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+{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
+import "hledger-web" Hledger.Web.Application (getApplicationDev)
+import Network.Wai.Handler.Warp
+    (runSettings, defaultSettings, settingsPort)
+import Control.Concurrent (forkIO)
+import System.Directory (doesFileExist, removeFile)
+import System.Exit (exitSuccess)
+import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
+
+-- import Network.Wai.Middleware.Debug (debugHandle)
+-- import Yesod.Logger (logString, logLazyText, flushLogger, makeLogger)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    putStrLn "Starting devel application"
+    (port, app) <- getApplicationDev
+    forkIO $ runSettings defaultSettings
+        { settingsPort = port
+        } app
+    loop
+
+loop :: IO ()
+loop = do
+  threadDelay 100000
+  e <- doesFileExist "dist/devel-terminate"
+  if e then terminateDevel else loop
+
+terminateDevel :: IO ()
+terminateDevel = exitSuccess
+
+--     logString logger $ (show env) ++ " application launched, listening on port " ++ show (appPort c)
+--     withApp c logger opts $ run (appPort c) . debugHandle (logHandle logger)
+--     flushLogger logger
+
+--     where
+--         logHandle logger msg = logLazyText logger msg >> flushLogger logger