On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 04:29:43PM -0800, Myk Melez wrote:
> > Rodolpho Porto <mailto:rodolpho.po...@gmail.com>
> > 2017 February 20 at 02:38
> > Hello guys,
> > 
> > I do not know if this serious or the right group to do this ask, but I
> > will try here rss
> > 
> > Xulrunner no longer has updates, where do I find information or
> > documentation from a substitute for it?
> Hi Rodolpho,
> 
> There isn't currently an exact substitute for XULRunner. The closest
> alternative is to use a Firefox installation to run a XULRunner app by
> invoking the Firefox executable with the --app command-line flag and a path
> to the XULRunner app's application.ini file:
> 
> path/to/firefox --app path/to/application.ini
> 
> I've also been experimenting with alternative Gecko-based runtimes for
> desktop apps, including Positron <https://github.com/mozilla/positron>,
> which is designed to be Electron-compatible, and a more minimal runtime that
> provides existing Mozilla APIs along with tools for running/packaging apps.
> 
> However, both of those projects are still in an experimental phase of
> development, so they aren't necessarily suitable for general use.

`firefox --app application.ini` is not in an experimental phase of
development. It's exactly the same as what xulrunner used to be.

Mike
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