Code copy shortcut not appearing in code examples

[Biki-das]

In the current OCAML code examples, if we hover there is no copy code shortcut that usually appears on hovering in the code, i don't have any specific reasoning why this does not work, would be curious to know about the same.
Markdown by default supports this i guess.

Seems like when we eventually Compile this, For some reason the markdown does not render that bit of functionality

This seems to be a good experience of someone trying to learn and being able to copy code in one click.

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[Biki-das]

@SaySayo who can review this issue and guide up?

[sabine]

This is in fact not something that markdown supports by default. So it is not a simple issue at this point.

[Biki-das]

Ok would love to dig this up and extract a solution > This is in fact not something that markdown supports by default. So it is not a simple issue at this point.

[sabine]

Clarifications:

1. In the mid- to long-term these code blocks are intended to be replaced by components that can run the code. So any rendering here is likely to get replaced eventually. It would still be useful in the meantime, though.
2. Adding this feature requires some work on the markdown-to-html rendering. Currently, ocaml.org uses omd for markdown-to-html rendering. However, omd is not maintained anymore, and people are moving to a different markdown rendering package.

If you wanted to attempt a replacing the omd dependency with cmarkit, this might look on first glance like a good Outreachy medium issue to apply for the GUI project (because this task is heavy on OCaml work but has no Tailwind CSS work), but it is not entirely clear if a migration is even possible right now with the other package and OCaml compiler constraints considered. So this could quickly turn into a very frustrating project to work on.

[Biki-das]

thanks @sabine for the followup, looks an interesting problem to solve would surely dive in and try to seek if i can solve it.