Feature request : Allow to edit of log files

[Junbo-Zheng]

I know the Klogg is a multi-platform application to browse and search log files, when I use it to browse some log files, it can help me capture some key log information quickly and efficiently.

In the actual work, there is such a scenario, for example, I get a log file, when I browse the log or when I use a highlighter to make some marks, I hope I can try to modify it, just like I am editing a text file and I want to add some my own understanding to the log file I see, as if I added comments in the process of writing code. The picture below is the modification I made to the log file with a normal file editor. As you can see, the position of line 21 is manually added :

Like some other editors, such as vim, UltraEdit Text Editor, Notepad++, etc., they also support the function of viewing logs, and they also support the editing function of logs, but they are far less efficient than klogg.

I hope that klogg can support the function of editing logs. Users can add some of their own understanding or a key information, which can help themselves or other colleagues to locate some bugs.

Hope this feature can be adopted, thank you.

[variar]

Hi, thanks for suggestion. Unfortunately, klogg architecture doesn't leave room for editing opened files. When klogg opens a file, it builds an index of line positions and then use it to display individual lines and perform search operations. Index structure is an "append only". If klogg detects some changes in parts of file that already have been indexed, full index is rebuilt.

Although, editing file on disk is not an option at the moment, adding something like comments to some lines can be implemented, rendering them on top of original text. This will allow to leave personal notes during log analysis.

Personally I use built-in scratchpad to collect notes when looking through log files.

[Junbo-Zheng]

Hi, thanks for suggestion. Unfortunately, klogg architecture doesn't leave room for editing opened files. When klogg opens a file, it builds an index of line positions and then use it to display individual lines and perform search operations. Index structure is an "append only". If klogg detects some changes in parts of file that already have been indexed, full index is rebuilt.

Although, editing file on disk is not an option at the moment, adding something like comments to some lines can be implemented, rendering them on top of original text. This will allow to leave personal notes during log analysis.

Personally I use built-in scratchpad to collect notes when looking through log files.

Okay, I got it, thank you for your patient, I think I know how to use it, at least now I can use it to meet my requirements.

[jmichaelsturm]

I would be interested in the ability to add context notes (comments) to marked lines which would show up in the search results pane and (optionally) could be part of what is copied to the scratchpad. I am willing to contribute to this feature, although I would need time to learn the code.