doc(netxlite): revamp the documentation (#523)

Part of https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/506. In parallel with
tutorials, we also need to make sure we have good documentation.
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@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import (
// ReadAllContext is like io.ReadAll but reads r in a
// background goroutine. This function will return
// earlier if the context is cancelled. In which case
// we will continue reading from r in the background
// we will continue reading from the reader in the background
// goroutine, and we will discard the result. To stop
// the long-running goroutine, you need to close the
// connection bound to the r reader, if possible.
// the long-running goroutine, close the connection
// bound to the reader. Until such a connection is closed,
// you're leaking the backround goroutine and doing I/O.
func ReadAllContext(ctx context.Context, r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
datach, errch := make(chan []byte, 1), make(chan error, 1) // buffers
go func() {
@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func ReadAllContext(ctx context.Context, r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
// CopyContext is like io.Copy but may terminate earlier
// when the context expires. This function has the same
// caveats of ReadAllContext regarding the temporary leaking
// of the background goroutine used to do I/O.
// of the background I/O goroutine.
func CopyContext(ctx context.Context, dst io.Writer, src io.Reader) (int64, error) {
countch, errch := make(chan int64, 1), make(chan error, 1) // buffers
go func() {