[HTTPS-Everywhere] Ruleset Changes Without Restart

[Claudio Moretti]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Drake, Brian <brian at drakefamily.tk> wrote:

> I'm only using stable versions for now (but when I'm working on rules, I
> do check the Atlas and/or Git for the latest rules).
>
> I'm not sure whether I we're talking about the same thing here. I can
> enable or disable rulesets on the fly just fine, but changing the rulesets
> themselves (that is, changing the XML files in the HTTPSEverywhereUserRules
> folder, or deleting or adding such files) requires a restart.
>

Oh, sorry: I misunderstood. I believe the problem may lie in the fact that
rules are loaded when the extension starts (?) so it's necessary to restart
Firefox before the new/edited rules are recognized.

There is no obvious way around that; it may be possible to relaunch the
extension loading procedure, but I have no idea if and how it can be done.

I believe there is a reason why it's not possible to load rules on the fly
(which is what's causing your issue) but I'm not sure; maybe Peter or Yan?

P.S. I took a look at components/HTTPSEverywhere.js, it seems just a matter
of having a trigger or (maybe better) a button that calls HTTPSRules.init()
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