nikola auto not working

[ghost]

I'm a newb so suspect user error, but I installed nikola v6.3.0 (pip install nikola) and have not been able to get nikola auto to work.

Initially I was getting errors due to a more recent version of livereload (which, isn't this marked as fixed?) and resolved by forcing livereload=2.0.0.

The next problem is that the site appears not to rebuild when I save edits to a post. I have not RTFM yet (as instructed :) but when I do:
nikola auto -b

I should be able to edit a post file (e.g. 1.rst) and on save, see the changes immediately, correct? What I see in the server log output and in Chrome dev tools shows that the browser is re-requesting a bunch of files, but I have to manually do nikola build to get the site to rebuild.

I'm using OS X 10.9.1, Python 2.7. Let me know if I can provide any other info; if I get it worked out I'll update the issue.

[ghost]

Log output below. Note I'm exploring the demo site (nikola init --demo nikola-test)

$ nikola auto
Scanning posts....done!
[2014-02-22T16:33:05Z] NOTICE: Nikola: galleries/demo/index.txt is scheduled to be published in the future (2014-02-22 15:30:53+00:00)
Serving on 127.0.0.1:8000
INFO:root:Browser Connected: http://localhost:8000/
INFO:root:Start watching changes
INFO:root:File conf.py changed
INFO:root:ignore this reload action
INFO:root:Browser Connected: http://localhost:8000/
INFO:root:File posts/1.rst changed
INFO:root:Reload 2 waiters
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET / (::1) 1.10ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET / (::1) 0.87ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /livereload.js (::1) 1.03ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/css/all-nocdn.css (::1) 2.61ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/js/all-nocdn.js (::1) 1.60ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/css/all-nocdn.css (::1) 1.63ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /livereload.js (::1) 12.10ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/js/all-nocdn.js (::1) 1.60ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/css/images/overlay.png (::1) 1.02ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/css/images/overlay.png (::1) 0.99ms
WARNING:tornado.access:404 GET /assets/js/jquery-1.10.2.min.map (::1) 0.68ms
WARNING:tornado.access:404 GET /assets/js/jquery-1.10.2.min.map (::1) 0.81ms
INFO:root:Browser Connected: http://localhost:8000/
INFO:root:Browser Connected: http://localhost:8000/
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET / (::1) 0.66ms
INFO:tornado.access:304 GET /livereload.js (::1) 0.80ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/css/all-nocdn.css (::1) 1.74ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/js/all-nocdn.js (::1) 3.30ms
INFO:tornado.access:200 GET /assets/css/images/overlay.png (::1) 0.95ms
INFO:root:Browser Connected: http://localhost:8000/

[Kwpolska]

Initially I was getting errors due to a more recent version of livereload (which, isn't this marked as fixed?) and resolved by forcing livereload=2.0.0.

Marked as fixed because it is fixed in master. This bug surfaced after release. Nikola now freezes livereload to prevent future bugs due to such ugly API changes.

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I should be able to edit a post file (e.g. 1.rst) and on save, see the changes immediately, correct? What I see in the server log output and in Chrome dev tools shows that the browser is re-requesting a bunch of files, but I have to manually do nikola build to get the site to rebuild.

Reproduced. Will try to fix.

[ghost]

Forgive me if this is wrong place to ask, but do you recommend in general new users cloning master? I'd like to try the live reloading feature but want a stable set up.

Appreciate the quick fix! Well done.

[asmeurer]

getnikola.com seems to suggest that it is, assuming Travis is passing:

Is it a good idea to try github master today?

[Kwpolska]

GitHub master is generally stable and shippable (especially since v6.4.0 is likely to be released next Friday) — though, as suggested in #1070, one can just replace auto.py with the version from master and have a working nikola auto. For a long time, the handbook even suggested to install from master! (changed in #747 due to issues with GitHub and their zips and because our releases started to be more and more functional)

[ghost]

Great thanks for the info! I'll circle back around soon to check out the auto reloading feature. IMHO if this works well it is a killer feature -- immediate feedback is so important to any type of development.

[diwakergupta]

Not sure if this is the same bug, but nikola auto just fails for me:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/doit/doit_cmd.py", line 105, in run
    return self.sub_cmds[command].parse_execute(args)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/doit/cmd_base.py", line 76, in parse_execute
    return self.execute(params, args)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/nikola/plugin_categories.py", line 83, in execute
    self._execute(options, args)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/nikola/plugins/command/auto.py", line 86, in _execute
    server.serve(port, out_folder)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/livereload/server.py", line 196, in serve
    self.application(debug=debug).listen(self.port, address=host)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/tornado/web.py", line 1463, in listen
    server.listen(port, address)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/tornado/tcpserver.py", line 117, in listen
    sockets = bind_sockets(port, address=address)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/tornado/netutil.py", line 67, in bind_sockets
    0, flags)):
gaierror: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known

[Kwpolska]

@diwakergupta

What happens if you install livereload==2.0.0?

Or what if you stay with livereload==2.1.0 and replace auto.py with the updated version?

[diwakergupta]

Updated auto.py works with livereload==2.1.0, thanks!