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Multiline explainer (with popups)

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python, shell
Domain
cli, frontend

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; start by examining how the existing explainer handles the shown multiline shell script and how its layout is organized. Done means a prototype can explain all or parts of the example and present the explanation through usable popups.

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Description

What it takes to stitch a prototype that is able to explain multiline shell scripts (or a pieces of them)?

for key in "$@"; do
    eval $(echo "$env" | grep "^export ${key=}")
done

I guess the most complicated part is the layout of explainer text. Maybe it is possible to scatter some overlapping popups around the content..

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