Andy Jarrett: Safari web developer debug mode

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Safari web developer debug mode

I always forget the Safari has a Debug mode for when you are developing web apps which allows the logging of JavaScript errors. To display the debug menu in Mac OS X, open the Terminal and type:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

To display the debug menu in Safari 3.0 for Windows, use a text editor to add the following to the Preferences.plist file located at C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Apple Computer\Safari\Preferences.plist :

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1<key>IncludeDebugMenu</key>
2<true/>

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Posted By Graham @ 1/8/08 8:14 AM

If editing the file on Windows doesn't work, you can add a command line switch.
"C:\Program Files\Safari\Safari.exe" /enableDebugMenu

This seems to make the change permanently.

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