[tor-bugs] #7854 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Tell user why we exit() the browser

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#7854: Tell user why we exit() the browser
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 Reporter:  ben                   |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:           
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:           
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:           
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 Torbrowser currently quits silently when it's not finding the preference
 "torbrowser.version". This can be very confusing for the end user and
 cause him to debug at the wrong ends, because he has no idea what's wrong.
 The browser should instead show a dialog with an error message, and then
 quit.

 This is trivial to implement: Just add an
 alert("Error: Not started from Vidalia. Exiting");
 before the
 quit(3);

 0007-Make-Tor-Browser-exit-when-not-launched-from-Vidalia.patch
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git/blob/b2e32f48ed60e38c64c8f65d1a3e8b3ad7fd08a3:/src
 /current-patches/firefox/0007-Make-Tor-Browser-exit-when-not-launched-
 from-Vidalia.patch

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