created by

Girish Venkatachalam

script type

utility

description

This is a plugin that lets you view multiple log files or any files of interest that are modified externally. The files are opened in read only mode. :TailView /tmp/foo /var/log/bar ... will open as many new tabs as files and you can update the file from disk using the <Ctrl-K> keypress in normal mode. Also when you swich tabs using the gt command the file gets updated from disk automatically. Of course you can use the TAB key to complete file names. Normal vim usage is not affected in any way. Only files opened with the TailView command are in read only mode and updated from disk automatically when you enter that tab

install details

Normal instructions. Just drop the script into ~/.vim/plugin directory and restart vim!

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
tailtab.vim	0.2	2006-10-25	7.0	Girish Venkatachalam	Thanks to Bill McCarthy for comments. Now, the Ctrl-K update hotkey works only for TailView buffers.
tailtab.vim	0.1	2006-10-24	7.0	Girish Venkatachalam	Initial upload

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