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 # Snipper
 A lightweight framework for removing code from student solutions.
 ## Installation
-```shell
+```console
 pip install codesnipper
 ```
 ## What it does
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 Goodbuy world
 ```
 and a typeset version of an interactive python session in `foo.pyi`
-```ipython
+```pycon
 >>> print("hello world")
 Hello World"
 ```