# Tooling

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## [Custom keybindings doesn't work in VS Code REPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/custom-keybindings-doesnt-work-in-vs-code-repl/84636)

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**Author:** [@wsshin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wsshin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/custom-keybindings-doesnt-work-in-vs-code-repl/84636 "2022-07-22T15:18:53Z")

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I use Greek characters very frequently in my code. So, for example, instead of entering λ by \\lambda followed by the tab key, I press Control-Option-L. (I’m a Mac user, and Mac’s Option key would correspond to Window’s…

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## [Hiding "Live Docs" bar in Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hiding-live-docs-bar-in-pluto/84621)

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**Author:** [@patrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/patrick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hiding-live-docs-bar-in-pluto/84621 "2022-07-22T07:14:14Z")

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Is there a simple way to permanently hide the “live docs” bar that appears at the bottom of Pluto notebooks?

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## [Sorting in vscode workspace view](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sorting-in-vscode-workspace-view/84624)

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**Author:** [@Oto\_Brzobohaty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oto_Brzobohaty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sorting-in-vscode-workspace-view/84624 "2022-07-22T06:30:09Z")

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Dear All, is there any way how to sort the workspace in julia view (in vscode julia extension)? Normally there is mix of variables, modules, etc. I would like to have variables and modules in separated subsections.

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## [Using a \`new\` constructor with Parameters.jl \`@with\_kw\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-new-constructor-with-parameters-jl-with-kw/84588)

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**Author:** [@this\_josh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/this_josh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-new-constructor-with-parameters-jl-with-kw/84588 "2022-07-21T13:41:10Z")

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I’d like to do something like this. using Parameters struct Cat breed colour age weight name end @with\_kw struct Pet name kind age function Pet(cat::Cat) new(name= cat.name,…

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## [StaticArrays 1.5, StaticArraysCore and BSON.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/staticarrays-1-5-staticarrayscore-and-bson-jl/84473)

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**Author:** [@josuagrw](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/josuagrw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/staticarrays-1-5-staticarrayscore-and-bson-jl/84473 "2022-07-21T12:46:55Z")

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What is the correct way to save and load StaticArrays in package version 1.5? Basically, I used to be able to import using StaticArrays using BSON and storing/loading worked fine. Now the code above works for storing…

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## [Emacs wrong indentation after \`import Base: \*\`. Here's a workaround](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/emacs-wrong-indentation-after-import-base-heres-a-workaround/84585)

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**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/emacs-wrong-indentation-after-import-base-heres-a-workaround/84585 "2022-07-21T10:45:11Z")

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There is a known issue with the indentation of julia-mode in Emacs, giving your code formatted like this import Base: \* a = 1 This is because Emacs believes the first line ends with a hanging operator \*, so conside…

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## [GitHub CI: How to build my manifest if I want to test on stable and LTS?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-ci-how-to-build-my-manifest-if-i-want-to-test-on-stable-and-lts/84567)

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**Author:** [@maxkapur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maxkapur)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-ci-how-to-build-my-manifest-if-i-want-to-test-on-stable-and-lts/84567 "2022-07-21T02:55:10Z")

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I am trying to set up a GitHub action that runs tests for my package on the latest LTS (1.6) and the latest stable (1.7, soon to be 1.8) release. Here is my .github/workflows/RunTests.yml file: name: RunTests on: \[push,…

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## [VSCode Julia debugger usability](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-debugger-usability/58121)

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**Author:** [@Zhong\_Pan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Zhong_Pan)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-debugger-usability/58121 "2022-07-20T12:16:46Z")

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This is not a new topic, and I am aware progress is being made… Just would like to bump its priority if possible. :slight\_smile: Currently the VSCode Julia debugger’s standard mode is too slow for practical use if large…

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## [Why does Random.seed!() return different results in Atom and VSCode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-random-seed-return-different-results-in-atom-and-vscode/84287)

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**Author:** [@etorkia](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/etorkia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-random-seed-return-different-results-in-atom-and-vscode/84287 "2022-07-19T18:18:48Z")

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I am trying to run Documenter.jl and the output results are different that the expected results due to a difference in sampling. I can reproduce a seeded result using 1 in both cases but different outputs! Any thoughts?

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## [Genie, Nettle and Nettle\_jll keep failing to precompile](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/genie-nettle-and-nettle-jll-keep-failing-to-precompile/69081)

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**Author:** [@olijg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/olijg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/genie-nettle-and-nettle-jll-keep-failing-to-precompile/69081 "2022-07-16T07:40:57Z")

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Hello everyone. I’ve been struggling with Genie on my laptop running Fedora for a while now. It worked once upon a time, but now it seems to fail to precompile along with Nettle and Nettle\_jll. Is anybody else having th…

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## [Package registration: Git tag already exists and points to a different commit?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registration-git-tag-already-exists-and-points-to-a-different-commit/84294)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registration-git-tag-already-exists-and-points-to-a-different-commit/84294 "2022-07-16T02:16:52Z")

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I find this response perplexing: H5Zbitshuffle-v0.1.1 already exists and points to a different commit As far as I can tell, that tag points to that commit. Sure there is already a pending pull request that has a m…

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## [Julia within org-mode: what about a new ob-julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-within-org-mode-what-about-a-new-ob-julia/46308)

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**Author:** [@fsantos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fsantos)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-within-org-mode-what-about-a-new-ob-julia/46308 "2022-07-15T12:56:01Z")

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Hi, I’m very new to Julia (and just beginning to learn this language). I’m currently mostly an R user, which I use within Emacs using ESS and org-mode. ESS has pretty good support for Julia, but I still have found no s…

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## [Pre-evaluating Symbolics / ModelingToolkit expressions for a package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-evaluating-symbolics-modelingtoolkit-expressions-for-a-package/84188)

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**Author:** [@moble](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/moble)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-evaluating-symbolics-modelingtoolkit-expressions-for-a-package/84188 "2022-07-14T07:28:07Z")

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I have some very large expressions (many pages of latex) that I code up manually as functions. But these functions also get processed by Symbolics and/or ModelingToolkit to create other functions and ODE problems that I…

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## [Represent dimensions with primes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/represent-dimensions-with-primes/84029)

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**Author:** [@dmoored4](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmoored4)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/represent-dimensions-with-primes/84029 "2022-07-11T20:59:22Z")

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I use Unitful in every single project so this is not to suggest that there is any kind of inadequacy! More of just a thought exercise. I was wondering if there would be any benefit if the different core dimensions were r…

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## [Juno/Atom Github error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-atom-github-error/36660)

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**Author:** [@gmm35](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gmm35)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-atom-github-error/36660 "2022-07-11T06:53:48Z")

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I am getting the following error trying to clone an existing Github repository: “clone is not available in Present state” I can clone/open it to Visual Studio code and web and desktop Github interface. In fact in the G…

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## [ROCm-Device-Libs BinaryBuilder](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rocm-device-libs-binarybuilder/83962)

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**Author:** [@pxl-th](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pxl-th)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rocm-device-libs-binarybuilder/83962 "2022-07-10T18:27:45Z")

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I’m having trouble building ROCm-Device-Libraries using BinaryBuilder with ROCmLLVM. I’m trying to follow build recipe from the rocm-arch repository. There they use ROCmLLVM to build it. But when specifying it in the B…

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## [Organizing structures in a package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/organizing-structures-in-a-package/83979)

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**Author:** [@RobertGregg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RobertGregg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/organizing-structures-in-a-package/83979 "2022-07-09T15:47:26Z")

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If I’m developing a package where file1.jl contains a struct called struct1 and file2.jl has a struct called struct2 as well as a function that took those two structs as input, what would be the best way to organize this…

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## [Debugging code in Pluto.jl notebook](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-code-in-pluto-jl-notebook/83945)

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**Author:** [@Naadiyaar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Naadiyaar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-code-in-pluto-jl-notebook/83945 "2022-07-08T12:24:02Z")

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Hello there, I’m trying to create a simple application in Pluto. As I use Pluto for all my DS work, and it is my main code writing tool in Julia, thought it would be good to use it for software development, but I’m faci…

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## [Dependent Sliders Using PlutoUI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dependent-sliders-using-plutoui/83941)

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**Author:** [@AliRahmjoo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AliRahmjoo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dependent-sliders-using-plutoui/83941 "2022-07-08T10:18:21Z")

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Hello. Is there a way to build dependent sliders with PlutoUI in which adjusting one will dynamically change the others?

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## [Trying to write a package and cannot update it](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-write-a-package-and-cannot-update-it/83821)

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**Author:** [@roeya](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/roeya)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-write-a-package-and-cannot-update-it/83821 "2022-07-08T05:48:27Z")

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Hi, I have a created simple package, I do not want it to use github. So I have created it, and used Pkg dev function to add it to the project everything was fine till I added a new function to the package. I have upd…

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## [WGLMakie with Jupyter on server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wglmakie-with-jupyter-on-server/83903)

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**Author:** [@Sonicious](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sonicious)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wglmakie-with-jupyter-on-server/83903 "2022-07-07T14:31:20Z")

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Hello Julia Community, I struggle to get WGLMakie working on a Jupyter Lab. I have a notebook with the following cells: # Cell 1 using Pkg; Pkg.activate(;temp=true) Pkg.add(\["JSServe","WGLMakie"\]); #using JSServe; #JSS…

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## [Folds error in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/folds-error-in-vscode/83880)

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**Author:** [@amrods](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amrods)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/folds-error-in-vscode/83880 "2022-07-07T07:30:58Z")

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I’m seeing this error when trying to load Folds in VSCode: julia\> using Folds ERROR: InitError: UndefVarError: Implementations not defined Stacktrace: \[1\] parse\_pkg\_files(id::Base.PkgId) @ Revise ~/.julia/packages…

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## [Why does Plots.jl require axis to be in ascending order?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-plots-jl-require-axis-to-be-in-ascending-order/39926)

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**Author:** [@fergu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fergu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-plots-jl-require-axis-to-be-in-ascending-order/39926 "2022-07-05T15:24:16Z")

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I have some 2D data that effectively represents an image. This image also has spatial dimensions which are important, and those dimensions start in the top left. In python I’d use something like plt.pcolor(x,y,z) or simi…

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## [Plots is not working](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-is-not-working/83749)

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**Author:** [@HoldenCaulfield](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HoldenCaulfield)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-is-not-working/83749 "2022-07-05T15:16:38Z")

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Hello, I’m failing to use Plots on my work system which runs CentOS 7. When I try using Plots, I get this: julia\> using Plots \[ Info: Precompiling Plots \[91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80\] ERROR: LoadError: LoadErro…

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## [How to set 'authors' with PkgTemplates?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-authors-with-pkgtemplates/83769)

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**Author:** [@\_stla](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/_stla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-authors-with-pkgtemplates/83769 "2022-07-05T10:58:39Z")

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Hello, I’m using my work laptop and git is not configured with my personal github account. I set ‘authors’ with PkgTemplates but that does not work: julia\> t = Template(;user="stla", authors="Stéphane Laurent \<l\*\*\*\*\*\*p…

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## [Pluto notebooks: defining Javascript function in \<script\> for call by onclick](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-notebooks-defining-javascript-function-in-script-for-call-by-onclick/83533)

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**Author:** [@Snoeyink](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Snoeyink)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-notebooks-defining-javascript-function-in-script-for-call-by-onclick/83533 "2022-07-01T15:10:19Z")

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I’m creating truth tables in a Pluto notebook in html, and want to use javascript/CSS to show result columns when one clicks on the headers, as in this jsfiddle example, (Note the \<th onclick="toggleColumn(2)"\> calls to…

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## [Using VS Code behind corporate proxy](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-vs-code-behind-corporate-proxy/83615)

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**Author:** [@deserted\_eagle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/deserted_eagle)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-vs-code-behind-corporate-proxy/83615 "2022-07-01T12:31:50Z")

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Hi all, I’m developing Julia on VS Code using the Julia plugin, but I think some of the functionality is not working because my company’s proxy is in the way. For example, I’m hardly getting any annotation from the lint…

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## [Unable to automatically install any \_jll](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-any-jll/83601)

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**Author:** [@Eurel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eurel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-automatically-install-any-jll/83601 "2022-07-01T09:42:50Z")

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I have a problem with installing binaries wrappers (Sundials\_jll or MPICH\_jll when trying to install PETSc or ), whether I am installing it from an URL or from a local path after downloading the repo manually. My curren…

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## [VScode error: Cannot read property 'file' of undefined](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-error-cannot-read-property-file-of-undefined/71710)

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**Author:** [@Sharon-Liang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sharon-Liang)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-error-cannot-read-property-file-of-undefined/71710 "2022-07-01T08:41:36Z")

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Hi guys, I’m using VScode + julia extensions. Normally, when I apply ⇧(shift)+enter on a line of code in a .jl file, it will automatically open a julia REPL. However, today when I do the same thing, it reports an w…

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## [Help with hosting documentation using Documenter.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-with-hosting-documentation-using-documenter-jl/83575)

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**Author:** [@JosePereiraUA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JosePereiraUA)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-with-hosting-documentation-using-documenter-jl/83575 "2022-06-30T18:37:43Z")

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Hi, I’m in desperate need of help: I don’t even know where to start. I’m developing this package https://github.com/sergio-santos-group/ProtoSyn.jl/tree/dev (I’m linking to the dev branch, this is what I’m trying to me…

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