FireRainbow

Features

• Mixed syntax highlighting powered by [CodeMirror][codemirror]
  • Javascript
  • HTML
  • CSS
• Advanced features:
  • Color theme can be modified using Firebug’s CSS panel
  • Highlighting is applied incrementally (good performance)
  • Color themes available on GitHub
  • Uses WebWorkers to perform parsing in a non-blocking fashion

Compatibility

Both Firefox and Firebug are moving targets. Please make sure you use compatible versions. I’m unable to test all possible combinations.

• Version 1.5 is tested to work with official Firebug 1.5 - 1.9 (Firefox 3.5 - 11.0) </ul> show compatibility of older versions ↓
  • Version 1.4 is tested to work with official Firebug 1.5, Firebug 1.6 and Firebug 1.7, also should be compatible with beta Firebug 1.8 (Firefox 3.5 - 5.0)
  • Version 1.3 is tested to work with official Firebug 1.5, Firebug 1.6 and Firebug 1.7 (Firefox 3.5 - 4.0)
  • Version 1.2 is tested to work with official Firebug 1.5 and Firebug 1.6 (Firefox 3.5 - 4.0)
  • Version 1.1 is tested to work with official Firebug 1.5 (Firefox 3.5 and 3.6) <- it is not compatible with Firebug 1.4 anymore!
  • Version 1.0 is tested to work with official Firebug 1.4 (Firefox 3.0 and 3.5)
  • Version 0.9 is tested to work with official Firebug 1.3
  • Version 0.8 is tested to work with alpha Firebug 1.3
  • Version 0.7 is tested to work with official Firebug 1.2
  ## Installation ### **[Install this Firefox extension][rainbow]** via addons.mozilla.com. You need [Firebug 1.5][firebug]+ for the latest version to work. ### Troubles? If you are still stuck with Firebug 1.4, install [version 1.0][v10]. If you are still stuck with Firebug 1.2, install [version 0.7][v07]. Note: Some people have reported they are unable to download and install the extension via addons.mozilla.com. In this case you may [try this workaround][workaround]. ### Install bleeding edge version from sources git clone https://github.com/binaryage/firerainbow.git cd firerainbow rake If everything went ok, you should be able to find your fresh XPI under `build/firerainbow-X.Y.xpi`. You can install XPI file in Firefox by opening it via File -> Open File ... ## Themes Themes are available at **[http://github.com/binaryage/firerainbow/tree/master/themes](http://github.com/binaryage/firerainbow/tree/master/themes)**
  Feel free to fork the project and contribute your very own theme. ## Changelog ### Contributors * **Marijn Haverbeke** - this extension uses his great [CodeMirror][codemirror] for javascript/html/css parsing. ### History * **v1.5** (07.01.2012) * fixed compatibility with Firebug 1.9 * by default do not override font settings from Firebug * **v1.4** (26.06.2011) * marked as compatible with Firefox 5.* * fixed compatibility with Firebug 1.8 * **v1.3** (30.04.2011) * marked as compatible with Firefox 4.0 * updated CodeMirror to v1.0 * **v1.2** (02.11.2010) * compatibility with Firebug 1.6 and early Firebug 1.7 alpha * updated CodeMirror to v0.9 * CodeMirror wrapped into its own namespace (should resolve conflicts with other extensions) * using WebWorkers to compute highlighting (better performance) * fixed bug when coloring was not triggered for file when scrolled to the top * **v1.1** (20.01.2010) * fixed Firebug 1.5 compatibility and dropped Firebug 1.4 compatibility * marked as compatible with Firebug 1.6 * **v1.0** (24.05.2009) * robust colorization of compressed scripts with long lines (previously parser halted) * updated parser to CodeMirror 0.61 * new home for themes in github project * compatibility with Firebug 1.4 * **v0.9** (29.01.2009) * updated parser to CodeMirror 0.60 * fixed glitch when script didn't get colorized on first display in Firebug 1.4 * tested to work with official Firebug 1.3 and Firefox 3.0.5 (worked also with alpha Firebug 1.4 and nightly Firefox 3.1) * **v0.8** (15.11.2008) * reimplemented for changes in Firebug 1.3 (not compatible with Firebug 1.2 anymore) * added "Reset to default Color Preset" feature * changed extension guid, to distinguish from 0.7 * **v0.7** (27.08.2008) * added mixed HTML/CSS/JS coloring * added "Randomize Color Preset" feature * when installed with old firebug, error message is written into Firefox's error console * fixed bug preventing proper coloring in some rare cases * **v0.6** (14.06.2008) * public beta release * hacked first version for Firebug 1.2 [firebug]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843 [rainbow]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9603 [codemirror]: http://marijn.haverbeke.nl/codemirror/ [homepage]: http://xrefresh.com/rainbow [contact]: mailto:antonin@hildebrand.cz [workaround]: http://getsatisfaction.com/xrefresh/topics/unable_to_download_rainbow_for_firebug [satisfaction]: http://getsatisfaction.com [v07]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/details/7575 [v10]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/9603#version-1.0 [darwin]: http://github.com/darwin