Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of HackingWebInspector


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Timestamp:
Feb 10, 2014 11:27:11 AM (10 years ago)
Author:
BJ Burg
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Update to use new paths, webkit-patch, etc

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  • HackingWebInspector

    v7 v8  
    1 = Web Inspector Developer Survival Guide =
     1= Contributing to Web Inspector =
    22
    33[[Image(inspector.png)]]
    … …  
    77== Inspect The Inspector ==
    88
     9On Mac, set the following defaults to allow inspecting the inspector, and logging console messages to stdout. (To increase the level of possible inception, add more defaults for higher page group levels.)
     10
     11{{{
     12defaults write com.apple.Safari __WebInspectorPageGroupLevel1__.WebKit2ApplicationChromeModeEnabled -bool YES
     13defaults write com.apple.Safari __WebInspectorPageGroupLevel1__.WebKit2DeveloperExtrasEnabled -bool YES
     14defaults write com.apple.Safari __WebInspectorPageGroupLevel1__.WebKit2LogsPageMessagesToSystemConsoleEnabled -bool YES
     15}}}
     16
     17
    918Run Safari or [http://nightly.webkit.org/ WebKit Nightly build]. Open Web Inspector.
    1019
    11 [[Image(inspect.png)]] [[Image(tooltip.png)]]
    12 
    13 We can edit inspectorSyntaxHightlinght.css in our favorite code editor, but we cannot make a patch from it. After next update inspectorSyntaxHighlight.css will be overwritten and our changes disappeared.
     20We can edit `SyntaxHighlightingDefaultTheme.css` in our favorite code editor, but we cannot make a patch from it. After next update `SyntaxHighlightingDefaultTheme.css` will be overwritten and our changes disappeared.
    1421
    1522== Create / Update a Bug Report ==
    … …  
    2835git clone git://git.webkit.org/WebKit.git
    2936cd WebKit
    30 git branch purple_css_values
    31 git checkout purple_css_values
     37git checkout -b purple_css_values
    3238}}}
    3339
    … …  
    3541 2. [http://webkit.org/building/build.html Build WebKit]
    3642{{{
    37 Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --debug
     43Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --release
    3844}}}
    39  [Do we really need --debug flag here?]
    40 
    41  First build takes ≈40 minutes.
     45 A clean build takes 20-80 minutes depending on the vintage of your machine.
    4246
    4347 3. [http://webkit.org/building/run.html Run it]
    4448{{{
    45 Tools/Scripts/run-safari --debug
     49Tools/Scripts/run-safari --release
    4650}}}
    4751
    48  4. Edit `WebCore/inspector/front-end/inspectorSyntaxHighlight.css` within a git repository.
     52 4. Edit `Source/WebInspectorUI/UserInterface/SyntaxHighlightingDefaultTheme.css` within a git repository.
    4953
    50  5. There are two options:
    51    1. Copy files from `WebCore/inspector/front-end/` to the build by running `Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --debug --inspector-frontend`. Do it after every time you modify Inspector's files.
    52    2. Make a symlink
    53    {{{
    54 rm -rf WebKitBuild/Debug/WebCore.framework/Resources/inspector
    55 ln -s WebCore/inspector/front-end/ WebKitBuild/Debug/WebCore.framework/Resources/inspector
    56 }}}
     54 5. Copy files from `Source/WebInspectorUI/UserInterface` to the build by running `make -C Source/WebInspectorUI release`. Do it after every time you modify Inspector's files.
     55 
     56 A tip: You can reload Web Inspector just like regular web page (Cmd+R on Mac,  Ctrl+R on Windows and Linux).
    5757
    58  6. Edit inspectorSyntaxHighlight.css.
    59 
    60  A tip: You can reload Web Inspector just like regular web page (Cmd+R on Mac,  Ctrl+R on Windows and Linux). [[BR]][[Image(reload.png)]]
    61 
    62  7. Commit
     58 7. Look at your changes
    6359 {{{
    64 git status WebCore/inspector/front-end/
    65 git diff WebCore/inspector/front-end/
    66 git commit WebCore/inspector/front-end/
     60git status
     61git diff Source/WebInspectorUI/
    6762 }}}
    6863
    6964 8.  [http://webkit.org/coding/contributing.html#changelogs ChangeLogs]
    7065 {{{
    71 Tools/Scripts/prepare-ChangeLog --help
    72 Tools/Scripts/prepare-ChangeLog --bug xxxxx --git-commit HEAD -o
     66Tools/Scripts/check-webkit-style
     67Tools/Scripts/prepare-ChangeLog --bug xxxxx
    7368# edit WebCore/ChangeLog
    74 git commit WebCore/ChangeLog
    7569 }}}
    7670
    7771 Instead of xxxxx you should put bug number, like [https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32926 32926].
    7872
    79  9. Make a patch
     73 9. [http://webkit.org/coding/contributing.html#submit Upload a patch] and wait for a review!
    8074 {{{
    81 git diff master..HEAD > purple_css_values.patch
     75Tools/Scripts/webkit-patch upload xxxxx -m "patch"
    8276 }}}
    8377
    84  10. [http://webkit.org/coding/contributing.html#submit Submit a patch] and wait for a review!
    8578
    86 
    87 If you have any questions there are always people willing to help. Just jump onto IRC and visit #webkit or #webkit-inspector.
     79If you have any questions there are always people willing to help. Just jump onto [http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml Freenode IRC] and visit #webkit or #webkit-inspector.
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