| # Rolling CodeMirror | |
| ## What's this about? | |
| CodeMirror is a third-party library, which supports editing experience in Chrome DevTools. DevTools does not fork CodeMirror, thus all CodeMirror patches should go upstream to http://codemirror.net. | |
| Every once in a while, the CodeMirror dependency (which is located in Source/devtools/front_end/cm/ folder) should be updated to a newer version. | |
| ## Updating CodeMirror | |
| Run `python devtools/scripts/roll_codemirror.js <codemirror_dir> <devtools_dir>` | |
| ## Manual steps | |
| This requires the following steps to be done: | |
| 1. File `headlesscodemirror.js` is a `runmode-standalone.js` file from CodeMirror distribution, but wrapped in `(function(window) { ... }(this))` | |
| construction. This is needed to support in web workers. | |
| 2. File `codemirror.css` contains both the default theme of CodeMirror and structural css required for it to work. Discard everything in the file up to the word `/* STOP */`. | |
| 3. All other files in `front_end/cm/` folder should be substituted with their newer versions from the upstream. | |
| 4. All files in `front_end/cm_web_modes/` and `front_end/cm_modes/` should be updated with newer versions from upstream. | |
| ## Testing | |
| DevTools wrap CodeMirror via `CodeMirrorTextEditor.js` and `cmdevtools.css` files. | |
| Although there are a couple of automated tests (web_tests/inspector/editor/) to verify overall sanity of the setup, a manual testing is mandatory before | |
| landing a roll. Here is a rough testing scenario outline: | |
| 1. Create a new snippet and type in a small function with a few nested for-loops. (The author suggests a bubble-sort). Make sure that: | |
| * Words `function`, `for`, `var` are highlighted | |
| * "Smart braces" behavior works | |
| * "Enter" after opening curly brace adds correct indent | |
| * Autocompletion works | |
| * Multiple cursors functionality works as intended - Ctrl+D/Ctrl+U shortcuts | |
| * Set a breakpoint inside a function, select some text and summon a context menu over it. | |
| 2. Make sure there are items such as "Add to Watch", "Evaluate in Console" and "Copy/Paste" | |
| Make sure minified jquery opens nicely in the editor (minified jquery could be found as a resource on http://jquery.com) | |
| * Verify `jquery.min.js` is formatted via "Pretty print" action | |
| 3. Go to the Elements panel, select a node and verify the "Edit it as HTML" command works. | |
| ## Committing | |
| The only changes allowed to `front_end/cm/` folder are CodeMirror rolls. There's a presubmit check that enforces this, so make sure you include the phrase "roll CodeMirror" into | |
| your patch description. | |
| ## Example | |
| Example CodeMirror roll patchset: https://codereview.chromium.org/273763003 |