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string in IDL maps to const char * in C++.
wstring maps to PRUnichar *.

Details about strings
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPCOM_string_guide
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To run Firefox with the extensions/components using a different profile (dev for development), use

<sh:code>
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin --no-remote -P dev ~/Projects/org/omegahat/R/RFirefox/inst/components/test-R.html
</sh:code>
To force the registration of the components,  remove xpti.dat
and compreg.dat in the profile's directory, e.g.
/Users/duncan/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/lb0ds9ss.dev
on the Mac.
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To run Mozilla within R, set the (DY)LD_LIBRARY_PATH to 
<sh:code>
setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/Users/duncan/Projects/Mozilla/mozilla-1.9.1/dist/bin
</sh:code>


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<para>
XPCOMViewer for 2.0 - 3.5
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7979?src=reco
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