Single line updates not showing

[EvertEt]

When using the following python script and commands, no updates are printed (no progress dots)

import sys
from time import sleep

sys.stdout.write("starting\n")
while True:
    sys.stdout.write(".")
    sleep(3)

python -u progress.py > test.log

frontail test.log

Is there a way to get these updates to match the tail -F command which does show and update the progress dots line?

[mthenw]

yeah, the thing is that this script doesn't produce new lines. Frontal doesn't react to those changes.

[EvertEt]

Thank you for your response. Is this on purpose? Would there be a way or option to enable this to get closer to the real tail behaviour?

[mthenw]

It's not on purpose. Assuming that there is always a new line simplifies the implementation. I've never considered changing that behaviour as it would require lots of changes (I guess).