jtorjo's comments

On: Log Wizard – a Log Viewer that is easy and fun to use – v1.9 added Snoop Around

[jtorjo]

Thanks! I'll look at showhn link!

I built the first version to solve a problem that none of existing Log Viewers dealt with (namely, having several views of the same log + persistence of settings from the get-go).

After that, I improved quite a bit on filtering, based on some of my ideas, feedback I received privately, or via issues on github.

Best, John

On: Log Wizard – Make Your Logs Look Pretty (Windows Only)

[jtorjo]

Updated the title. Thanks!

On: LogWizard – a Log Viewer that is easy and fun to use (Windows only for now)

[jtorjo]

Right - should have mentioned it. Will update.

Of course, once I can decently compile on Linux/mono, I'd certainly want to port it. But it will probably take a few months until we reach that point.

[dozzie → jtorjo]

You do realize that requiring Mono just for viewing logs is ridiculous? And requiring X Window is even more so?

[jtorjo → dozzie]

That is debatable. Depends on what you're trying to achieve.

Also, the purpose of LogWizard is to help you analyze logs in order to find bug(s)/problem(s). This can require quite a bit of analysis.

If you're ok with existing tools, that is fine. However, LW has quite a few features that are very useful - such as very easy filtering, coloring and so on.

Best, John

[dozzie → jtorjo]

Filtering and colouring are easily achieved by existing text processing tools. I still don't see the reason to pull whole Mono just for something easily done with tools already installed.

[jtorjo → dozzie]

You can program in vim, or program in an IDE.

You can also code in assembly, or in C#, or python, or however.

It's about the features the program brings. It's your choice to use something else - I'm just providing (a hopefully better) alternative.

Best, John