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ghc-hotswap
DISCONTINUED. Example code for how we swap compiled code within a running Haskell process. -
plugins
Dynamic linking and runtime evaluation of Haskell, and C, including dependency chasing and package resolution. -
ascii-progress
A simple Haskell progress bar for the console. Heavily borrows from TJ Holowaychuk's Node.JS project -
language-puppet
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Hobbes
Hobbes is a small UNIX-style file watcher for OSX windows, linux and OSX (thanks @cgag), written after experiencing some OSX bugs with my usual standby guard. The filenames of modified files are simply echoed to stdout, one file per line. You take it from there.
Complex tasks can be accomplished by combining hobbes
with other commands such as xargs
, for example:
# automatic GHC recompile when your source files change
hobbes "*.hs" | xargs -n1 ghc --make
xargs -n1 <command>
means essentially "run the command on each word of input". So ghc --make
is run on each modified file.
Another example: I have a script called kick
that reloads the current tab in Chrome and then refocuses iTerm. With this command to hobbes
I get automatic browser reloading on every save. Script here if you're interested.
hobbes "*.html" | xargs -n1 kick
# running multiple commands when files change
hobbes "*.elm" | xargs -n1 sh -c 'cmd1; cmd2; ...'
Installation with Stack
Hobbes can be installed from sources with stack:
$ git clone https://github.com/jhickner/hobbes.git
$ cd hobbes
$ stack install
Thanks
Hobbes is a very small wrapper around fsnotify.