Serve docs directly from rustdoccommand

[hardvain]

It would be nice to have something like rustdoc servecommand that generates the documentation and also serves the documentation from a local server. Auto reload for changes would be a still more nice to have.

Acceptance Criteria:

• A command that builds the documentation and also serves it from a locally started server
• Watch the files for changes and auto reload the documentation on changes (Extremely nice to have)

[steveklabnik]

Yup, this is certainly a thing we've thought about, possibly even as the way you look at docs locally.

[mgattozzi]

This is similar to #153 but not exactly the same.

[euclio]

I'm 👎 on requiring a server to view docs locally, but I guess ember requires it?

[steveklabnik]

It does not require it. There are some things that are nicer with one, like pretty URLs, but that's a browser/standards issue, not an Ember thing.

[TheDan64]

I'd be interested in giving this a shot! What's the best way to serve files? Would hyper be too low level?

[steveklabnik]

So, this is kinda an open question! Given that it's local, I would argue that the smaller, the better.

There are several "simple file servers" in Rust; I even have one of my own: https://github.com/steveklabnik/simple-server/ I'm not saying mine would be the right choice, but I think whatever is simplest is the best option. We don't need to worry about things like scalability when we're talking about browsing docs locally.

[TheDan64]

Good point! I'll be sure to check them out. I'm trying out the notify crate for watching directories. My initial foray is here.