Re: trying to use dump() with Firefox on OS X

Replying to my own question:

In order to enable dump() you need to add the following lines to your 
prefs.js file in your profile directory:

user_pref("browser.dom.window.dump.enabled", true);
user_pref("javascript.options.showInConsole", true);


On 2004-02-20 01:05:19 -0700, josh <[email protected]> said:

> I'm trying to use the javascript dump() command with Firefox under OS 
> X, but for the life of me I can't figure out where it's going.
> 
> I've tried variations of running 
> '/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox[-bin]' with 
> redirecting stderr but no luck. I've checked all of the common system 
> and console logs--no luck.
> 
> I've tried googling my heart out, but no luck. The best I've found is this:
> http://tinyurl.com/2wnkf [groups.google.com]
> 
> Here is the important part from the above link:
> "Dump() commands are written to the console.  To bring it up on windows
> you run mozilla.exe -console but on the Mac I'm not sure how they do it,
> although I heard they came up with some way (Probably through drag &
> drop or something)."
> 
> I've also tried playing around with './firefox -console' but I still 
> can not get anything.
> Is 'dump()' supported on OS X? Can someone help?
> 
> thanks,
> josh.