Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by _ZeD_ on Friday November 20, 2015 @02:34AM
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just to be sure... what's wrong with GNU tail?
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Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by mikerg87 on Friday November 20, 2015 @08:01AM
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Nothing. Nothing at all.
This has drag and drop support. A search/filter box. And more importantly was probably fun to write and is a cool calling card showcasing some of your skills.
Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by rolandpheasant on Friday November 20, 2015 @08:05AM
(#10600948)
Cheers. You are correct on all fronts
Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by isomorphic on Friday November 20, 2015 @02:42AM
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I think his use-case involves Windows, without a terminal. Or he wants features (such as drag-and-drop) that aren't supported by (?) terminals.
Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by oniony on Friday November 20, 2015 @04:32AM
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There are many things that are simply not possible to do on the CLI. Take for example an indicator bar that shows notches for any lines in the file that matches a search term. That would be relatively straightforward in a GUI but quite difficult to render on the CLI, even with a curses interface.
Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by easytiger on Friday November 20, 2015 @08:15AM
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If it can do that it isn't tail... it becomes a pager. Which can do that
Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by _yy on Friday November 20, 2015 @10:08AM
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What kind of CLI pager does that? Legitimately curios.
Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by easytiger on Friday November 20, 2015 @10:55AM
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emacs occur effectively does this... you get another pane to the right with a list of all ocurrences and you can use that to navigate up and down your file. Scrollbars wouldn't work because you may have far too few rows on the tty. less et al highlight everything in the current page and so on. emacs et al will tell you how many matches are left. grep too.
Incidentally intellij does this and i find it of limited use. Perhaps just not how my mind works. The occur mode is far more sensible to me.
Re:TailBlazer: A modern file tail utility based on rx.net
by rolandpheasant on Friday November 20, 2015 @02:45AM
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Nothing. However I want TB to be easy for non tech people like testers and support.