It's a common understanding for development and debugging of new TB:NG components to first go with an addon. For that a fantastic tool is the remote debugger and I have used it much. Unfortunately my installation was based on old TB/FX versions and I thought to update (Ignoring the 'never touch a running system' :'(). Now I noticed the newer versions have changed the remote debugging and I'm not sure if it's only supports restartless addons. Can someone give an advise what's currently the best setup for dev/debug new TB:NG components? Guenter

I did a test just yesterday of testing a concept with an addon in comm-central trunk with a XUL overlay addon, and did not have any issues with the remote debugger. Why do you say it is not working? :rkent On 7/19/2017 10:01 AM, neandr via Maildev wrote: > It's a common understanding for development and debugging of new TB:NG > components to first go with an addon. > > For that a fantastic tool is the remote debugger and I have used it > much. Unfortunately my installation was based on old TB/FX versions > and I thought to update (Ignoring the 'never touch a running system' > :'(). > > Now I noticed the newer versions have changed the remote debugging and > I'm not sure if it's only supports restartless addons. > > Can someone give an advise what's currently the best setup for > dev/debug new TB:NG components? > > Guenter > > > _______________________________________________ > Maildev mailing list > Maildev@lists.thunderbird.net > http://lists.thunderbird.net/mailman/listinfo/maildev_lists.thunderbird.net >

Not saying it's not working, but I learned TB and FX should have the same/similar version number. Also I saw TB now has Tools --> Dev Tools --> Addon Debugger. Going for that there is: Enable add-on debugging (more info) and the 'more' says only restartless addons are supported. The other point: Tools --> Dev Tools --> Developer Toolbox Is that the same feature set as the FX --> Developer --> Connect ... ? Currently I have running Thunderbird/52.2.1 FX nightly 51.0a1 On 19.07.2017 19:07, R Kent James via Maildev wrote: > I did a test just yesterday of testing a concept with an addon in > comm-central trunk with a XUL overlay addon, and did not have any > issues with the remote debugger. Why do you say it is not working? > > :rkent > > > On 7/19/2017 10:01 AM, neandr via Maildev wrote: >> It's a common understanding for development and debugging of new >> TB:NG components to first go with an addon. >> >> For that a fantastic tool is the remote debugger and I have used it >> much. Unfortunately my installation was based on old TB/FX versions >> and I thought to update (Ignoring the 'never touch a running system' >> :'(). >> >> Now I noticed the newer versions have changed the remote debugging >> and I'm not sure if it's only supports restartless addons. >> >> Can someone give an advise what's currently the best setup for >> dev/debug new TB:NG components? >> >> Guenter >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Maildev mailing list >> Maildev@lists.thunderbird.net >> http://lists.thunderbird.net/mailman/listinfo/maildev_lists.thunderbird.net >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Maildev mailing list > Maildev@lists.thunderbird.net > http://lists.thunderbird.net/mailman/listinfo/maildev_lists.thunderbird.net >

For XUL overlay addons, I just typically use (in Thunderbird) Tools/Developer Tools/Developer Toolbox/Debugger. I don't believe that involves Firefox at all. I've used this in TB 52 and TB 56. I've never used "Addon Debugger" or "Content Frame Debugger" at all. For React in Firefox, there is that nice "React Developer Tools" addon. I suspect that does not work at all in Thunderbird, but I have never tried it. :rkent On 7/19/2017 10:29 AM, neandr wrote: > > Not saying it's not working, but I learned TB and FX should have the > same/similar version number. > > Also I saw TB now has Tools --> Dev Tools --> Addon Debugger. > Going for that there is: Enable add-on debugging (more info) and the > 'more' says only restartless addons are supported. > > The other point: Tools --> Dev Tools --> Developer Toolbox > Is that the same feature set as the FX --> Developer --> Connect ... ? > > Currently I have running > Thunderbird/52.2.1 > FX nightly 51.0a1 > > > On 19.07.2017 19:07, R Kent James via Maildev wrote: >> I did a test just yesterday of testing a concept with an addon in >> comm-central trunk with a XUL overlay addon, and did not have any >> issues with the remote debugger. Why do you say it is not working? >> >> :rkent >> >> >> On 7/19/2017 10:01 AM, neandr via Maildev wrote: >>> It's a common understanding for development and debugging of new >>> TB:NG components to first go with an addon. >>> >>> For that a fantastic tool is the remote debugger and I have used it >>> much. Unfortunately my installation was based on old TB/FX versions >>> and I thought to update (Ignoring the 'never touch a running system' >>> :'(). >>> >>> Now I noticed the newer versions have changed the remote debugging >>> and I'm not sure if it's only supports restartless addons. >>> >>> Can someone give an advise what's currently the best setup for >>> dev/debug new TB:NG components? >>> >>> Guenter >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Maildev mailing list >>> Maildev@lists.thunderbird.net >>> http://lists.thunderbird.net/mailman/listinfo/maildev_lists.thunderbird.net >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Maildev mailing list >> Maildev@lists.thunderbird.net >> http://lists.thunderbird.net/mailman/listinfo/maildev_lists.thunderbird.net >> >

OK, Thunderbird/52.2.1 with Tools --> Dev Tools --> Developer Toolbox (or Cntrl Shift I) does the same as with connecting to FX/devtools. GREAT! On 19.07.2017 19:29, neandr wrote: > > Not saying it's not working, but I learned TB and FX should have the > same/similar version number. > > Also I saw TB now has Tools --> Dev Tools --> Addon Debugger. > Going for that there is: Enable add-on debugging (more info) and the > 'more' says only restartless addons are supported. > > The other point: Tools --> Dev Tools --> Developer Toolbox > Is that the same feature set as the FX --> Developer --> Connect ... ? > > Currently I have running > Thunderbird/52.2.1 > FX nightly 51.0a1 > > > On 19.07.2017 19:07, R Kent James via Maildev wrote: >> I did a test just yesterday of testing a concept with an addon in >> comm-central trunk with a XUL overlay addon, and did not have any >> issues with the remote debugger. Why do you say it is not working? >> >> :rkent >> >> >> On 7/19/2017 10:01 AM, neandr via Maildev wrote: >>> It's a common understanding for development and debugging of new >>> TB:NG components to first go with an addon. >>> >>> For that a fantastic tool is the remote debugger and I have used it >>> much. Unfortunately my installation was based on old TB/FX versions >>> and I thought to update (Ignoring the 'never touch a running system' >>> :'(). >>> >>> Now I noticed the newer versions have changed the remote debugging >>> and I'm not sure if it's only supports restartless addons. >>> >>> Can someone give an advise what's currently the best setup for >>> dev/debug new TB:NG components? >>> >>> Guenter >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Maildev mailing list >>> Maildev@lists.thunderbird.net >>> http://lists.thunderbird.net/mailman/listinfo/maildev_lists.thunderbird.net >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Maildev mailing list >> Maildev@lists.thunderbird.net >> http://lists.thunderbird.net/mailman/listinfo/maildev_lists.thunderbird.net >> >