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Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question

From Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question
Date 2012-08-06 21:03 +0200
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Am 2012-08-06 20:01, Robert Baer meinte:
> Gregor Kofler wrote:
>> Am 2012-08-06 10:44, Robert Baer meinte:
>>> Gregor Kofler wrote:
>>>> Am 2012-08-06 06:56, Robert Baer meinte:
>>>>> Robert Baer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> So, if i interpret your answer correctly, those IF..ENDIF statements
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> NOT javascript.
>>>>>> May i then correctly assume that they are HTML?
>>>>
>>>> Neither (well, sort of the latter). They are "conditional comments"[1].
>>>>
>>>>> Could not find any active NG covering HTML..suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Did (or how did) you search?
>>>>
>>>> How about
>>>>
>>>> comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
>>> * Here we go again; nomenclature. Would never have thought about
>>> "authoring".
>>
>> "html" should suffice. I use Thunderbird as newsreader and when
>> subscribing to newsgroups I can just search for "html" or "javascript" -
>> no need to know the precise name of a newsgroup.
>>
>>> However,using the baby bird (goo-gull) i found Firebug which LOOKS
>>> like it would do what i want.
>>> BUT.
>>> Cannot follow the damn directions as there is NO grey firebug to
>>> click on.
>>> Have no clue as to if it actually installed, etc.
>>> So, at this point it is totally useless.
>>> Useful comments?
>>
>> Dunno. Is Firebug listet under your installed extensions? Have you
>> restarted FF? Firebug has been working here for years without any
>> problems. Hit F12 this should also trigger Firebug. Or use
>> Chrome/Chromium and use the developer tools there - they do a similar
>> (and in rare occassions better) job as Firebug.
>>
>> Gregor
>    OK; the "tricks" of restart and F12 worked.
>    BUT.
>    Absolutely zero instructions or help.
>    I would like to step thru the code and then see what the result is.
>    I noticed that one can have two windows: the site being debugged, and
> the control window; making it handy to do exactly what i would like to do.
>    Firebug site is not exactly helpful to say the least; but for free,
> what can i expect?

I've used Firebug for years now, I can't remember finding it 
particularly difficult to get grips with it.

Browsing through
https://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

should give you more than sufficient help.

For a start

- activate the script tab
- reload page
- locate the script in question from the dropdown
- find code you want to debug
- set breakpoint by clicking on left margin (green line numbers)
- trigger events to reach break point or - in case of some load listener 
code - reload page


The debugger in WebKit flavored browsers works quite similar, as does 
Opera's DragonFly (invoked with Ctrl-Alt-I).

Gregor



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  off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-08-05 06:33 +0000
    Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2012-08-05 21:31 -0700
      Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2012-08-05 21:56 -0700
        Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-08-06 09:21 +0200
          Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2012-08-06 01:44 -0700
            Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-08-06 13:29 +0200
              Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2012-08-06 11:01 -0700
                Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-08-06 21:03 +0200
                Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-08-06 20:12 +0100
                Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-08-06 21:18 +0200
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                Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-08-07 09:28 +0100
                Re: off topic, was: Re: Stupid Question Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2012-08-07 15:17 -0700
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