@Saccc_c: In Codex, selecting text can trigger the 'Detailed Explanation' feature to quickly answer your questions. It's great for asking Codex in a small window about parts of the plan you don't understand while running tasks.
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The tweet introduces two practical features of Codex: selecting text to trigger 'Detailed Explanation' to quickly answer questions, and adding 'editable writing block output' to prompts to improve AI writing efficiency.
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In Codex, selecting text can trigger the “detailed explanation” feature to quickly answer your questions.
It’s great for running tasks while asking Codex in a small window about parts of the plan you don’t understand. https://t.co/fGXYfj2ls7
Sac (@Saccc_c): Add this sentence to the Codex prompt to significantly boost your AI writing efficiency.
Ask the prompt to output in an “editable writing block”—Codex will produce text that you can quickly edit and copy. Pretty handy 😀
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