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by chch 2850 days ago
Additionally, if this flag ever goes away, the "kFormatUrlOmitTrivialSubdomains" is the internal flag for this, it seems[1], though its description says it's "Not in kFormatUrlOmitDefaults"[2].

Back when they removed the "http:" off of URLs, I used to use a hex editor to turn the kFormatUrlOmitHTTP bit flag off every time I got a new build, so I'd get the URL formatting I wanted, but eventually lost the mental wherewithal to continue the hack every week.

[1] https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/3d41e77125f3de8d72...

[2] https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/78aae16be65e409075...
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exikyut 2849 days ago
I have wanted to figure out for ages how to compute the location of these types of flags/vars in binary files.

Incidentally I want to figure out how to do this on Linux.

I presume I need debug symbol files, which I can download easily.

How would I do this?

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userbinator 2849 days ago
but eventually lost the mental wherewithal to continue the hack every week.

That's when you automate it as part of your "set up my environment exactly the way I like it" scripts ;-)

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