How to convert an NSString to a Gecko nsAString

I actually discovered this during my most recent Joy of Coding episode – there is a static utility method to convert between native Cocoa NSStrings and Gecko nsAStrings – nsCocoaUtils::GetStringForNSString. Very handy, and works exactly as advertised.

An “Attach to Process by pid” Keyboard Shortcut for XCode

I actually have colleague Garvan Keeley to thank for this one, and technically I learned this on April 24th. It was only this week that I remembered I had learned it!

When I’m debugging Firefox on OS X, I tend to use XCode, and I usually attach to Firefox after it has started running. I have to navigate some menus in order to bring up the dialog to attach to a process by pid, and I was getting tired of doing that over and over again.

So, as usual, I tweeted my frustration:

Dear lazyweb – is there an XCode keyboard shortcut for “Attach to Process” > “By Process Identifier (PID) or Name”? Mousing it blows.

— Mike Conley (@mike_conley) April 24, 2015

AND LO, THE INTERNET SPOKE BACK:

@mike_conley Yes. Shift-cmd-/, type ‘attach’, down arrow, enter, type proc name. next time, ‘attach’ and proc name is remembered. — Garvan Keeley (@garvankeeley) April 24, 2015

It seems small, but the savings in time for something that I do so frequently quickly adds up. And it always feels good to go faster!

http://mikeconley.ca/blog/2015/05/10/things-ive-learned-this-week-may-4-may-8-2015/