Thunderbird/Students/StatusUpdates/2010-02-12

Status Updates

Zach Church

I got some comments on my first patch: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504122

Blake posted a few coding convention changes I need to take care of, and Andrew Sutherland said I should use the built-in tab persistence to reopen a tab. I've done what Blake suggested, and I'm now working on contacting Andrew to get some clarifications.

Lindauson Hazell

This week I've been experimenting with different build commands, and modifying different ui elements in the default controller. So far, I've used "make -s libs tier_app", "make -s libs_tier_app", and just "make". They don't seem to be causing any effect on the menu items in Shredder, except now the Shredder app is failing to launch (I'm not making this up). I'm sure it's something simple though. However, I'm thinking I should just download the latest build and start over.

My impression is that I am editing the wrong file. I am resolving undefined ui elements (i.e. menu buttons) that do not appear to be passed through the default controller. I am editing the mailWindowOverlay.xul. If anyone knows of a different file I should be editing, please let me know.

p.s. This week and the next are my last to complete my remanding courses at UVI, as such, I'm probably going to be a M.I.A. I'll be back in full swing, in about a week or so...

Who’s writing the blog post this week?

Kefu Zhao