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@ -61,14 +61,18 @@ If you want to use advanced features such as edit-in-Vim, you'll also need to in
* Upgrading to a beta version of Firefox (`>= 106.0b6`)
* Enabling webextension permisisons: `flatpack permission-set webextensions tridactyl snap.firefox yes`
* Rebooting your system (and likely nothing short of it).
* Rebooting your system (and likely nothing short of it)
See https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/2406 and this [call for testing thread](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-native-messaging-support-in-the-firefox-snap/29759) for more details.
See this [call for testing thread](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-native-messaging-support-in-the-firefox-snap/29759) for more details.
**Firejail** will require explicit path whitelisting, but should be feasible based on https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2109.
For other containerized installs, see troubleshooting steps in https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/2406 and the links above.
With packaging that does support Native Messaging, the trick is usually ensuring the containerized app has permission to run the executable and can find the [manifest json file](https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/Native_Messaging#Host_Manifests).
With packaging that does support Native Messaging, the trick is usually ensuring the containerized app has permission to run the executable and can find the [manifest json file].
**Troubleshooting:** If your extension is still not working, the [manifest json file] may be in the wrong place. To rule this out, copy or link it to both the Global and User manifest locations, closing all firefox processes, and restarting firefox (i.e. `ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/ ~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts` on linux).
[manifest json file]: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/Native_Messaging#Host_Manifests
### Migrating between beta and stable builds