Using Depreciated extension.getURL. Need to swap to runtime.getURL

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
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78/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
web-dev

Research direction

Start at lib/utils.js around line 53, where the deprecated extension.getURL usage is linked in the issue. Read the MDN deprecation notice and update that usage to runtime.getURL. Done means the browser errors caused by the deprecated API no longer occur.

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Description

The following is causing errors in browser. https://github.com/philc/vimium/blob/d742dfc6c939792461d53507b5ddc5041340346e/lib/utils.js#L53

Depreciation notice:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/extension/getURL

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