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In osx, there is a scripted way to refresh Chrome:

osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to reload active tab of window 1';

You can use this to refresh Chrome from vi, by mapping it to e.g. <F4>. Put this in your .vimrc

:map <F4> :! osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to reload active tab of window 1';<CR><CR>

The ! after the colon is to execute a shell script. The <CR><CR> is to automate vi further. If you do this you might find there is still an annoying "Press ENTER or type command to continue" message when closing the browser. Just add a silent and a redraw (somehow the screen screws up after a silent) and you are good to go.

:map <F4> :silent !osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to reload active tab of window 1';<CR><CR> :redraw!<CR>

Now you never have to leave the keyboard again! The inspiration came from here: http://www.dragdropsite.com/tutorials/auto-refresh-browser-after-code-change-using-automator/ and it is now part of my dotfiles

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