title: Pointing to an extension
body: <p>I'm doing this tutorial on how to setup your environment in creating a firefox extension and I don't understand this part:</p>
  
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    <p>Pointing to an extension
    In your development profile folder, you will find a folder named extensions. In it, you will have code for all your installed extensions. Instead of placing your code there, you can create a pointer file. Do that by creating a file with a unique name for you (this will have to be the same as you chose for your em:id value in your install.rdf file – more on that below).</p>
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  <p>This part can be found in this link: <a href="http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2009/01/28/how-to-develop-a-firefox-extension/" rel="nofollow">How to develop a Firefox extension</a></p>
  
  <p>I am doing it in Ubuntu. Is this the same as creating a symbolic link? I am confused on this part.</p>