Update how-to

README.md

@@ -12,15 +12,23 @@ signatures and filtering by certificate authority.
 
 How-to
 ------
-This is still work in progress. The Firefox extension is usable on Linux, but it
-depends on a native back end which needs deployment. You can download the
-installer at the [releases](https://github.com/jasp00/signTextJS/releases) page;
-run it as root for system-wide availability. Alternatively, you can compile the
-application and
-[set up](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_manifests#Manifest_location)
-the environment.
-
-To work with the Firefox extension, try a
+This is still work in progress. The Firefox extension depends on a native back
+end which needs deployment. You can download the installer at the
+[releases](https://github.com/jasp00/signTextJS/releases) page. The add-on works
+on Linux and it is expected to work on Windows 64 and macOS too.
+
+For system-wide availability:
+* On Linux, run the installer as root.
+* On Windows, the installer will ask you.
+* On macOS, do the usual DMG installation.
+
+For per-user availability:
+* On Linux, run the installer as the user.
+* On Windows, the installer will ask you.
+* On macOS, open the DMG and deploy
+[manually](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_manifests).
+
+To develop the Firefox extension, try a
 [temporary installation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Temporary_Installation_in_Firefox).
 Alternatively, install the WebExtensions SDK following the directions
 [here](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Getting_started_with_web-ext).
@@ -29,10 +37,11 @@ execute `web-ext run` to run Firefox with the extension or `web-ext build` to
 package the extension. After the extension and the native back end have been
 installed, page scripts that call `window.crypto.signText` should "just work".
 
-To compile the native application, you will need `libjsoncpp-dev` and
-`libnss3-dev` on Linux. For system-wide availability, `signtextjs_plus` and
-`signtextjs_plus.json` should be under
-`/usr/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts`.
+If there is no installer for your architecture, you can compile the application
+and
+[set up](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_manifests#Manifest_location)
+the environment. The files in directory `travis` have the steps to install
+dependencies, compile the native back end, run a test, and build the installer.
 
 Firefox versions prior to 57 should stick with version 0.8.7. You may install
 the latest published version

webextension/manifest.json

@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
     "page": "options/options.html"
   },
   "permissions": ["nativeMessaging", "storage"],
-  "version": "0.9.0"
+  "version": "0.9.1"
 }