Plugins should be able to provide a synposis to a log file

[Kittyfisto]

Whenever I'm debugging issues in one application or the other, I find myself constantly changing filters and scrolling over the entire log file to find some arcane information such as:

• Application version
• Environment variables
• Length of log in minutes / hours / days
• Even more application specific information

Tailviewer cannot do very much on a general front (besides finishing the goddamn analysis feature), however it could provide a plugin interface which allows the following:

Define a custom control which is displayed next to the log file itself

Tailviewer could, for example, provide another tab on the right side panel bar which expands when clicked on. This panel could then display the custom control provided by the log file. An MSBuild plugin might for example display the build time as well as a per-project status.

Allow user interaction between the synposis tab and the log file itself

A plugin could provide certain controls which filter the log file in a certain way which is always necessary for that type of log file. So for example a plugin for an MSBuild log could provide easy to reach filters which filter the output to display only the log entries pertaining to a particular project.

Proposed interface

public interface ILogFileSynopsisPlugin
    : IPlugin
{
    ILogFileSynopsisViewModel CreateViewModel(IServiceContainer services, ILogFile logFile);
    FrameworkElement CreateControl(IServiceContainer services, ILogFileSynopsisViewModel viewModel);
}

[Kittyfisto]

Done. Will be part of the 0.9 release.

[Kittyfisto]

Fixed with v0.9.0