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Add a watch mode #719

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jeffa5 opened this issue Jan 7, 2021 · 2 comments · Fixed by #734
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Add a watch mode #719

jeffa5 opened this issue Jan 7, 2021 · 2 comments · Fixed by #734

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@jeffa5
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jeffa5 commented Jan 7, 2021

It would be nice to have the ability to run something like tectonic -X build --watch with maybe -w for short.

I'd expect this to watch all input files (e.g. working out those from \inputs) used in compilation and then rebuild when those change.

Probably fits more with the new cargo-like cli.

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pkgw commented Jan 8, 2021

Yes, this is exactly the sort of elaboration that the new Cargo-like CLI is supposed to help enable! I think a tectonic watch would not be at all unreasonable.

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kpym commented Jan 11, 2021

I want to advocate for this feature. If you combine it with precompiled header (that is recompiled only if it change) this can make XeLaTeX a WYSIWYG ;)

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