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1 This extension was generated by the Extension Wizard at
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2 http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/extensionwiz/ .
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3 This extension is compatible only with Firefox 1.5 and
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4 above. Most of the files in this package are based on
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5 the 'helloworld' extension from the Mozillazine Knowledge Base.
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7 You can build an XPI for installation by running the
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8 build.sh script located in this folder. For development
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9 you should do the following:
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10 1. Unzip the entire contents of this package to somewhere,
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11 e.g, c:\dev or /home/user/dev
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12 2. Put the full path to the folder (e.g. c:\dev\helloworld on
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13 Windows, /home/user/dev/helloworld on Linux) in a file named
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14 helloworld@jeff.hammel and copy that file to
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15 [your profile folder]\extensions\
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16 3. Restart Firefox.
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18 For more information, see the Mozillazine Knowledge Base:
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19 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Getting_started_with_extension_development
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21 -Ted Mielczarek <ted.mielczarek@gmail.com>