Modifying Firefox extensions for SeaMonkey 2.0

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Prognathous
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Modifying Firefox extensions for SeaMonkey 2.0

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I modified IE-Tab according to the instructions in this page, and it works with the build I'm using (20090711/2.0b1pre). Feel free to try it, but I can't guarantee that it won't cause a mess:

http://prognathous.mail-central.com/moz ... sm-win.xpi

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P.S
I've done the same with two more extensions:

LinkVisitor - http://prognathous.mail-central.com/moz ... 3.3-sm.xpi
Tab Clicking Options - http://prognathous.mail-central.com/moz ... -0.6.9.xpi
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Re: IE tab for Seamonkey 2.0b?

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Prognathous wrote:I modified IE-Tab according to the instructions in this page, and it works with the build I'm using (20090711/2.0b1pre). Feel free to try it, but I can't guarantee that it won't cause a mess:

http://prognathous.mail-central.com/mozilla/ie_tab-1.5.20090525-sm-win.xpi

Hi!

Glad you found https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Extensions_support_in_SeaMonkey_2 useful. Is there anything we can add to this page that you think would be useful for other people modifying extensions for SeaMonkey?

Prognathous wrote:I've done the same with two more extensions:
LinkVisitor - http://prognathous.mail-central.com/mozilla/linkvisitor-3.3-sm.xpi
Tab Clicking Options - http://prognathous.mail-central.com/mozilla/tabclickingoptions-0.6.9.xpi

Easy wasn't it? How about contacting the authors of these extensions and pointing out how easy it was to get their extensions working in SeaMonkey?

Phil
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Re: IE tab for Seamonkey 2.0b?

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Thank you, yes. It's a really useful page. I enjoy SM 2.0 a lot more now that I have all my favorite extensions working :)

Is there anything we can add to this page that you think would be useful for other people modifying extensions for SeaMonkey?


The only thing I wasted a lot of time on was getting the working folder to package into a correct zip file. My mistake was to zip the actual folder, rather than browse into it, select its entire content and then zip that instead. I'm using tugzip via the shell integration (context menu actions).

The other thing I did that is a bit, well, questionable, is replace the target with SeaMonkey only, rather than add support for SeaMonkey in addition to the targets already supported by the extension. It was a quick way to cut corners in order to get the extension to work. I don't really know how what is required to add support for another target. It would be good it the page explained that part too, preferably with a code snippet that demonstrates the correct XML for multiple targets. I'd be happy for some pointers here, because I really prefer to do this right.

Prognathous wrote:Easy wasn't it? How about contacting the authors of these extensions and pointing out how easy it was to get their extensions working in SeaMonkey?


Good idea, but I prefer to know a bit more about what I'm doing before I tell "real" extension writers what's required to get things to work. Maybe if I do it right (by adding support, rather than replacing it), I'll feel more at ease giving them advise.

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Re: IE tab for Seamonkey 2.0b?

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Just insert another em:targetApplication node. Like this:

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<em:targetApplication> <!-- SeaMonkey -->
  <Description>
    <em:id>{92650c4d-4b8e-4d2a-b7eb-24ecf4f6b63a}</em:id>
    <em:minVersion>1.0</em:minVersion>
    <em:maxVersion>2.0.*</em:maxVersion>
  </Description>
</em:targetApplication>
<em:targetApplication> <!-- Firefox -->
  <Description>
    <em:id>{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}</em:id>
    <em:minVersion>1.0</em:minVersion>
    <em:maxVersion>3.0.*</em:maxVersion>
  </Description>
</em:targetApplication>
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Re: IE tab for Seamonkey 2.0b?

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Thanks, but what about the rest of the implementation? The changes I made to support SeaMonkey mean that even if the extension gets installed on Firefox, it won't work correctly.

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It's the same approach with the rest. Add entries instead of changing them.
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Re: IE tab for Seamonkey 2.0b?

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Is there a simple extension I could go over to see how this should be implemented?

Thanks,
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Re: IE tab for Seamonkey 2.0b?

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Prognathous wrote:Is there a simple extension I could go over to see how this should be implemented?

Well I've kept some notes on all the extensions I've modified.
Overview:
http://downloads.mozdev.org/xsidebar/mods/mod-notes
Detailed changes in diff -U format:
http://downloads.mozdev.org/xsidebar/mods/diffs.zip
Note: install.js and the various contents.rdf files are only needed for SeaMonkey 1.x.

Final results: http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmisc.html

p.s. I am going to ask a moderator to split this part of the thread and move it to Extension Development.

Phil
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Split & moved as requested.
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