How to use IRC with Chatzilla, even if you don’t use Firefox…
July 3, 2008 by munchyratchatzilla.rdmsoft.com ›
ChatZilla on XULRunnerWindows show all
Standalone Mozilla IRC Client, no browsers attached.
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ChatZilla is normally used as part of SeaMonkey, or an extension to other browsers. However, this has caused problems with custom themes and other extensions, and means you can’t restart the browser without leaving IRC.
XULRunner allows you to use ChatZilla standalone, free of whatever happens to your browser.
Download* XULRunner 1.8.0.9 for Windows more info requirements
* ChatZilla 0.9.83Installation
1. Extract the XULRunner archive. Open a command prompt window and use cd to switch to the XULRunner directory.
2. Run xulrunner –register-global to register the install location.
3. Run xulrunner –install-app , where is the path to the ChatZilla .zip file.
4. Start chatzilla.exe in Program Files\ChatZilla.If you need to copy over settings or scripts, use the ChatZilla command /pref profilePath to find your profile.
UpdatesXULRunner checks regularly for new ChatZilla versions. Updates are not downloaded without your permission.
You can get more information on the update process, or subscribe to my news page to hear about new versions.
ExtensionsSince 0.9.71, the Extension manager can be opened from the ChatZilla menu.
I have one extension (Windows only): MinimizeToTray for ChatZilla.
Other Builds0.9.83 is the latest available ChatZilla build. Development builds of ChatZilla will be posted here when vaguely significant changes are made.
Unstable XULRunner (trunk) || all ChatZilla builds
SourceYou don’t need to build Mozilla to build ChatZilla, but you do need bash, perl, and zip.
1. Check out mozilla/extensions/irc and mozilla/config from Mozilla CVS trunk (HEAD).
2. Apply this patch: xrmakeJ.diff.txt.
3. Go to mozilla/extensions/irc/xpi and run bash makexpi.sh.
4. The new zip file in the directory is the XULRunner app package.Help || News
ChatZilla is normally used as part of
SeaMonkey, or an
extension to other
browsers. However, this has caused problems with custom themes and
other extensions, and means you can’t restart the browser without leaving IRC.XULRunner allows
you to use ChatZilla standalone, free of whatever happens to your browser.Download
Installation
- Extract the XULRunner archive. Open a command prompt window and use cd to switch to the XULRunner directory.
- Run xulrunner --register-global to register the install location.
- Run xulrunner --install-app <package>,
where <package> is the path to the ChatZilla .zip file.- Start chatzilla.exe in Program Files\ChatZilla.
If you need to copy over settings or scripts, use the ChatZilla
command /pref profilePath to find your profile.<!–
Known Issues
- - -register-global is unsuitable if you’re installing XULRunner
for one user account. In this case, use - -register-user instead.- By default, xulrunner - -install-app installs globally. See
xulrunner - -help for advanced options.- Because XULRunner is a developer preview, installation isn’t much fun yet.
On Windows and Linux, you can install manually by extracting the ChatZilla
.zip file and copying in xulrunner-stub.- On Mac, there are two ChatZilla menus. Suggestions on how to merge the two
or what to rename the rightmost one to are welcome.- Neither chatzilla.exe on Windows or ChatZilla.app on Mac get icons. The “cZ”
icon in .ico and .xpm format is included in chrome/icons/default.–>
Updates
XULRunner
checks regularly for new ChatZilla versions. Updates
are not downloaded without your permission.You can get more information on the update process,
or subscribe to my news page to hear about new versions.Extensions
Since 0.9.71, the Extension manager can be opened from the ChatZilla menu.
I have one extension (Windows only): MinimizeToTray for ChatZilla.
Other Builds
0.9.83 is the latest available ChatZilla
build. Development builds of ChatZilla will be posted here when vaguely
significant changes are made.Source
You don’t need to build Mozilla to build ChatZilla, but you do need
bash, perl, and zip.
- Check out mozilla/extensions/irc and
mozilla/config from
Mozilla CVS trunk (HEAD).- Apply this patch:
xrmakeJ.diff.txt.- Go to mozilla/extensions/irc/xpi and run
bash makexpi.sh.- The new zip file in the directory is the XULRunner app package.

The information it contains, on a neat CD, includes the Management Team information (see below), which he greeted with enthusiasm. “Oh, great!” said he. And then, a cry of rage, followed by angry mutterings, because some idiot (his words) had packaged the whole disk as Macromedia Flash.
It’s all there; and it’s all useless, because you can’t cut and paste, can’t save, can’t do anything except right click and look at the utterly pointless Macromedia “menu” which is, simply: zoom in, zoom out, 100%, show all, quality, play, loop, rewind, settings and, print [see illustration, right]. 





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