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| author | elijah <elijah@riseup.net> | 2016-10-07 13:59:15 -0700 |
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| committer | elijah <elijah@riseup.net> | 2016-10-07 13:59:15 -0700 |
| commit | 690cf7a9ce3f7b5ae7912500518ab37755fee29f (patch) | |
| tree | 7d99b36c1819a5a1f8e357573dd0c08faf2f03ce | |
| parent | 766eac78293e2dbe78fc24e2bf1733305fd5bcdd (diff) | |
[doc] ui - update readme to be more clear
| -rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ Run headless backend in development mode Prerequisites:: - sudo apt install build-essential python-virtualenv libsqlcipher-dev \ - libssl-dev libffi-dev + sudo apt install build-essential python-dev python-virtualenv \ + libsqlcipher-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev Install and activate a virtualenv:: @@ -151,12 +151,10 @@ Next, run ``dev-install``:: cd ui make dev-install # install JS code as a python package in "develop" mode. - node run watch # continually rebuild JS bundle when source files change. -For more information, see ``ui/README.md``. - -Run user interface with debugging tools:: +Now you should be able to run the user interface with debugging tools:: + bitmaskd chromium-browser http://localhost:7070 Firefox does not work as well, because the UI is only tested with webkit-based @@ -166,8 +164,17 @@ Chromium is not the best for this, however, because it uses a newer webkit. Instead, try qupzilla:: sudo apt install qupzilla + bitmaskd qupzilla -ow http://localhost:7070 +If you make a change to any of the CSS or JS source files, you need to rebuild +the javascript bundle. You can do this continually as files change like so: + + cd ui + node run watch + +For more information, see ``ui/README.md``. + License =========================================================== |