SOURCE CODE
The source code resides in Gitlab : https://gitlab.com/mgueury/html_validator/It is a webextension. The current branch is 0.9.8.0.
You can clone the Gitlab repository or download it.
When done, you will have a <html_validator> directory.
Firefox
To install the extension on Firefox:- in the URL: type about:debugging
- then "Load Temporary Add-on"
- choose any file in the <html_validator> directory. Ex: <html_validator>/manifest.json
- the extension should be loaded.
For more info, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions
Chrome
To install the extension on Chrome- in the URL: type chrome:extensions
- enable "the developer mode"
- then "Load Unpacked Extension..."
- choose any file in the <html_validator> directory. Ex: <html_validator>/manifest.json
- the extension should be loaded.
For more info, see https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted
OLD INSTRUCTIONS
Firefox 4
The HTML extension uses some C / C++ code. that need to be recompiled on each platform.The extension is available on Windows and Linux.
There is a forum discussing the compilation issues : here.
For Firefox 4.0 instructions, see here : http://www.htmlpedia.org/wiki/FirefoxCompilation
Download the source code.
Firefox 1
For other platforms, the solution is to compile the extension.
Step 1 - Download Firefox or Mozilla source code
To compile the extension, we need to compile Firefox or Mozilla.To do this, we have to download the source of Firefox or Mozilla and follow the build instruction of Firefox or Mozilla
Here is the start point.
When you have downloaded all, and setup all to allow to compile the source. First and before to begin, please compile Firefox completely and check that is works.
After this you will have a "mozilla" directory with the source of Firefox or mozilla.
Step 2 - Include the source of the HTML Validator
Download the source
code. The source of the extension is divided in 2 directories:
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Description |
Directory |
|---|---|
| C part of the extension |
mozilla/extensions/tidy |
| Javascript/XUL part of the extension |
tidy_extension |
The goal is to have this hierarchy of directories:
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+ build directory + firefox + mozilla (this contains the source of Firefox) + ... + extensions + tidy (this contains the C part of the extension) + tidy_extension (this contains the javascript part of the extension ) |
To do this:
0. place the Firefox source code in <build directory>/firefox.
1. copy the C part of the extension (mozilla/extensions/tidy) in <build directory>/firefox/mozilla/extensions/tidy
2. copy the Javascript part of the extension (tidy_extension) in <build directory>/tidy_extension
3. if you are running on Unix, set the chmod properties correctly
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chmod +x tidy_extension/build_xpi.sh chmod +x firefox/mozilla/extensions/tidy/build_all.sh |
4. edit the file allmakefiles.sh in the root of mozilla and add the list of the Html Validator makefiles.
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allmakefiles.sh |
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[...] sql ) MAKEFILES_extensions="$MAKEFILES_extensions $MAKEFILES_sql" ;; tidy ) MAKEFILES_extensions="$MAKEFILES_extensions extensions/tidy/Makefile extensions/tidy/src/Makefile extensions/tidy/test/Makefile " ;; [...] |
5. Edit the files configure and configure.in and add mozilla in the list of extensions. Look for MOZ_EXTENSIONS_DEFAULT. Take care that this line is present several times in the 2 files in newer firefox version
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configure and configure.in |
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Old:
MOZ_EXTENSIONS_DEFAULT=" cookie ... negotiateauth" New: MOZ_EXTENSIONS_DEFAULT=" tidy cookie ... negotiateauth" |
In Firefox 2, you will need to replace this line several times in the both files, this command can help to find all lines
> grep MOZ_EXTENSIONS_DEFAULT config*
6. If the file browser/config/mozconfig exists, add tidy to extensions list
| browser/config/mozconfig |
|
Old: ac_add_options --enable-extensions=cookie,xml-rpc,xmlextras,pref,... New: ac_add_options --enable-extensions=tidy,cookie,xml-rpc,xmlextras,pref,... |
Step 3 - Build mozilla
Go in the root mozilla directory and run configure.> ./configure
First go to extension/tidy
and run :
> ./build_all.sh
or > build_all.bat
The build first will build the opensp library then will fails. But it will create the opensp library that Firefox build will need.
Rebuild Firefox:
> make -f client.mk build
and check the you can start it.
Step 4 - Make the XPI - tidy_firefox.xpi
Go in tidy_extension and depending of the platform run :> ./build_xpi.sh or build_xpi.bat
The result will be a tidy_mozilla.xpi and a tidy_firefox.xpi
Step 5 - Install in your browser
Start Firefox or Mozilla and- Open file, choose the XPI file
- Install the extension
- Restart the browser.
- Open a page
- Press CTRL+U (View Page Source)