Most content of this gist is outdated, as the TB addon system has changed and now uses the same addon system, that is used by firefox
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Thunderbird
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Thunderbird_API_documentation
- Thunderbird classes which can be used by addons:
- Source code of Thunderbird components:
- http://mdn.beonex.com/en/Extensions/Thunderbird/HowTos.html
- https://github.com/protz/thunderbird-stdlib
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Thunderbird/Finding_the_code_for_a_feature
Returns OS as string e.g. "WINNT".
Complete list at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/OS_TARGET
function getOS() {
var { classes: Cc, interfaces: Ci, utils: Cu } = Components;
var xulRuntime = Cc["@mozilla.org/xre/app-info;1"].getService(Ci.nsIXULRuntime);
return xulRuntime.OS;
}
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Adding_preferences_to_an_extension
- https://gist.github.com/eddiejaoude/0076739fe610189581d0
- http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/74-ubuntu/271-ubuntu-firefox-thunderbird-addon-commandline
- Storage: SQLite & Memory-BLOB
- Calling native Libraries
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/js-ctypes
- Examples: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/js-ctypes/Examples
- Basic Example: https://mar10.noblogs.org/post/2014/10/02/loading-a-native-library-in-firefox-via-the-add-ons-sdk/
- Complex Example: https://mar10.noblogs.org/post/2014/10/13/js-ctypes-from-c-to-javascript-to-c/
- Returning a String: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30738818/js-ctypes-third-part-dll-with-string-return
- Casting Examples: https://gist.github.com/Noitidart/081ef49002a90fe43005
- Preference Window with XUL
- Close Tab with Escape key
Thanks, for your response! I know how frustrating it can be to find outdated pages. I have now tagged it as outdated in the title and content :)