Re: log viewer in emacs

Thanks, it helped
Christian Plate wrote:
> Hi,
>
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>> Is there a way to use emacs as a log viewer. Ie, view the log files in execution
>> time. It also would be good, if i could use colors in the lines.
>>     
>
> Load the log file, then do "M-x auto-revert-tail-mode"
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> ,----[ C-h f auto-revert-tail-mode RET ]
> | auto-revert-tail-mode is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in `autorevert'.
> | (auto-revert-tail-mode &optional arg)
> | 
> | Toggle reverting tail of buffer when file on disk grows.
> | With arg, turn Tail mode on iff arg is positive.
> | 
> | When Tail mode is enabled, the tail of the file is constantly
> | followed, as with the shell command `tail -f'.  This means that
> | whenever the file grows on disk (presumably because some
> | background process is appending to it from time to time), this is
> | reflected in the current buffer.
> | 
> | You can edit the buffer and turn this mode off and on again as
> | you please.  But make sure the background process has stopped
> | writing before you save the file!
> | 
> | Use `auto-revert-mode' for changes other than appends!
> | 
> | [back]
> `----
>
> If you want to highlight specific things in the log, use hi-lock-mode.
>
> You can highlight regexes with hi-lock-face-phrase-buffer:
>
> ,----[ C-h f hi-lock-face-phrase-buffer RET ]
> | hi-lock-face-phrase-buffer is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `hi-lock.el'.
> | (hi-lock-face-phrase-buffer regexp &optional face)
> | 
> | Set face of each match of phrase regexp to face.
> | 
> | Whitespace in regexp converted to arbitrary whitespace and initial
> | lower-case letters made case insensitive.
> | 
> | [back]
> `----
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>   Christian
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