monkstone
commented
11 years ago For linux users (possibly mac) there may be a workaround using a "watch script" similar to this script for vanilla processing watch.
#!/bin/bash
while inotifywait -e modify /home/foo/sketchbook/$1; do
ps cax | grep java > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "killing java"
killall java
exec -a processing /usr/bin/processing-java --sketch=/home/foo/sketchbook/$1/ --output=/tmp/$1/ --run --force &
else
echo "Running the Sketch"
exec -a processing /usr/bin/processing-java --sketch=/home/foo/sketchbook/$1/ --output=/tmp/$1 --run --force &
fi
done requires inotify-tools and incron
This may not be fixable from ruby-processing, since I believe opengl resources do not get properly released in vanilla processing. Anyway if you use a decent editor with macro support (sublime, emacs, vim, jEdit) it is no big deal, as you can have a macro that allows you to "rp5 run" the currently edited sketch with one or two mouse click / key strokes. You could also experiment with an external tool like guard, but unless you are you using it already you will probably waste more time than you could possibly save.