This plugin can be triggered to enable monitoring on a file open in a Vim buffer. The buffer should then automatically refresh whenever the file is changed without requiring user input.

#Installation

(These instructions are based on iVantage's current system, which uses Windows and gVim. For Linux change /vimfiles/ to /.vim/)

FileRefresh is packaged to be easily downloadable/updateable via the Pathogen plugin.

1. Install pathogen.vim into ~/.vim/autoload/ (see pathogen's readme for more information.)

2. Enable pathogen in your vimrc:

   call pathogen#infect()

3. Create the directory ~/vimfiles/bundle/:

    mkdir ~/vimfiles/bundle
   

4. Clone the viMessage repo into ~/vimfiles/bundle/:

    git clone https://github.com/iVantage/FileRefresh.git ~/vimfiles/bundle/FileRefresh/
   

To Update: Run git pull from within ~/vimfiles/bundle/viMessage/

The plugin can also be installed by downloading the zip file and copying the two vim files to your user directory. You can then enable the plugin on startup by adding the following two lines to your .vimrc file:

:source ~/fileRefresh.vim
:source ~/killRefresh.vim

#Usage

When open to the buffer you wish to monitor, simply use

:call FileRefresh() 

to turn monitoring on and

:call KillRefresh() 

to turn monitoring off.

Based on general Vim performance/system limitations users are advised that monitoring multiple files with this plugin may cause Vim to become unstable.

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