# Tooling

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## [Connect to external REPL no longer working](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/connect-to-external-repl-no-longer-working/109763)

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**Author:** [@keithjlee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/keithjlee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/connect-to-external-repl-no-longer-working/109763 "2024-02-06T08:48:03Z")

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Recently, after updating to Julia 1.10, the Connect to External REPL functionality with VS code is no longer working. I’m following the same steps, where I paste the auto-copied command into an external REPL, and VS Code…

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## [BinaryBuilderBase.GitSource how to recurse submodules?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/binarybuilderbase-gitsource-how-to-recurse-submodules/109626)

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**Author:** [@PaulVirally](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PaulVirally)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/binarybuilderbase-gitsource-how-to-recurse-submodules/109626 "2024-02-02T15:10:39Z")

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In my build\_tarballs.jl, I have a GitSource that has submodules. Looking at the source code for BinaryBuilderBase.GitSource’s setup, there doesn’t seem to be a way currently to for the clone to pass --recurse-submodules.…

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## [Make previous plot from navigator the current plot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-previous-plot-from-navigator-the-current-plot/109597)

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**Author:** [@clempe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/clempe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-previous-plot-from-navigator-the-current-plot/109597 "2024-02-02T11:40:27Z")

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I apologize if that’s a bit of a silly question. sometimes I’d like to pick an old plot from the plot navigator and make adjustments to it, like change the legend etc. When just opening that old plot from the plot navig…

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## [Inserting images in Documentation doesn't work](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inserting-images-in-documentation-doesnt-work/109582)

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**Author:** [@vladdez](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vladdez)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inserting-images-in-documentation-doesnt-work/109582 "2024-02-02T09:14:49Z")

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I want to insert an image into my documentation markdown page in Julia. However, it does not respond to my HTML tag. \<img src="../../../src/assets/complex\_plot.png" width="300" align="right"/\>. Also, if you open this l…

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## [How In Literate add a code chunk and do not run it](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-in-literate-add-a-code-chunk-and-do-not-run-it/109508)

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**Author:** [@vladdez](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vladdez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-in-literate-add-a-code-chunk-and-do-not-run-it/109508 "2024-02-01T15:40:55Z")

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I need something like eval=FALSE from R Markdwon. Currently I have a documentation where chunk of code when run will change my environment producing errors. So I need it to look like a chunk of code but not run. I use …

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## [Create a shortcut to activate / deactivate the plot pane?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/create-a-shortcut-to-activate-deactivate-the-plot-pane/109489)

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**Author:** [@jojob68](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jojob68)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/create-a-shortcut-to-activate-deactivate-the-plot-pane/109489 "2024-01-31T03:35:23Z")

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Is there a way to create a simple shortcut to activate / deactivate the plot pane? I find that the plot pane is useful for quick plots, but if I want to look at one particular plot in detail, zoom in, etc. I often prefe…

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## [How to update CMake version in BinaryBuilder's wizard](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-cmake-version-in-binarybuilders-wizard/109461)

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**Author:** [@PaulVirally](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PaulVirally)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-cmake-version-in-binarybuilders-wizard/109461 "2024-01-30T17:40:11Z")

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I’ve been trying to build a package using BinaryBuilder. My package has a binary dependency that can be built with CMake. I need CMake version 3.18 because it has some CUDA definitions, but the CMake binary that I can us…

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## [Computational Meatballs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/computational-meatballs/109430)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/computational-meatballs/109430 "2024-01-30T15:42:26Z")

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A couple of years ago, I worked through the wonderful Computational Thinking MIT course. In the spirit of that class, I put together a (quite goofy) Pluto notebook yesterday to resolve a question that I had. I was prepa…

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## [Weird grayed out variables in VS code?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-grayed-out-variables-in-vs-code/109355)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Salih](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ahmed_Salih)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-grayed-out-variables-in-vs-code/109355 "2024-01-29T16:20:35Z")

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Hello! Has anyone tried this before? Some variables are grayed out even though they are evidently used. The code it self runs fine, but what is going on? Kind regards

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## [Problem when using Pluto (UnauthorizedAccess on Windows)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-when-using-pluto-unauthorizedaccess-on-windows/109265)

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**Author:** [@MHaensel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MHaensel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-when-using-pluto-unauthorizedaccess-on-windows/109265 "2024-01-28T04:44:43Z")

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Hi everyone I am a bit clueless about the following: I recently updated to Julia 1.10.0 which I installed via the Microsoft store. Everything seemed fine so far. Now, I wanted to use a Pluto.jl notebook. When starting …

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## [Pluto problem with Base.load\_path() when importing locally installed packages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-problem-with-base-load-path-when-importing-locally-installed-packages/107755)

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**Author:** [@hisacro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hisacro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-problem-with-base-load-path-when-importing-locally-installed-packages/107755 "2024-01-27T14:35:12Z")

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I used to use begin import Pkg Pkg.activate() using ForwardDiff, LinearAlgebra,PlutoUI, DelimitedFiles, DynamicalSystems, GLMakie, Plots, OrdinaryDiffEq, ProgressMeter; plotly(); end to import locally installed packa…

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## [Problem with Language Server Protocol in VS Code and Sublime Text](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-language-server-protocol-in-vs-code-and-sublime-text/109264)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-language-server-protocol-in-vs-code-and-sublime-text/109264 "2024-01-26T00:11:08Z")

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First off: I am impressed with the LSP in VS Code, and I think the maintainers of the Julia integration with LSP are doing a great job. Thank you! Also, the maintainers of LSP-julia who are integrating Julia with the LS…

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## [Painfully slow Julia REPL in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/painfully-slow-julia-repl-in-vscode/95013)

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**Author:** [@Gian\_Marco\_Todesco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gian_Marco_Todesco)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/painfully-slow-julia-repl-in-vscode/95013 "2024-01-25T10:53:21Z")

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I started using Julia almost one year ago. I use VSCode (1.75.1) with Julia Language Support (v1.38.2), on Windows 10 Pro. I must use Julia 1.6.5 (working on a massive project with a large team). In the beginning, every…

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## [Could anyone try this please?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-anyone-try-this-please/109229)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-anyone-try-this-please/109229 "2024-01-25T05:11:01Z")

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Symbols are not recognized in vscode: no docs hint, no go-to-definition, … It does not happen always. GitHub - PetrKryslUCSD/VibrationGEPHelpers.jl: Generalized Eigenvalue Problem helper functions appears to be fine. All…

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## [Is there a from-zero set of instructions to get Emacs going with julia-ts-mode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-from-zero-set-of-instructions-to-get-emacs-going-with-julia-ts-mode/109031)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-from-zero-set-of-instructions-to-get-emacs-going-with-julia-ts-mode/109031 "2024-01-23T16:56:40Z")

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I am afraid I’ve gotten very rusty on Emacs. :frowning:

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## [VScode Julia server fails precompilation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-server-fails-precompilation/98865)

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**Author:** [@Gravlax](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gravlax)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-server-fails-precompilation/98865 "2024-01-22T14:18:59Z")

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Dear all, I’ve tried installing Julia 1.9 on my desktop machine (previously using 1.8 and older ones). I use VScode as editor. It seems that VScode Julia language server cannot handle my new installation as it fails pr…

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## [Docs failing to update. Can someone explain the error message](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docs-failing-to-update-can-someone-explain-the-error-message/109039)

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**Author:** [@ctkelley](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ctkelley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docs-failing-to-update-can-someone-explain-the-error-message/109039 "2024-01-21T00:05:23Z")

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I pushed an update to SIAMFANLEquations.jl mainly to make the Project.toml file compatible with v1.11. One thing I also did was take the version number out of index.md. Everything went well except the documenter update …

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## [Documenter is warning of "duplicated docs", but it isn't?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-is-warning-of-duplicated-docs-but-it-isnt/109004)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-is-warning-of-duplicated-docs-but-it-isnt/109004 "2024-01-19T10:18:43Z")

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For any (sub-)module of my package, I want a documentation page with: High-level documentation of the module Index of the exported functions Detailed doc of each exported function I currently implement the page source…

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## [Package with large artifacts - CI runners out of disk space](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-with-large-artifacts-ci-runners-out-of-disk-space/108964)

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**Author:** [@pat-alt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pat-alt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-with-large-artifacts-ci-runners-out-of-disk-space/108964 "2024-01-19T06:52:38Z")

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Hi there, I’m working on a package that makes a new financial dataset, model and model activations available. The latter are quite big and I’m trying to make them available as Arrow files through artifacts (see here). U…

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## [Weird spaces in VSCode REPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-spaces-in-vscode-repl/108943)

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**Author:** [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-spaces-in-vscode-repl/108943 "2024-01-18T14:38:19Z")

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Sometimes my VSCode Julia REPL does this. No idea why it happens, I usually restart to make it stop. Any clues?

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## [Warning message from \`juliaup\` after updating to Apple Silicon](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-message-from-juliaup-after-updating-to-apple-silicon/108878)

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**Author:** [@jbshannon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jbshannon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-message-from-juliaup-after-updating-to-apple-silicon/108878 "2024-01-16T18:47:32Z")

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This post is a summary of a Slack thread (thanks @davidanthoff) that I wanted to make more publicly available. I recently upgraded to an M1 Pro MacBook from an older Intel model and started getting a strange message eve…

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## [Vscode, plots.jl and plotly()](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-plots-jl-and-plotly/108436)

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**Author:** [@mcreel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mcreel)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-plots-jl-and-plotly/108436 "2024-01-15T20:41:54Z")

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Running latest vscode julia extension 1.65.2 with julia 1.10, the following code will run in the (vscode) julia terminal, with the plot appearing in the web browser, but, if run in the vscode editor, it does not plot in …

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## [Package extention for Test allways loads](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-extention-for-test-allways-loads/108668)

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**Author:** [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-extention-for-test-allways-loads/108668 "2024-01-11T14:35:51Z")

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Hi all :slight\_smile: I want to use some default during testing and put them in my packages in the ext foulder. In the Project.toml I put: \[weakdeps\] Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40" \[extensions\] TestExt…

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## [How to start Pluto with a specified notebook?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-start-pluto-with-a-specified-notebook/108665)

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**Author:** [@ddrake](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ddrake)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-start-pluto-with-a-specified-notebook/108665 "2024-01-11T09:42:24Z")

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I have a Pluto notebook source file – say, my\_notebook.jl and would like to start the notebook. I’d expect something like this would work: $ julia -e 'using Pluto; Pluto.run("my\_notebook.jl")' but of course it doesn’t.…

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## [What is supposed to be copied from the context menu of a plot?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-supposed-to-be-copied-from-the-context-menu-of-a-plot/108522)

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**Author:** [@homocomputeris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/homocomputeris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-supposed-to-be-copied-from-the-context-menu-of-a-plot/108522 "2024-01-09T09:03:36Z")

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What is supposed to be copies from the context menu of a plot and where can it be pasted?

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## [Propagate changes from git repo into package included with dev?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/propagate-changes-from-git-repo-into-package-included-with-dev/108538)

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**Author:** [@rkube](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rkube)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/propagate-changes-from-git-repo-into-package-included-with-dev/108538 "2024-01-09T02:05:19Z")

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Hi, One of my environments has a package from a local git server in development mode checked out, added as pkg\> dev git@... After pushing modifications into the git repository, a function signature changed to pmt\_a…

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## [Revise not updating functions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/revise-not-updating-functions/108391)

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**Author:** [@A\_C](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/A_C)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/revise-not-updating-functions/108391 "2024-01-08T17:48:06Z")

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I am following the example here to redefine struct (by renaming it). But the function does not get recompiled with new type. I get the following error: julia\> MyPkg.processFoo(fs) ERROR: MethodError: no method matching …

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## [Adding standard library packages to manifest file for getting autocompletion is redundant](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-standard-library-packages-to-manifest-file-for-getting-autocompletion-is-redundant/108330)

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**Author:** [@GeorgeTheFifth](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GeorgeTheFifth)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-standard-library-packages-to-manifest-file-for-getting-autocompletion-is-redundant/108330 "2024-01-07T21:58:39Z")

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The fact that we have to add the standard library packages to get code autocompletion seems quite redundant! For instance, in Python, when you import something from the standard library, you get the autocompletion on th…

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## [Inline error message doesn't show up in VSCode-Insiders](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inline-error-message-doesnt-show-up-in-vscode-insiders/62707)

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**Author:** [@facusapienza](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/facusapienza)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inline-error-message-doesnt-show-up-in-vscode-insiders/62707 "2024-01-03T23:28:59Z")

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HI! I recently moved from VSCode to VSCode-Insiders. I am really enjoying working there, but I cannot see the red inline error message when there is something in my code that is not working. For example, while in VSCode …

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## [Problem in installing FFTW package due to dependancy on MKL\_jll](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-in-installing-fftw-package-due-to-dependancy-on-mkl-jll/108254)

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**Author:** [@Uranium238](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Uranium238)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-in-installing-fftw-package-due-to-dependancy-on-mkl-jll/108254 "2024-01-02T16:12:22Z")

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I am trying to run my code on a fresh machine with a fresh install of Julia. I am trying to install the FFTW package for a code I am trying to run. But when installing it is showing a problem as attached below related t…

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