Re: Extension to integrate Searchfox features in Phabricator

[Marco Castelluccio]

Hello all,
for a couple of weeks the extension to integrate some Searchfox features
in Phabricator has
been broken. Thanks to Luca Greco it is now working again!
I thought I'd take the opportunity to advertise the extension again, to
remind everyone of its
existence and to let those who joined more recently know about it.

- Marco.


Il 02/10/2018 15:03, Marco Castelluccio ha scritto:
> I've built an (experimental) WebExtension to integrate some of the
> Searchfox features into Phabricator.
> I find it very useful to be able to search code while reviewing, but I
> have to resort to opening a new
> Searchfox tab and looking for the code that is being modified. This
> extension makes my workflow much
> more pleasant.
>
> You can find it at
> https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/searchfox-phabricator/ (the source code
> is at
> https://github.com/marco-c/mozsearch-phabricator-addon).
>
> Currently, the extension does:
> 1) Highlight keywords when you hover them, highlighting them both in the
> pre-patch and in the post-patch view;
> 2) When you press on a keyword, it offers options to search for the
> definition, callers, and so on (the results are opened on Searchfox in a
> new tab).
>
> I'm planning to add support for sticky highlighting and blame
> information (when hovering on the line number on the left side).
>
> - Marco.
>
> P.S.: The extension relies on parsing pages from Searchfox and from
> Phabricator, so the maintenance might not be so easy. If there's enough
> interest, I might keep maintaining it or talk with someone to make
> Searchfox data accessible in an easier way.