Did you try the same, tail - f, but from outside vim?

If not wrong, vim is dumping the whole buffer to the file on save (not
'appending' new content) so I wouldn't be surprised it tail - f did not
work because of it.

Il sab 23 nov 2019, 16:35 Igor <[email protected]> ha scritto:

> Hi,
> I installed Vim 8.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 using PPA.
>
> 1. Now I am editing myfile.txt file in vim.
> 2. I opened new terminal windows inside vim
> with command: :terminal
>
> 3. New terminal opens. I typed in:
> tail -f myfile.txt
> 4. I moved back to ordinary Vim window:
> Ctrl+w
> 5. I type in some text and save with :w
>
> PROBLEM: I expect terminal windows refreshes
> because of tail -f command, but actually
> nothing really happens in :terminal window.
>
> If this is working this would be super-powerful
> feature using vim and ssh.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks
>
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