The buffer showing Zed.log should autoupdate

[hferreiro]

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Describe the bug / provide steps to reproduce it

Run "zed: open log" command.
The buffer path shows "Last 1000 lines in ..Zed.log" but the buffer is not updated when new log entries are written.
I think it would make more sense if it would behave as the LSP server logs, which are updated in real-time.

Environment

Zed: v0.163.2 (Zed)
OS: macOS 15.1.1
Memory: 32 GiB
Architecture: aarch64

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If applicable, attach your Zed.log file to this issue.

Zed.log

[notpeter]

In the meantime as a workaround I use a task with tail -f:

  {
    "label": "tail zed logs",
    "command": "tail -f ~/Library/Logs/Zed/zed.log"
  },

And have alias zlog='tail -f ~/Library/Logs/Zed/Zed.log' in my ~/.zshrc.

See also:

• Tail console output of language servers #18737

[VKondakoff]

Hmm... This is from https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v0.127.3 release (Mar 20, 2024):

Improved zed: Open Log action to not mark the opened log file as dirty and to always scroll to the bottom of the log.

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