I'm just starting to use the JavaScript debugger in Firebug v1.7 with Firefox 4.0 under Windows XP. I have a few questions about behavior that I don't understand.
First, running the debugger seems to slow down Firefox drastically, even for pages where debugging is disabled. Is this normal? Is it avoidable? It interferes with using the Web while debugging, and the only solution I can think of (starting a second debugger) is awkward. Second, I have a lot of scripts that reload themselves with a "pass" parameter that make them do different things on each pass. I can load one of these scripts, set breakpoints, and reload it. So far, so good. But when the script reloads itself for the second pass, the breakpoints disappear! Why is that happening, and how can I prevent it? Third, the whole business of loading a script, setting breakpoints, and reloading the script seems chancy to me. I haven't had to deal with this problem yet, but a script can have persistent effects when loaded, e.g., modifying a database. The conditions you need to test with are present before the first load; by the time you can set breakpoints, they've been changed. Is there a way to avoid this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
