I don't know if that would help, but how about using firebug instead of Venkman ?

(From Alex: At this point, I'm not quite willing to consider it. Even when Firebug reaches 1.0 final, I don't expect it to support Verbosio. So it has the exact same problem Venkman has: no "core toolkit" support. I could be wrong - a look at the install.rdf for Firebug would be enough - but I doubt it.)

Verbosio development shelved? No, fixing the critical-to-you bug in the core *is* Verbosio development. A heck of a lot cheaper than writing your own platform from scratch.

Aren't you glad XULRunner is open source so you can do more than just wait around for a vendor to fix it?

(From Alex: Hmm. Maybe I've been working with the open source concept for so long that I'm starting to take it for granted. Hehe. But yeah, I am glad.

When I say "shelved", I don't mean a one-day delay for some trivial bug fix, like what I've been doing to editor lately. I mean "I have no idea how long this is going to take me." With the noted exception of Verbosio itself, I've had a pretty good track record, recently anyway, about my time estimates.)

Well, think of the hassle you will be saving all sorts of other people when the come across this road too!