Articles by Eric Shepherd

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Note: This Wiki Wednesday is published way off-schedule, and a little short, due to a technical problem I ran into compiling it.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

Thanks to Berker Beksag for contributing!

• Float32Array
• Using js-ctypes
• Regular Expressions

SeaMonkey

• Debugger.Frame
• SpiderMonkey compartments
• JS_GetPropertyDefault

Developing Mozilla

• Building Firefox with Address Sanitizer
• Table of errors
• Creating custom Firefox extensions with the Mozilla build system

Extensions

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for his contributions since last time!

• UpdateListener
• Extension etiquette
• Components.utils.makeObjectPropsNormal

XUL

• Introduction to XUL
• tab
• XULBrowserWindow

XPCOM

Thanks again to Neil Rashbrook for his help!

• nsIPluginHost
• Components.utils.schedulePreciseGC
• nsIWorkerGlobalScope

Interfaces

Thanks (yet again!) to Neil Rashbrook for his contributions.

• nsISelection2
• IAccessibleRelation
• amIInstallTrigger

Plugins

• NPN_RequestRead
• Drawing and Event Handling
• Plug-in Basics

CSS

Thanks to brianloveswords!

• inherit
• background-clip
• clip-path

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

• SpiderMonkey Garbage Collection Tips
• Boolean
• Inheritance and the prototype chain

SpiderMonkey

• JSProperty
• JS_ExecuteRegExp
• JS_FlattenString

Developing Mozilla

• xpcshell
• Building XXX Standalone
• Using XPCOM in JavaScript without leaking

Extensions

• Extension etiquette
• Addon
• Full page zoom

XUL

• A XUL Bestiary
• The Joy of XUL
• Creating a Windows Inno Setup installer for XULRunner applications

XPCOM

• nsIWinAppHelper
• Setting up the Gecko SDK
• Components.utils.schedulePreciseGC

Interfaces

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for contributing!

• IAccessibleRelation
• nsIXULWindow
• mozIPersonalDictionary

Plugins

• Scripting plugins
• NPN_Status
• NPRegion

CSS

Thanks to leeli and Panagiotis Tsalaportas for their contributions!

• column-fill
• -moz-box-pack
• @page

SVG

• SVGRadialGradientElement
• feSpotLight
• feComposite

HTML

Thanks to Panagiotis Tsalaportas and Neil Rashbrook for their contributions since last time.

• HTMLElement
• CanvasRenderingContext2D
• link

DOM

Thanks to Matt N. for his contribution to the DOM documentation.

• About the Document Object Model
• Using the Page Visibility API
• Printing

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

• Details of the object model
• yield
• Inheritance and the prototype chain

SpiderMonkey

• JS_ExecuteRegExp
• JS_GetOwnPropertyDescriptor
• JS_FlattenString

Developing Mozilla

• Mozilla Development Strategies
• Layout debugger
• Profiling with Xperf

Extensions

• Working with windows in chrome code
• Bootstrapped extensions
• Adding the structure

XUL

• Writing efficient CSS for use in the Mozilla UI
• Creating a Windows Inno Setup installer for XULRunner applications
• Using the Editor from XUL

XPCOM

• xpcshell
• Using nsIDirectoryService
• Setting up the Gecko SDK

Interfaces

• nsIDOMFontFace
• nsIWebSocketListener
• nsIDragSession

Plugins

• Scripting plugins
• NPN_GetURL
• NPRegion

CSS

• transform
• box-orient
• word-spacing

SVG

• x2
• lighting-color
• SVGFontElement

HTML

• Drawing DOM objects into a canvas
• frameset
• Input.setSelectionRange

DOM

• Browser Detection and Cross Browser Support
• Using server-sent events
• HTMLCollection

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

Thanks to David Bruant, -TNO-, and xkizer for their contributions the last couple of weeks.

• Details of the object model
• JavaScript typed arrays
• Getting Started

SpiderMonkey

• JS_ExecuteRegExp
• JS_GetGCParameterForThread
• JS_CompileUCFunctionForPrincipalsVersion

Developing Mozilla

• Using preferences from application code
• Components.utils.makeObjectPropsNormal
• Mozilla DOM Hacking Guide

Extensions

• Windows
• Adding the structure
• Updating extensions for Firefox 7

XUL

• panel.type
• XUL Overlays
• Using the Editor from XUL

XPCOM

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for his contributions!

• nsICRLManager
• Using XPCOM in JavaScript without leaking
• nsIDocumentLoader

Interfaces

• IAccessibleRelation
• nsIMsgWindow
• nsIChromeRegistry

Plugins

• Out of process plugins
• NPAnyCallbackStruct
• NPN_ReloadPlugins

CSS

Thanks to McGurk and cgack for their contributions to CSS documentation!

• unicode-bidi
• background-repeat
• -moz-user-modify

SVG

• dur
• SVGPatternElement
• SVGPolylineElement

HTML

Thanks to Jens.B and tw2113 for their contributions since last time.

• Historical artifacts to avoid
• meter
• bdo

DOM

Thanks to cgack for contributing!

• document.mozFullScreenEnabled
• CustomEvent
• Selection

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

• Predefined Core Objects
• Inheritance and the prototype chain
• The DOM and JavaScript

SpiderMonkey

• JS_GetGCParameterForThread
• JS_ExecuteRegExpNoStatics
• Shell global objects

Developing Mozilla

• Mozilla release FAQ
• Debugging Mozilla with lldb
• Makefile – variables

Extensions

• Windows
• Creating a status bar extension
• Updating add-ons for Firefox 9

XUL

• XULBrowserWindow
• CommandLine
• pending

XPCOM

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for contributing!

• nsISelection2
• Components.utils.forceGC
• nsIDOMXULElement

Interfaces

• nsIJSID
• nsIXPCException
• nsIWebSocketChannel

Plugins

• Initialization and Destruction
• Plug-in Side Plug-in API
• Shipping a plugin as a Toolkit bundle

CSS

• :invalid
• max-width
• Detecting device orientation

SVG

• font-face-src
• repeatCount
• lighting-color

HTML

Thanks to myakura for contributing since last time!

• Historical artifacts to avoid
• link
• Browser Detection and Cross Browser Support

DOM

• PluginArray
• HTMLHRElement
• DeviceOrientationEvent

Note: I know it’s not Wednesday, but I was sick for a couple of days, so this is the soonest I was up to handling this. Sorry!

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

• ctypes
• Inheritance and the prototype chain
• Getting Started

SpiderMonkey

• JS_FlushCaches
• JS_FreezeObject
• SpiderMonkey Garbage Collection Tips

Developing Mozilla

• Syntax
• Mozilla Development Strategies
• Components.utils.createObjectIn

Extensions

• Shipping a plugin as a Toolkit bundle
• How to build an XPCOM component in Javascript
• Addon

XUL

• CommandLine
• XULBrowserWindow
• Creating a Windows Inno Setup installer for XULRunner applications

XPCOM

• nsIDOMUserDataHandler
• nsIDragService
• nsICommandController

Interfaces

• nsIMsgWindow
• nsIContentSecurityPolicy
• nsIMsgDBHdr

Plugins

• Browser Side Plug-in API
• Adobe Flash
• NPN_ReloadPlugins

CSS

Thanks to Jean-Yves Perrier for his work on these the last two weeks!

• clear
• column-width
• animation-timing-function

SVG

• SVGPolylineElement
• animateMotion
• SVGForeignObjectElement

HTML

Thanks to myakura for contributing!

• Drawing Graphics with Canvas
• Global attributes
• frame

DOM

Thanks again to myakura for contributing!

• ImageData
• CSSRule
• TouchList.identifiedTouch

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

Thanks to Marek Stępień for his contributions!

• RegExp
• Exception logging in JavaScript
• xpcshell

SpiderMonkey

• JS_EvaluateScriptForPrincipalsVersion
• JS_DoubleIsInt32
• Creating JavaScript tests

Developing Mozilla

• Gecko event reference
• Building Firefox with Address Sanitizer
• Creating a patch

Extensions

• Displaying Places information using views
• Using XPCOM in JavaScript without leaking
• Updating add-ons for Firefox 8

XUL

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for his contributions since last time.

• Writing efficient CSS for use in the Mozilla UI
• Examples
• Troubleshooting preference windows

XPCOM

• nsIDOMProgressEvent
• nsIDOMXULControlElement
• nsICommandController

Interfaces

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for contributing!

• nsIXPConnect
• nsIMsgFolder
• nsIGSettingsService

Plugins

• NPN_ReloadPlugins
• NPN_GetURL
• NPN_RequestRead

CSS

• -moz-stack-sizing
• content
• margin-bottom

SVG

• altGlyphDef
• SVGLineElement
• SVGGradientElement

HTML

Thanks to kathyw and Marek Stępień for their contributions!

• track
• CORS settings attributes
• DOMStringMap

DOM

Thanks to Marek Stępień for his contributions.

• document.implementation
• TouchEvent
• TouchList.length

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

• SpiderMonkey Garbage Collection Tips
• ctypes
• ArrayBuffer

SpiderMonkey

• Parser API
• JS_FlatStringEqualsAscii
• JS_EvaluateScriptForPrincipalsVersion

Developing Mozilla

Thanks to mcpherrinm for contributing!

• Profiling with Zoom
• Using the Gecko SDK
• Running automated tests

Extensions

Thanks to Jean-Yves Perrier for his contributions since last time.

• The message manager
• Extension Frequently Asked Questions
• UpdateListener

XUL

• Examples
• panel.type
• -moz-stack-sizing

XPCOM

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for his contributions over the past fortnight.

• Resources
• nsIAccelerometerUpdate
• Components.utils.forceGC

Interfaces

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for contributing to these docs.

• nsIDOMFontFace
• nsIErrorService
• nsIMsgDBHdr

Plugins

• Initialization and Destruction
• NPN_Write
• PluginArray

CSS

• white-space
• -moz-margin-end
• -moz-filter

SVG

• tref
• foreignObject
• height

HTML

Thanks to Panagiotis Tsalaportas for his contributions since last time.

• Migrate apps from Internet Explorer to Mozilla
• input
• CanvasRenderingContext2D

DOM

Thanks to David Bruant for contributing!

• HTMLObjectElement
• RotationRate.alpha
• window.outerHeight

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

Thanks to Panagiotis Tsalaportas and berkerpekasg for their contributions the last couple of weeks.

• UInt64
• Deprecated and obsolete features
• Using js-ctypes

SpiderMonkey

• JS_CompileFileHandleForPrincipals
• JS_DoubleIsInt32
• JS_GetGCParameterForThread

Developing Mozilla

• So you just built Firefox
• Table Of Errors
• Mozilla Release FAQ

Extensions

• Adding the structure
• How to Build an XPCOM Component in Javascript
• Building an Extension

XUL

• Troubleshooting preference windows
• Using the Editor from XUL
• Writing Efficient CSS for use in the Mozilla UI

XPCOM

• nsIXULWindow
• XPConnect wrappers
• nsILocalFileMac

Interfaces

• nsIXFormsNSModelElement
• nsISHEntry
• nsIStringBundleService

Plugins

• Streams
• Structures
• NPN_RequestRead

CSS

Thanks to berkerpeksag for contributing!

• :left
• :-moz-any
• CSSRule

SVG

• SVGAnimateElement
• SVGForeignObjectElement
• mask

HTML

• Global attributes
• bdo
• input

DOM

Thanks to BYK and berkerpeksag for contributing since last time!

• Event
• DeviceMotionEvent.acceleration
• window.open

Here are today’s Wiki Wednesday articles! If you know about these topics, please try to find a few minutes to look over these articles that are marked as needing technical intervention and see if you can fix them up. You can do so either by logging into the wiki and editing the articles directly, or by emailing your notes, sample code, or feedback to mdnwiki@mozilla.org.

Contributors to Wiki Wednesday will get recognition in the next Wiki Wednesday announcement. Thanks in advance for your help!

JavaScript

Thanks to BYK for contributing to these docs since last time!

• CType
• toISOString
• ctypes

SpiderMonkey

• JS_GetInternedStringChars
• JS_FlattenString
• JS_GetEmptyString

Developing Mozilla

• xpcshell
• Layout debugger
• Installing Callgraph

Extensions

• Extension etiquette
• Extension Frequently Asked Questions
• Using nsIDirectoryService

XUL

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for his contributions!

• A XUL Bestiary
• CommandLine
• XUL controls

XPCOM

Thanks to Neil Rashbrook for even more contributions!

• Resources
• Receiving startup notifications
• mozIJSSubScriptLoader

Interfaces

Thanks again to Neil Rashbrook for his continuing contributions!

• nsIAccessibleText
• nsIURLParser
• nsIXFormsNSModelElement

Plugins

• Gecko Plugin API Reference
• URLs
• Plug-in Development Overview

CSS

Thanks to BYK for contributing.

• border-top-left-radius
• ime-mode
• -webkit-mask-box-image

SVG

• feImage
• feDistantLight
• vkern

HTML

• HTMLElement
• textarea
• Element

DOM

• element.insertAdjacentHTML
• window.postMessage
• element.scrollIntoView