New support channel for XUL extension development Topic is solved

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Yes I am aware of how that works and my own polyfill did the same thing. Luckily I don't need the polyfill anymore at least not after stuff is switched to PHP 8.

[RealityRipple]

Just added pipe-based "or" searching, and search tips for 0 result pages: https://udn.realityripple.com/search?q=splunge

[moonbat]

Looks great
I've added a keyword search for it now.

[vannilla]

Hey that's neat.
I'm browsing the forum with a device without Pale Moon so I can't check in more details, but would it be possible, if you didn't already, to provide a search engine plugin using the opensearch format?
I mean the stuff that when you visit a site, it will allow you to click on the magnifier in the search bar and then add the site to the list of available engines.
Mostly so that when I'm looking for a reference I can just paste the string in the search bar instead of navigating to the homepage first.

[moonbat]

You can of course create a keyword search bookmark from the context menu for the search textbox like I did, but seconded!

[RealityRipple]

Done.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

A search plugin and advertising it would be nice too...

[RealityRipple]

I added the autodiscovery line to every page an hour ago. Did it not show up?

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Perfect thanks!

[RealityRipple]

Added CSS-based pagination to try to improve search result responsiveness in large result cases (such as searching for the letter "a"). The actual result page can still be friggin' huge, but at least after it loads it's not unwieldy. 15 results per page for now.

[RealityRipple]

Besides fixing hyperlinks, I'm also working on re-implementing Prism for nice formatted example code, but I kind of have to do it page by page to make sure the right language definitions are used and to make some appropriate line-number changes and the like. To speed up the process, I'm removing a few more sections from the backup -

Everything to do with mobile mozilla:

• Archive/B2G_OS
• Mozilla/Firefox_for_Android
• Mozilla/Firefox_for_iOS
• Mozilla/Firefox_OS_for_TV
• Tools/Remote_Debugging/Debugging_Firefox_for_Android_with_WebIDE_clone
• Tools/Remote_Debugging/Firefox_for_Android
• Tools/Firefox_OS_1.1_Simulator
• Tools/Firefox_OS_Simulator_clone

Everything to do with Thunderbird and other specific projects:

• Mozilla/Thunderbird
• Tools/Remote_Debugging/Thunderbird
• Mozilla/Chat_Core
• Mozilla/Calendar
• Mozilla/Instantbird

Everything to do with special Firefox Editions:

• Mozilla/Developer_Edition
• Mozilla/Enterprise_deployment
• Mozilla/Firefox_ESR
• Mozilla/Multiprocess_Firefox
• Mozilla/Firefox/Releases

Old Mozilla Stuff that Died:

• Archive/Social_API stuff
• Archive/WebIDE
• Archive/WebVR
• Archive/Apps
• Marketplace
• SOAP_in_Gecko-based_Browsers
• Mozilla_Application_Framework
• Mercurial

Docs on the docs (Mostly in Mozilla/Developer_Guide):

• How_to_Submit_a_Patch
• Mercurial & CVS
• Getting_comm-central
• Downloading_Source_Archives
• Directory_structure
• The_comm-central_build_system
• Code_Review_FAQ
• Coding_Style
• Committing_Rules_and_Responsibilities
• Requesting_feedback_and_ui-review_for_desktop_Firefox_front-end_changes
• mozilla-central
• Uploading_symbols_to_Mozillas_symbol_server
• Virtual_ARM_Linux_environment

Also:
Docs on Django & Node.JS.
The Mozilla/QA (Quality Assurance) docs which mean nothing now.
Mozilla/Gecko/Versions and Mozilla/Gecko/Gecko_SDK because we're not on Gecko anymore.
And Plugins/Flash_to_HTML5 because flash is dead.



If anyone has reason for me to bring them back, please let me know!


Also, can we split this topic or something?

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Please retain the following:

• Mozilla/Thunderbird
• Mozilla/Calendar
• Mozilla/Gecko/Gecko_SDK
• Mozilla/Gecko/Versions
• Mozilla_Application_Framework

Also make sure you retain archived concepts like the original XPInstall and the like.

[RealityRipple]

Please retain the following:

• Mozilla/Thunderbird
• Mozilla/Calendar
• Mozilla/Gecko/Gecko_SDK
• Mozilla/Gecko/Versions
• Mozilla_Application_Framework

Also make sure you retain archived concepts like the original XPInstall and the like.

It cool if I skip the Release Notes directory on Thunderbird?

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Yeah that is fine.. I just need any technical reference for the Mail application or MailNews Core.

[RealityRipple]

I'll keep that in mind. What I'm mostly trying to clear up is meta-documentation and mozilla repository stuff. I'm skirting build environment details because some of it's mixed up with source code details. I'll try to go through the Thunderbird folder a little more strictly and only clear up stuff like "Deploying_Thunderbird_in_the_Enterprise" and "Automated_Testing".

Calendar's a bit of a dud since right now it's just a single file (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Calendar). The subfolders didn't exist at the time of my backup, and most of them are build instructions, testing, and release notes, which I want to get rid of anyway. I might be able to reconstitute the Extension and Localization sections using Archive.org, but I don't know that they'd have any useful data, as they're focused directly on Sunbird, not the more general features of XUL or Gecko. There are some other calendar-related pages scattered about the other docs, I think, but I don't plan to delete them just yet, as they have a higher chance of relating to Lightning or other projects, or the general documentation of Gecko / Goanna.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Well if Calendar doesn't have anything worth anything then yeah no point in keeping it. I was just hopeful it MIGHT have some tidbit.

[Bilbo47]

RealityRipple, I gotta say, thank you for this terrific effort!

[RealityRipple]

More items on the delete list, mostly multiprocess/webextensions junk:

• Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions
• Mozilla/Add-ons/AMO
• Mozilla/Add-ons/Contact_us
• Web/API/FileRequest
• Web/API/HTMLIFrameElement/setNFCFocus
• Archive/Add-ons/Working_with_multiprocess_Firefox
• Archive/Add-ons/Add-on_SDK/Guides/Multiprocess_Firefox_and_the_SDK
• Archive/Mozilla/XUL/Attribute/remote
• Archive/Mozilla/XUL/Property/messageManager
• Talos
• Mozmill
• Mochitest

[New Tobin Paradigm]

I am not sure you should remove:

• Web/API/FileRequest
• Web/API/HTMLIFrameElement/setNFCFocus
• Archive/Mozilla/XUL/Attribute/remote
• Archive/Mozilla/XUL/Property/messageManager

just yet.

[RealityRipple]

NFC is an android thing, FileRequest extends DOMRequest (which I'm pretty sure is B2G-specific), remote and messageManager are part of multiprocess Firefox. If they are still part of UXP though, let me know!