[webkit-help] Request for help to modify webkit

[ajai narayanan]

Hi,
  Thank you for your reply. I will try what you have suggested.

More on your reply, can you please help me in setting up the environment for
debugging? I am not able to debug the entire application but rather just
build it. If I am setting up break points inside the code, the step-in
action never reaches the destined break point. I get all weird walkthroughs.
Can you please suggest a way to debug the code so that I could get to know
the source more deeper?

Thanks,
A.Ajai

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Nilesh Patil <vniles at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> This reply is very specific to your query of disabling alert()
> functionality.
>
> If you have debug envirnment ready then you can try putting breakpoint in
> JSDomWindow.cpp. Here most of alert type functions are registered as
> prototypes.
> You can put breakpoint at *jsDOMWindowPrototypeFunctionAlert()* function.
> You can trace back or forward how alerts are displayed.
>
> But i dont know how you will be understanding this without having little
> understanding about how JS and DOM binding work.
>
> Good Luck !!! :)
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Nilesh
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:28 AM, ajai narayanan <ajainarayanan at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>   I am trying to learn webkit and have downloaded the nightlies and built
>> it and have so far looked through the code for a basic understanding.
>>
>> Now I would like to make modifications to webkit so that I understand it
>> completely (there by get my hands a little dirty).
>>
>> All I am trying to do is to do minor modifications to a single component
>> of webkit that I could see in evidence when executed.
>>
>> So as a start I tried blocking certain set of URLs/URL in webkit (added
>> functions as part of KURL class) but could not accomplish it without
>> breaking the application.
>>
>> I know this modification has very little meaning but all I am trying to do
>> is learn how things work inside (as it has got a lot to do with
>> Threads,pipes,Pointers,resource loads,platform API, etc., and individual
>> components that form the basis of webkit application).
>>
>> Can anybody provide me the direction as to where I need to concentrate to
>> make this modification?
>>
>> If its a bad idea to start with can somebody suggest me making "any"
>> modification to any module that would help me learn about that particular
>> component or webkit?
>>
>> Any small modifications, say ,disabling the "alert()" function call in JS
>> which would help me learn about JavascriptCore in detail would be a great
>> help.
>>
>> I'm sorry if this mailing list is not the right place to ask
>> such beginners question and I'm sorry for my naivety.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> A.Ajai
>>
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