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The Listen gem listens to file modifications and notifies you about the changes.
https://rubygems.org/gems/listen
MIT License
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Do we stilll need the Windows and BSD notes in the README? #347

Closed i-give-up closed 9 years ago

i-give-up commented 9 years ago

I'm referring to this section and the next.

It seems like Thibaud has added the lines in this project's GEMFILE back in September 2013 with commits 95f3a19bbe5cb2bda465f7e98989a0698ffc5708 and e99b7406e94944a6f6bc657ddb8a0535ed0790cc

e2 commented 9 years ago

Sadly, yes.

First, the project Gemfile in Listen is only for development on the Listen project itself - so it has nothing to do with the Readme.

Second, only OSX (rb-fsevent) and Linux (rb-inotify) optimized adapters are included in Listen's dependencies. So to avoid polling on Windows and BSD, users have to also install the right adapter (wdm or rb-kqueue).

The wdm could be also bundled with Listen, but I'm not sure if it is really a good idea.

But, thanks for wanting to cut out excess fat from the Readme - I appreciate that very much!