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diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md index 8a050769f..8f935fbf5 100644 --- a/HACKING.md +++ b/HACKING.md @@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ functions webkit_web_context_send_message_to_all_extensions(), webkit_web_view_send_message_to_page(), webkit_web_extension_send_message_to_context(), and webkit_web_page_send_message_to_view(). +If you are making changes to the web process extension, you'll need to enable +developer mode as described below so that Epiphany will look for the shared +library in your build directory, instead of using the one from the installed location, +which would correspond to your installed Epiphany's web process extension. So if +changes you make to the web process extension (or its javascript files) aren't +picked up, it means you didn't enable developer mode. + Epiphany uses script message handlers as an additional form of IPC. This allows the web extension to send a `WebKitJavascriptResult` to the UI process, which is received in `EphyEmbedShell`. |