README.md

XRefresh for Chrome

Deprecated! Use LiveReload instead.

via xrefresh#17

How to use

• ruby ws_dir_watcher.rb ~/my_site
• Open chrome://extensions/
• "Developer mode", then press "Load unpacked extension" button
• edit ~/my_site/something and XRefresh reload current tab for you

Similar stuff

Google Chrome Repl

background.html

<script>
var ws = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:41258/");
ws.onmessage = function(e){
  try {
    chrome.tabs.executeScript(null, {code:'location.reload();'});
  } catch (er) {
    console.warn(er);
  }
};
</script>

manifest.json

{
  "name": "XRefresh",
  "version": "0.1",
  "background_page": "background.html",
  "permissions": [
    "tabs",
    "http://*/*"
  ]
}

ws_dir_watcher.rb

# Usage: ruby ws_dir_watcher.rb ~/my_site

require 'em-websocket'
require 'directory_watcher'

EM.kqueue = true
dw = DirectoryWatcher.new ARGV[0], :glob => '**/*', :scanner => :em

EventMachine::WebSocket.start(:host => "0.0.0.0", :port => 41258, :debug => true) do |ws|
  ws.onopen {
    dw.add_observer {
      |*args| args.each {|event|
        ws.send event if event[:type] == :modified
      }
    }
    dw.start
  }
end