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I tried downloading the firebug-lite.js file and referencing it locally, but I couldn't get it to open the debug window. When I reference it from the Firebug server directly, it works fine.

I have the debug="true" entry on my HTML tag. I also have added the "#startOpened" parameter to the script tag. But I still can't get it to open the debug window when referencing the file locally.

FYI, I'm using Textastic to work with Github files, accessed via Working Copy. Is that part of the problem? Firebug Lite (when it does work) also gives me the dreaded "Access to restricted URI denied error", when I try to inspect any of these local files with it. Maybe because they're not really local when accessed through Working Copy?