[OpenLayers-Trac] [OpenLayers] #507: debug mode

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#507: debug mode
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  Reporter:  tschaub  |       Owner:  tschaub    
      Type:  feature  |      Status:  new        
  Priority:  minor    |   Milestone:  2.5 Release
 Component:  tests    |     Version:             
Resolution:           |    Keywords:             
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Comment (by tschaub):

 Ok, ignore most of the above.  I'm attaching a new patch that I consider a
 very unobtrusive debugging option.  It works like this:

 1) developers put calls to OpenLayers.console.warn(),
 OpenLayers.console.error(), or any number of other console methods in the
 code where appropriate

 2) users who are having trouble with their applications add the following
 tag after the OpenLayers.js tag
 {{{
 <script src="../lib/Firebug/DebugOpenLayers.js"></script>
 }}}

 3) with the debugging script included, hitting F12, Ctrl+Shift+L (or
 ?+Shift+L on a Mac) opens a debugging console - Firebug on browsers with
 the Firebug extension and Firebug Lite on all other browsers

 4) that's it - without the debugging script tag, the OpenLayers.console.*
 calls are harmless

 This adds nothing (significant) to the OpenLayers build.  Also, if there
 is a reason not to distribute Firebug Lite with the library, the debugging
 script tag can point to a script hosted anywhere (on OpenLayers.org for
 example).

 Example:
 [http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/debug/examples/debug.html
 examples/debug.html]

 Tests in
 [http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/debug/tests/BaseTypes/test_Console.html
 tests/BaseTypes/test_Console.html].  The only real diff in
 [http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/debug/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js
 lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js].  What does the trick?
 [http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/debug/lib/Firebug/DebugOpenLayers.js
 lib/Firebug/DebugOpenLayers.js].

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/507#comment:3>
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