Subj : Spidermonkey/js =>> alert() function
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : user
Date : Tue May 24 2005 01:05 pm

I have spidermonkey installed on Linux RH 9.0,
version 1.5 pre-release 6a

What I'm looking for (and please feel free to tell me if I'm "barking up 
the wrong tree" = BUTWT) is some sort of a testing environment for 
Javascript that will be used in web pages and content from CGI scripts.

spidermonkey compiled without complaint (no config changes on my part),
but am unclear on what features are available.

Example: I start js from a local directory and invoke
load('valid.js') // javascript source in same directory
PhoneHelp()      // javascript function containing a call to alert
// error message:
valid.js:2: ReferenceError: alert is not defined

Question:
1)Is there a component of the API that contains the alert() function
   that has not been loaded?
   a)If so, how do I load it.
   b)If not, that probably goes for the DOM as well, so am I using
     the wrong application for my needs (thus BUTWT)?

Any recommendations, pointers to documentation are welcome. I could find 
nothing in README.html that came with the spidermonkey code regarding 
this subject.

Thanks
Tim

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