What does the -debugger flag do

[Emiliano Heyns]

I see it is supposed to open "the devtools debugger on port 6100" but what does that do, and how can I use it?

[Dan Stillman]

On 7/18/17 4:29 AM, Emiliano Heyns wrote:
> I see it is supposed to open "the devtools debugger on port 6100" but
> what does that do, and how can I use it?

It lets you use the Firefox DevTools on Zotero — DOM
inspection/modification, debugger, etc. Same as using the Browser
Toolbox on Firefox itself (or Zotero for Firefox).

Open Firefox Developer Edition (or the regular version, but it can be
nice to keep the settings separate), enable browser chrome/add-on and
remote debugging in the Web Console settings (gear icon) pane, and then
use Tools -> Web Developer -> "Connect…".

[Emiliano Heyns]

But this can be used to reach into Zotero over a telnet-ish connection on that port? What protocol is spoken over this connection? Can this activate chrome-level JS? I've found this but talks mostly about manipulating the DOM of loaded web pages, not privileged chrome code.