godoc sync (godocs automatic refresh)

[Jan Mercl]

Can someone please confirm a not yet reported (aka can't find existing) issue with godoc? I'm using the same arguments as before weekly.2012-02-07 (starts at login):

godoc -http :6060 -sync true -sync_minutes 10

The e.g. "Last update: Sun Feb 12 09:46:43 +0100 CET 2012" shown at top of after clicking the 'src' and/or 'Packages' links at the home page seems to indicate that the std packages do get a regular rescan, while the src (which is far more importnant while developing) is always stuck at the godoc starting time (no rescan done).

Intended behavior or a bug? In the later case, should I fill an issue or is there already one about this?

TIA for any feedback.

[Kyle Lemons]

I noticed this behavior awhile ago and stopped using --sync_minutes.  I tried various sync commands with no luck.  I haven't tried again, so I can't confirm it hasn't been fixed, but I know it used to not work.

[Ignacio Grande]

I found this two and a half years old topic about refreshing godoc. It seems that the sync_minutes options has been removed.

I'm working with several open files, from libraries and programs, and I would like to use godoc to check the function names and parameters as I write.

Is there an alternative to restarting godoc? A "refresh" button would be nice...

Thanks.