.)'' http://www.microsoft.com/downloadsexpress/download/details.aspx?FamilyID=4377f86d-c913-4b5c-b87e-ef72e5b4e065&DisplayLang=en

Download and install Mozilla Build, a package If you paid for the Professional version of software prereqs:(If Visual Studio you get a message saying can skip this application did not install properly then step. But if you should see a windows dialog giving are using an express version, you the option need to re-installwith the 'correct settings'Windows Server 2003 Platform SDK in order to get some headers (atlbase. After that all should h to be well.specific)included in the Professional version: http://ftpwww.mozillamicrosoft.orgcom/pubdownloads/mozilladetails.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetupaspx?FamilyId=0BAF2B35-C656-4969-ACE8-1.2.exeE4C0C0716ADB&displaylang=en

Open a shell window by right clicking and using admin privileges:(The example here is for Visual Studio 2005''On the above page, DO NOT click the web install link. The name Scroll further down the page to see a list of the bat file you use should match the directory that Visual Studio is installed indownload options. You probably want PDSK-x86.exe for a 32-bit machine.)'' c:\mozilla-build\start-msvc8[[Image:Windowsserversdkchoices.batGIF]]

Get Install the makefile instructions to pull the source tree and put it in a directory called mozilla in your home directoryMicrosoft Windows Software Development Kit Update for Windows 7 (even if you are using Vista or Visual Studio Professional):(This will create a mozilla directory in your root i http://www.microsoft.e C:\Users\YourName or whatevercom/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C17BA869-9671-4330-A63E-1FD44E0E2505&displaylang=en If you had a directory called mozilla already exits, even if it's empty, it will cause an errorprevious version of the SDK installed (such as the Vista SDK) open the CMD shell (Start-> All Programs-> Microsoft SDK v7.0-> CMD)and make sure the new version is set as default by entering: cd cvs WindowsSdkVer.exe -d :pserverversion:anonymous@cvs-mirrorv7.mozilla.org0 Download and install Mozilla Build, a package of software prerequisites:/cvsroot co mozilla/client.mk

Checkout ''(If you get a message saying this application did not install properly then you should see a windows dialog giving you the source:option to re-install with the 'correct settings'. After that all should be well.)'' cd ~http://ftp.mozilla make .org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-f client1.4.mk checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browserexe

Create and To open a hidden file called .mozconfig in your home directoryshell window click: notepad.exe ~/c:\mozilla-build\start-msvc9.mozconfigbat

Add If everything worked correctly, you should see a list of the following lines to .mozconfigrequired headers: # My first mozilla config [[Image:Mozilla_sdk_shell_Capture. $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-sharedGIF]]

''(The example above is for Visual Studio C++ 2008 users may also need to add Express. The name of the following to bat file you use should match the directory that Visual Studio is installed in.mozconfig ac_add_options For instance, VS2005 uses start--disable-xpconnect-idispatch ac_add_options --disable-activex ac_add_options --disable-activex-scripting ac_add_options --disable-accessibilitymsvc8.bat)''

Start ''Special note: You might get an error saying you are targeting the build (which will take AT LEAST wrong SDK. Try deleting your obj-ff directory if you have one hour): cd ~/mozilla make -f client.mk build''

Once the === Linux ======= Fedora ====Install build is finished you should set the following environment variable to turnpre-off assertion dialogsrequisites for Fedora: export XPCOM_DEBUG_BREAK=warnsu -c "yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' 'Development Libraries' 'GNOME Software Development'" su -c "yum install mercurial autoconf213"

When you run Firefox for the first time, create and select a new profile called "development" (or any name of your choice) to avoid corrupting your current profile. You can do this while running your current version of Firefox using these command line optionsAdditional Fedora 11 pre-requisites: ~/mozilla/obj*/dist/bin/firefox -Profilemanager su -noc 'yum install libnotify-remotedevel'

Run the file "mozilla" or "==== Ubuntu ====Install Firefox 3 build pre-requisites for Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04: sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get build-dep firefox", not the binary "mozilla sudo apt-get install mercurial libasound2 libasound2-dev curl libcurl4-gnutls-bin" or "firefoxdev libnotify-bin".dev

For more detailed information about Mozilla building visit You should have [http://zenitdeveloper.senecacapple.on.cacom/wikiTOOLS/index.phpXcode/Real_World_Mozilla_Build_Mozilla_Lab Real World Mozilla Build LabXcode]installed. You don't need to use Xcode for editing source files, but you will need the developer SDK that comes with it.

For more info about Visual Studio 2008 problems see [In order to build Firefox you will need something called MacPorts which can be downloaded from here: http://crashopensourcewww.blogspotmacports.com/2008/05org/vista-building-with-vc9.html Lukas Blakk's bloginstall.]php

== Building on Ubuntu After downloading and Fedora ==installing MacPorts you can then install the pre-requisites: sudo port sync sudo port install mercurial libidl autoconf213

Install === autoconf notes ===The build pre-requisites for Fedora userssystem should know to use autoconf 2.13 instead of later versions automatically, but on some *nix systems it may be necessary to specify it manually: su -c "yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' 'Development Libraries' 'GNOME Software Development'"export AUTOCONF=autoconf213

Install build pre-requisites for Ubuntu usersOr on some systems you may need to set AUTOCONF this way instead: sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get build-dep mozilla-firefoxexport AUTOCONF=autoconf2.13

Checkout You need to create a hidden file for the source: cd ~/mozilla make -f clientbuild system that contains instructions on how you want your build completed.mk checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser

Create and open a hidden file called .mozconfig in your home directoryusing notepad or gedit or vim: gedit notepad.exe ~/.mozconfig

Start If you are using a multi-core computer for building, you can try adding a flag to speed up compile times. Use a value of ''((# of cores)*2)+1'' (ie. five for two cores): mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS=-j5 For OS X (Leopard) add: ac_add_options --with-macos-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk == Getting the source == If you are attempting to build Firefox 3.1 or greater you can checkout the source using mercurial as described below. When creating a working directory and checking out the source it doesn't really matter where you put it, but avoid paths that contain spaces. Spaces in the path name will cause the build to fail. For Windows XP users, your home directory path almost certainly has spaces. If that is the case, just put the mozilla directory in your root (which will take AT LEAST one hourie. C:\mozilla)and put the .mozconfig file in that directory. If your user name doesn't have space you can checkout the source to your home directory like this: cd mkdir mozilla cd mozilla hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ src It is still possible to checkout older versions of Firefox using cvs: cd cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co mozilla/client.mk

make -f client.mk checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser == Starting the build== You need to change to the directory that contains the source code and then run the make command: cd ~/mozilla/src time make -f client.mk build === Special Fedora 11 note === You may need to patch the source before building because of a bug in Breakpad that shows up with the latest version of gcc (which F11 uses). Patch and details here:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485019 == Running the build ==

When you run Firefox your build for the first time, create and select a new profile called "development" (or any name of your choice) to avoid corrupting your current profile. You can do this while running your current version of Firefox using these command line options: ~/mozilla/obj*/dist/bin/firefox -Profilemanager -no-remote

The finished build can be found in the Windows and Linux: ~/mozilla/src/obj*/dist/bin directory./firefox -profilemanager

Run the file "OS X: ~/mozilla" or "firefox", not the binary "mozilla-bin" or "/src/obj*/dist/MinefieldDebug.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin".

== Building on OS X ==Build pre-requisites and instructions for OS X can be found at If you need to refresh the [httpsource code: cd ~//developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mac_OS_X_Build_Prerequisites#Firefox_Quick_Start Mozilla Developer Center.]src hg pull -u

Although the instructions are good, it may be necessary to take a few extra steps. For instance, the build may have trouble finding the glib dependency. If this happens, try adding this to your path: export PATH=$PATH:/sw/bin;/sw/sbin If you have built Firefox in your home directory and are trying to start it from = Rebuilding the command line try these steps: cd ~/mozilla/dist/Minefield.app/Contents/MacOS ./firefox -Profilemanager -no-remote browser = Software =

This is a proof of concept. Installing this extension will start a tiny webserver that runs locally. The purpose of this is For instance, to eventually provide rebuild after a way to distribute web application as extensions so they can be run locallychange in the xpcom module try: make -C ~/mozilla/src/obj*/offline. At present, when the browser starts the server also starts and installs an icon to the system tray. It only runs on Win32 machines.xpcom

DownloadOr as a more general form: http://jamesboston.ca/extensions/shttpd.xpi make -C [the object directory corresponding to the source directory that has changed]

(The server is licensed as beerware In most cases this will relink the changes and is available on its own at http://shttpdcreate a new browser binary.sourceforgeBut there's no hard and fast rule about when you can successfully do an incremental build. Sometimes you can burrow a few levels into the object tree and sometime you need to build from the very top.net/)It may take a bit of trial and error to discover what works.

== Open in Editor Extension =Tunneling a VNC session =

This extension will open source code files from http://mxr.mozilla.org in an editor on the users machine. Simply right click on the loaded [[Tunnel_VNC_through_SSH|Instruction page and select the Open in Editor option from the pop up context menu. The user may choose any editor through preference settings. If no preferences are selected the extension defaults to gedit on Linux, notepad on Windows, and (currently) nothing on OS X. ]]

Download: http://zenitSome of the Mac minis in the ORI area at Seneca are configured to accept VNC connections, but without an SSH tunnel are too slow to be useful.senecacThese instructions will help you get setup.on.ca/wiki/imgs/Openineditor.xpi