Pippy allows the student to examine, execute, and modify simple Python programs. In addition it is possible to write Python statements to play sounds, calculate expressions, or make simple text based interactive games.
Yes Import from python file, and export as Pippy document (which is a python file) are exact opposites
That icon isn't grey anymore in the latest versions, it is used to export your code as a pippy library,
You can then later use the exported library by writing import filename.py and use it however you want, like filename.print_hello(). Pretty useful imo.
Distutils package provides infrastructure for building and distributing Python packages.
Saving as example can act as a learning reference. You can save some code snippets which you frequently refer back.
It would be great to clean these up.