Commit 3a065c5a authored by Robert Griesemer's avatar Robert Griesemer

godoc: update documentation

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5758057
parent a324a5ac
......@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ In command-line mode, the -q flag enables search queries against a godoc running
as a webserver. If no explicit server address is specified with the -server flag,
godoc first tries localhost:6060 and then http://golang.org.
godoc -q Reader Writer
godoc -q Reader
godoc -q math.Sin
godoc -server=:6060 -q sin
......@@ -87,17 +87,15 @@ The flags are:
directory containing alternate template files; if set,
the directory may provide alternative template files
for the files in $GOROOT/lib/godoc
-filter=""
filter file containing permitted package directory paths
-filter_minutes=0
filter file update interval in minutes; update is disabled if <= 0
-zip=""
zip file providing the file system to serve; disabled if empty
The -path flag accepts a list of colon-separated paths; unrooted paths are relative
to the current working directory. Each path is considered as an additional root for
packages in order of appearance. The last (absolute) path element is the prefix for
the package path. For instance, given the flag value:
By default, godoc looks at the packages it finds via $GOROOT and $GOPATH (if set).
Additional directories may be specified via the -path flag which accepts a list
of colon-separated paths; unrooted paths are relative to the current working
directory. Each path is considered as an additional root for packages in order
of appearance. The last (absolute) path element is the prefix for the package
path. For instance, given the flag value:
path=".:/home/bar:/public"
......@@ -108,13 +106,6 @@ as follows:
/home/bar/x -> bar/x
/public/x -> public/x
Paths provided via -path may point to very large file systems that contain
non-Go files. Creating the subtree of directories with Go packages may take
a long amount of time. A file containing newline-separated directory paths
may be provided with the -filter flag; if it exists, only directories
on those paths are considered. If -filter_minutes is set, the filter_file is
updated regularly by walking the entire directory tree.
When godoc runs as a web server and -index is set, a search index is maintained.
The index is created at startup and is automatically updated every time the
-sync command terminates with exit status 0, indicating that files have changed.
......@@ -159,5 +150,6 @@ one may run godoc as follows:
See "Godoc: documenting Go code" for how to write good comments for godoc:
http://blog.golang.org/2011/03/godoc-documenting-go-code.html
*/
package documentation
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