id = "viddy" name = "Viddy" homepage = "https://github.com/sachaos/viddy" description = "Modern watch command." executables = ["viddy"] [dotfiles] # https://github.com/sachaos/viddy#configuration — the project documents # $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/viddy.toml and, on macOS, ~/Library/Application Support/ # viddy.toml. The first is the XDG [configHome] spelling; the second is the # platform-native [appData] spelling. paths = ["[configHome]/viddy.toml", "[appData]/viddy.toml"] exclude = [] secret = [] side_effect = false [commands] format = 1 label = "Watch a command" description = "Run a command periodically and browse its output history with diff highlighting. Save/load of history, shell selection and mouse options are left out." quality = "ai-draft" parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = true, short_bundles = false } [[commands.source]] id = "help" kind = "help" url = "https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/blob/master/src/cli.rs" revision = "master 2026-10-27" evidence = """-n, --interval Seconds to wait between updates (>= 100ms) -d, --differences Highlight changes between updates -D, --deletion-differences Highlight deletion changes between updates -p, --precise Attempt run command in precise intervals -t, --no-title Turn off header -w, --unfold Turn off line wrapping -s, --skip-empty-diffs Skip snapshots with no changes in history -b, --bell Ring terminal bell changes between updates -x, --exec Pass command to exec instead of sh -c [COMMAND]... Command to run""" [[commands.field]] id = "interval" label = "Interval" description = "Wait between updates, e.g. 2s or 500ms (minimum 100ms)." type = "string" option = ["--interval", "-n"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "differences" label = "Highlight changes" type = "boolean" option = ["--differences", "-d"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "deletion_differences" label = "Highlight deletions" type = "boolean" option = ["--deletion-differences", "-D"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "precise" label = "Precise intervals" type = "boolean" option = ["--precise", "-p"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "no_title" label = "Hide header" type = "boolean" option = ["--no-title", "-t"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "unfold" label = "No line wrapping" type = "boolean" option = ["--unfold", "-w"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "skip_empty" label = "Skip unchanged snapshots" type = "boolean" option = ["--skip-empty-diffs", "-s"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "bell" label = "Ring bell on change" type = "boolean" option = ["--bell", "-b"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "exec" label = "Exec directly (no shell)" type = "boolean" option = ["--exec", "-x"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "command" label = "Command" type = "string" position = 0 multiple = true min = 1 sources = ["help"] [[commands.task]] id = "watch" label = "Watch with diff highlighting" fields = ["interval", "differences", "command"] required = ["command"] set = { differences = [true] } [[commands.group]] id = "basic" label = "Basic" fields = ["command", "interval", "differences", "deletion_differences"] [[commands.group]] id = "advanced" label = "Advanced" fields = ["precise", "no_title", "unfold", "skip_empty", "bell", "exec"]