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is there non-web edition? would be super cool to run it inside command line and use local /usr/share/man

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing explainshell command-processing flow and how its web interface obtains help text. Define how a local CLI would read /usr/share/man and handle pacman -Ql; done means the proposed non-web mode can process commands using local man pages.

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explainshell pacman -Ql
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Python
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