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Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile

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HASM <hasm@example.invalid> writes:

>> I can see what has changed and giving two times F9 I can later see
>> what has changed again.
>
> I think we need to tell us what is your F9 key binding.
>
> It is not bound on my emacs and this section in the manual
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Key-Binding-Conventions.html
> says
>   Function keys F5 through F9 without modifier keys are also reserved for users to define. 

Oops, my bad. I defined that to be highlight-changes-mode so I can
easily switch between highlight mode on and of.


>> I keep the cursor at the end of the file and have auto-revert-mode on.
>
> I believe auto-revert-tail-mode does what you want. And check
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Auto-Revert.html
> for a few variables that control the auto-revert modes.

I will try it out.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-30 07:18 +0200
  Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile HASM <hasm@example.invalid> - 2023-03-30 04:47 -0700
    Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-30 17:49 +0200
      Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-30 18:44 +0200
        Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile HASM <hasm@example.invalid> - 2023-03-30 10:53 -0700
          Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-03-31 08:57 +0200
        Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile "W. Greenhouse" <wgreenhouse@tilde.club> - 2023-04-02 15:17 +0000
          Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-04-02 20:59 +0200
  Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr> - 2023-04-03 14:11 +0200
    Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2023-04-03 18:59 +0200
      Re: Using Emacs for keeping an eye on a logfile Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr> - 2023-04-05 10:27 +0200

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