I've been dabbling in Go since 2009 -- I grew accustomed to godoc.com, and the way godoc formats the documentation. Not that the new pkg.go.dev isn't any good -- its a matter of preference because you're used to seeing it one way, and pkg.go.dev displays it another. I am not a full time developer, and therefore in the hour or so I actually get to write code per day -- well I just have not found the time to get to know pkg.go.dev.
My solution is to run my own godoc server on my Mac. First fire it up, godoc -http=localhost:6060 -play. Then go in to Microsoft Edge, and go to http://localhost:6060. Click on the 'packages' button. Once you've done this you can stop the godoc server. Next click on the three dots on the far upper right of 'Edge'. Select 'Apps'-->'Install This Site As An App'. I called it 'GoDoc'. Open Terminal, go to ~/Applications/Edge\ Apps.localized/GoDoc.app/Contents/MacOS. Move app_mode_loader to appGoDoc. Edit a file in this directory called app_mode_loader. Put the following in that file: ``` #!/bin/bash nohup /Users/youruser/go/bin/godoc -http=localhost:6060 -play & /Users/youruser/Applications/Edge\ Apps.localized/GoDoc.app/Contents/MacOS/appGoDoc ``` The first line starts the godoc server and listens on port 6060. The second line launches Microsoft Edge in App mode for your page. If you close the window -- godoc still runs in the background, I've not found this to be a problem. On the first start you do have to give it a second or two as the page loads faster than godoc can start to serve. Just refresh. The request I have is that if at some point Go Doc takes on a new look like pkg.go.dev, consider that some may like the older format, maybe have godoc and godoc-old or something like that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/7ef6d703-801e-46e0-a698-0969922cc7c7n%40googlegroups.com.
