[logback-dev] improving Logback Console Plugin with Table instead of List

[Wim Deblauwe]

Hi Karl,

glad you like it. I created Vigilog because Chainsaw did not do what I
wanted and I also found it not user-friendly enough. Until now I have
focused on opening log files because that is what I work with.

The GUI is fairly decoupled from the parsing so it should be ok on that
part. Ofcourse, the GUI is now written in Swing, which would be kind of a
problem I guess for Eclipse.

I have not added support for logback currently, mainly because there is no
XML format (yet). Opening a plain text file with Vigilog should work if you
use the formatting characters as log4j uses them (e.g. use %t instead of
%thread) and you are not being to fancy with your layout (take a look at the
unit test [1] for layouts that surely will work).

Vigilog uses Maven 2 to build, so you should be able to find your way around
the sources easy if you want to.

regards,

Wim

[1]
http://vigilog.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vigilog/trunk/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/vigilog/parse/Log4jLogFileParserTest.java?view=markup




2007/11/26, Karl Pietrzak <kap4020 at gmail.com>:
>
> On Nov 25, 2007 2:31 PM, Wim Deblauwe <wim.deblauwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > The currently released Vigilog version is 1.2, but you can get a much
> > improved version via webstart when going to
> > http://vigilog.sf.net/staging.
> >
> > I hope to release the 1.3 soon.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Wim
>
>
> Looks good, Wim!  I even like the blur effect. ;)  I just used it to view
> a log file here at work.  I hope Vigilog supersedes the now-defunct Apache
> Chainsaw [1].
>
> Question for you: How tightly coupled is the GUI from the rest of the code
> in vigilog?  As others on this mailing list have pointed out, it would be
> awesome if we could have a set of IDE plugins for Logback, and it would be
> even better if we could use the hard work you've already done for Vigilog?
>
> Thanks, and happy Monday! =)
>
> [1] http://logging.apache.org/chainsaw/download.html
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Maarten Bosteels wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Karl,
> > >
> > > I am not working on the Logback Console Plugin, but I agree that a
> > JTable
> > > would be much better than just text.
> > >
> > > But instead of enhancing the current plugin, this is what I had in
> > mind:
> > > * enhance vigilog [1] in several ways (ability to taill a log-file, to
> > > receive logging events over a socket, ...)
> > > * create a plugin for Eclipse and for IntelliJ IDEA that listens on a
> > > socket
> > > for commands like
> > >     "goto:org.some.package.MyCoolClass:172"  => plugin will then open
> > an
> > > editor window for the specified class and line
> > > * vigilog could then create hyperlinks for all logging events that
> > have a
> > > locationInfo and for stacktraces
> > >
> > > This way, we can concentrate on enhancing vigilog and both eclipse and
> > > idea
> > > users benefit.
> > >
> > > Note that I am not yet a vigilog contributor, and it could take a long
> > > time
> > > before all this is accomplished.
> > > Just wanted to let you know what I have in mind.
> > >
> > > And if you want to add a JTable to the Console Plugin, it might be
> > > interesting to have a look at the vigilog source code.
> > > It uses glazedlists and JxTable.
> > >
> > > [1] http://vigilog.sourceforge.net/
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Maarten
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 22, 2007 4:27 AM, Karl Pietrzak <kap4020 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hey everyone!
> > >>
> > >> Logback looks awesome!  Is anyone (besides me) interested in having a
> > >> Table instead of List in the Logback Console Plugin?
> > >>
> > >> I'm thinking about spending some time on this.  Anyone wanna join me?
> >  (
> > >> e.g., I'll add Table support and someone else does
> > sorting-by-column?)
> > >>
> > >> Thanks, and keep up the great work!
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