559748 - Create an API for injecting commands and code libraries into the Console input and JS Workspaces

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(DevTools :: General, defect)

Description

[David Dahl :ddahl]

A simple API to inject user and fx-team devised commands and code libraries into the Console's input box and JS Workspaces.

The API will allow for persistence of these libs and commands much like the way ubiquity works.

Comment 1

[David Dahl :ddahl]

I imagine the first command would be "load" like:

> load jquery

the result would be jquery.latest being added as a script node in the current contentDocument

other commands would be:

> dir Object

which would print to the console all of the properties and values in an object.

"grep like" commands would be cool as well.

Comment 2

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

that's certainly one way to do it and meshes well with a js "term". Other useful term-functions might be "print", "printf", "log", "save" or "export" for dumping the contents of a term...

Some of these things might be better implemented through UI though.

Comment 3

[David Dahl :ddahl]

I'm thinking about this from a low-level "Firefox SDK" angle - but, a UI for the front-end will be super cool.

Comment 4

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

clearing priority on this as I don't believe this is in line for firefox4.

Comment 5

[Wesley W. Garland]

How about a way to load CommonJS modules, say, via JetPack's loader?

Comment 6

[David Dahl :ddahl]

(In reply to comment #5)
> How about a way to load CommonJS modules, say, via JetPack's loader?

I'll have to play with that concept via my devtools sdk code: https://github.com/daviddahl/devtools

Comment 7

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

covered by GCLI.