MikeRatcliffe
Firebug 2.0
Would be great to see this add-on get updated to work with Firebug 2.0 !
Hi, unfortunately firebug 2.0 have different implementation of code highlighting in the console, replacing which requires more work, and likely doesn't add enough value to keep Acebug popular. So most likely Acebug won't be updated.
I'm really just interested in being able to write Coffeescript within the Firebug console. Would that be any easier to implement?
If not, maybe you can point me in the right direction to implement this myself.
Yes adding support for simply evaluating coffeescript would be easier, basically requires changing Firebug.CommandLine.enter https://github.com/MikeRatcliffe/Acebug/blob/master/chrome/content/aceEditor.js#L395 and adding a call to coffeescript compiler. https://github.com/MikeRatcliffe/Acebug/blob/master/chrome/content/aceEditor.js#L431-L442
Syntax highlighting for coffeescript, cells, error reporting require much more work, but if you are not interested in that, you can implement this easily.
Looking at the new code, it might be easier to wrap commandLine.evaluate instead of overriding enter. https://github.com/firebug/firebug/blob/master/extension/content/firebug/console/commandLine.js#L311.
Also have a look at https://github.com/firebug/extension-examples using restartless extension template like https://github.com/firebug/extension-examples/tree/master/HelloBootAMD might be easier than starting with old-style acebug.
For development instead of building you can create a text file named same as your addon id ([email protected]) with full path of your extension folder in it.