rustdoc: Consider ways to make UI development cycle faster about rust HOT 7 OPEN

We could add a perma-unstable -Z flag which switches from static inclusion via include_bytes (html/static_files.rs) to dynamic inclusion to improve this workflow.

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What do you mean by "Don't check-in"?

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Oh I thought the generated files were checked-in to git and that's why you edited the wrong file. What is it that you edited?

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I run x.py doc std and then edit the generated main.js (which I unminify) in the build doc directory. It's much faster this way since I don't have to rebuild the documentation every time I make a change. I do the same with CSS. Problem is that I forgot to copy some changes. 😅

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I'm not sure if it's worth having such an option but could be worth a try.

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Could add a custom x command to assemble a standard library doc folder with symlinked main.js etc.

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That would be convenient indeed. 👍

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