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I'm writing new Extension code and want to log to a file for debugging purposes.

I've tried using the print() function to write to ~/.cache/gdm/session.log as explained here: http://codeisland.org/2013/making-gnome-shell-extensions/

This does not work. Does print() write elsewhere? Also, I see that other extensions use log(). Where can I view the output of that?

Is any of this documented anywhere?

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You can find an answer in this topic : How to test / debug GNOME Shell extensions? Is there any tool for that?

Some features are outdated, but you can use in a terminal : 

gnome-shell --replace &

or

journalctl -f

Every log(blabla); in your extension will be printed in the terminal.

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