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authorFlorian Bruhin <git@the-compiler.org>2018-06-09 21:56:56 +0200
committerFlorian Bruhin <git@the-compiler.org>2018-06-09 21:56:56 +0200
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Document how to run a qutebrowser development build
Fixes #3795 Supersedes #3798
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<1> Replace `master` by the branch your work was based on, e.g.,
`origin/develop`.
+Running qutebrowser
+-------------------
+
+After link:install.asciidoc#tox[installing qutebrowser via tox], you can run
+`.venv/bin/qutebrowser --debug --temp-basedir` to test your changes with debug
+logging enabled and without affecting existing running instances.
+
+Alternatively, you can install qutebrowser's dependencies system-wide and run
+`python3 -m qutebrowser --debug --temp-basedir`.
+
Useful utilities
----------------