lite-xl/data/plugins/autoreload.lua

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local core = require "core"
local config = require "core.config"
local Doc = require "core.doc"
local times = setmetatable({}, { __mode = "k" })
local function update_time(doc)
local info = system.get_file_info(doc.filename)
times[doc] = info.modified
end
local function reload_doc(doc)
local fp = io.open(doc.filename, "r")
local text = fp:read("*a")
fp:close()
local sel = { doc:get_selection() }
doc:remove(1, 1, math.huge, math.huge)
doc:insert(1, 1, text:gsub("\r", ""):gsub("\n$", ""))
doc:set_selection(table.unpack(sel))
update_time(doc)
doc:clean()
core.log_quiet("Auto-reloaded doc \"%s\"", doc.filename)
end
core.add_thread(function()
while true do
-- check all doc modified times
for _, doc in ipairs(core.docs) do
local info = system.get_file_info(doc.filename or "")
if info and times[doc] ~= info.modified then
reload_doc(doc)
end
coroutine.yield()
end
-- wait for next scan
coroutine.yield(config.project_scan_rate)
end
end)
-- patch `Doc.save|load` to store modified time
local load = Doc.load
local save = Doc.save
Doc.load = function(self, ...)
local res = load(self, ...)
update_time(self)
return res
end
Doc.save = function(self, ...)
local res = save(self, ...)
update_time(self)
return res
end