如何自己编译firefox
准备编译环境，需要安装 cygwin的unix模拟环境，下载cygwin，在default安装之外，需要选择安装如下包：
* cvs
* cygutils
* make
* patch
* patchutils
* perl
* unzip
* zip
如果你不是通过CVS下载代码，cvs可以不装，不过考虑到必须通过cvs下载locals文件，还是装了吧。
如果使用微软编译器（官方发布的就是使用微软编译器） ，建议用VC 6 + SP5 + Visual C++ Processor Pack.
如果使用vc7和.net编译器，还要做一些设定，此处暂时不讲。安装vc6的时候，建议让它去设置自己的环境变量，后面会比较方便。
也可以使用cygwin自带的编译器（或者mingw的，也是cygwin使用的gcc fore windows)，但是编译出来的程序比vc编译的要大，效率可能也要低一些.至少要安装：
* gcc-core
* gcc-g++
* binutils
* w32api
* mingw-runtime
准备环境变量设置脚本 mozset.bat (目录位置自行根据情况修订）
@echo off
set MOZ_TOOLS=c:\mozilla\moztools
set PATH=c:\mozilla\mingw\bin;c:\mozilla\cygwin\bin;%MOZ_TOOLS%\bin;%PATH
set HOME=c:\mozilla
set CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot
安装netscape的wintools，下载：
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/source/wintools.zip
安装
set MOZ_TOOLS=c:\mozilla\moztools
mkdir c:\mozilla\moztools
cd buildtools\windows
install.bat
建议做头文件格式转换 d2u在cygwin/bin下面
cd c:\mozilla\moztools\include\
d2u.exe *.h
cd libIDL\
d2u.exe *.h
下载firefox 1.0的源码 ，在www.mozilla.org上可以找到
设置编译环境 mozilla目录下的 .mozconfig文件
. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/ff
ac_add_options --enable-optimize
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --enable-static
ac_add_options --disable-shared
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
ac_add_options --enable-ui-locale=zh-CN
指定编译mozilla里面的browser firefox ,加载默认编译选项，后面的都是官方编译选项，可以自行加入进行优化，优化说明参见官方网站说明
指定编译好以后的程序放在 mozilla/ff目录中
最后一行指定编译简体中文界面（但是要先下载相应的locles文件）
如果是使用cygwin的编译器还需要加入这两个编译选项禁用特性
ac_add_options --disable-activex
ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
另外，如果没有装vc6 ，还需要修改 mozilla/config/static-config.mk，去掉urlmon
STATIC_EXTRA_LIBS += $(call EXPAND_LIBNAME,comctl32 comdlg32 uuid shell32 ole32 oleaut32 Urlmon version winspool)
改为：
STATIC_EXTRA_LIBS += $(call EXPAND_LIBNAME,comctl32 comdlg32 uuid shell32 ole32 oleaut32 version winspool)
如果没有修改上面的几个地方,用gcc for windows无法编译通过firefox
进入windows的cmd窗口
运行 mozset.bat
进入 firefox源码目录，
编译
make -f client.mk build
我在制作redfox 1.0b版本的时候使用了madfox的补丁，你也可以不使用这个patch
madfox patch的文件如下：
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patching file mozilla/browser/app/firefox.exe.manifest
patching file mozilla/browser/app/macbuild/Contents/Info.plist.in
patching file mozilla/browser/app/Makefile.in
patching file mozilla/browser/installer/unix/installer.cfg
patching file mozilla/browser/installer/unix/packages-static
patching file mozilla/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/aboutDialog.dtd
patching file mozilla/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/browser.dtd
patching file mozilla/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser-region/region.properties
patching file mozilla/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/global/brand.dtd
patching file mozilla/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/global/brand.properties
patching file mozilla/configure
patching file mozilla/content/base/src/nsFrameLoader.cpp
patching file mozilla/content/base/src/nsParserUtils.cpp
patching file mozilla/content/html/document/src/nsHTMLContentSink.cpp
patching file mozilla/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
patching file mozilla/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
patching file mozilla/docshell/base/nsIDocShellTreeItem.idl
patching file mozilla/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.cpp
patching file mozilla/embedding/browser/webBrowser/nsWebBrowser.cpp
patching file mozilla/htmlparser/public/nsHTMLTagList.h
patching file mozilla/htmlparser/src/nsElementTable.cpp
patching file mozilla/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTags.cpp
patching file mozilla/js/src/jsdate.c
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/Makefile.in
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/quirk.css
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/Makefile.in
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/resources/content/contents.rdf
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/resources/content/xbl-xmldataisland.xml
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/resources/jar.mn
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/resources/Makefile.in
patching file mozilla/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsUnknownDecoder.cpp
patching file mozilla/uriloader/base/nsURILoader.cpp
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$ patch -p0 < new-madfox-patch.0.2.diff
patching file mozilla/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/aboutDialog.dtd
patching file mozilla/content/base/src/nsFrameLoader.cpp
patching file mozilla/content/base/src/nsParserUtils.cpp
patching file mozilla/content/html/document/src/nsHTMLContentSink.cpp
patching file mozilla/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
patching file mozilla/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
patching file mozilla/docshell/base/nsIDocShellTreeItem.idl
patching file mozilla/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.cpp
patching file mozilla/embedding/browser/webBrowser/nsWebBrowser.cpp
patching file mozilla/htmlparser/public/nsHTMLTagList.h
patching file mozilla/htmlparser/src/nsElementTable.cpp
patching file mozilla/htmlparser/src/nsHTMLTags.cpp
patching file mozilla/js/src/jsdate.c
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/Makefile.in
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/quirk.css
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/Makefile.in
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/resources/conte
nt/contents.rdf
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/resources/conte
nt/xbl-xmldataisland.xml
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/resources/jar.m
n
patching file mozilla/layout/html/document/src/xbl-xmldataisland/resources/Makef
ile.in
patching file mozilla/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsUnknownDecoder.cpp
patching file mozilla/uriloader/base/nsURILoader.cpp
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如何编译本地化（例如简体中文）的版本
下载firefox 1.0的UI local文件，默认源码包中没有，只能通过cvs下载
export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot
Firefox 1.0 source is not on the main CVS "trunk" but rather from a branch, named AVIARY_1_0_20040515_BRANCH. In order to check out the locale files from this branch, you must use the -r flag with CVS:
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/l10n checkout -rAVIARY_1_0_20040515_BRANCH mozilla
另外一种方式，安装Locale switcher extension，然后在下面安装指定的xpi文件，但这种方法无法编译为中文安装界面（好在我们可以自己写nsis脚本）
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-0.11-l10n/windows-xpi/
编译安装包
For Firefox 0.9 and later, you first need to build a static build. Then do cd mozilla/browser/installer and then make installer. The installer bits will be found at mozilla/dist/install/FirefoxSetup.exe.
打包成zip
make -C C:/mozilla/mozilla/XXXX编译目录/browser/installer
