# Tooling

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## [Pluto.jl, WGLMakie, JSServe behind firewall](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-jl-wglmakie-jsserve-behind-firewall/73111)

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**Author:** [@Allan\_Baker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Allan_Baker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-jl-wglmakie-jsserve-behind-firewall/73111 "2022-01-14T01:18:25Z")

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I am trying to use a Pluto notebook with a Makie backend that works with Pluto Notebook for 3D graphics. In an effort to use WGLMakie, I tried: begin using JSServe Page() end I get blocked by the corporate fir…

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## [ImageView recent changes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imageview-recent-changes/74513)

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**Author:** [@harven](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/harven)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imageview-recent-changes/74513 "2022-01-13T05:54:53Z")

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I am pretty sure that the following was working not so long ago with ImageView. ImageView.imshow(RGB\[RGB(0.98,0.98,0.98) RGB(0.98,0.98,0.98); RGB(0.98,0.98,0.98) RGB(0.98,0.98,0.98)\]) Now with julia 1.6.2 and ImageVie…

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## [Creating Animated Makie Plot in Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-animated-makie-plot-in-pluto/74464)

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**Author:** [@TI36XPro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TI36XPro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-animated-makie-plot-in-pluto/74464 "2022-01-13T03:00:55Z")

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Hello, I’d like to embed an animation in my pluto NB. I don’t want to create an MP4 (if possible) - I just want the animation to loop. The animation itself is just a line plot. I tried following the post here. My MWE is…

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## [MIT license detection on JuliaHub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mit-license-detection-on-juliahub/74420)

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**Author:** [@jafar.isbarov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jafar.isbarov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mit-license-detection-on-juliahub/74420 "2022-01-11T18:55:11Z")

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I have registered this package, but JuliaHub does not display the MIT license I have added to it. I read through the issues and apparently this used to be a common problem which has already been fixed. Am I doing someth…

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## [VS code plot pane won't stay splitted](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-plot-pane-wont-stay-splitted/72051)

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**Author:** [@dmetivie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmetivie)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-plot-pane-wont-stay-splitted/72051 "2022-01-10T20:40:30Z")

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Recently (past week or so), I noticed a change of behavior in how VS Code Julia plot pane displayed figures. Before it looked like that every time I plotted a new figure But now when I Shift+Enter inline plot, it pr…

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## [Nexus Repository Package Manager Support](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nexus-repository-package-manager-support/74358)

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**Author:** [@Allan\_Baker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Allan_Baker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nexus-repository-package-manager-support/74358 "2022-01-10T20:10:47Z")

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Our enterprise FOSS managers I believe use Nexus repository manager to support Python and other FOSS tool package managers. Any idea if it is easy to get Julia on that list of supported languages? It would really help …

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## [VSCode Notebook using with system image generated from PackageCompiler](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-notebook-using-with-system-image-generated-from-packagecompiler/74315)

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**Author:** [@Timothy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Timothy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-notebook-using-with-system-image-generated-from-packagecompiler/74315 "2022-01-10T00:13:20Z")

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I love the new process for building a system image with PackageCompiler in VSCode - it has worked very well for me using the VSCode editor. Can I start a VSCode Notebook with the system image pre-loaded so that I can sp…

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## [Does the NPM faker/colors story relate to/affect the Julia package system?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-npm-faker-colors-story-relate-to-affect-the-julia-package-system/74330)

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**Author:** [@sloede](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sloede)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-npm-faker-colors-story-relate-to-affect-the-julia-package-system/74330 "2022-01-10T12:36:51Z")

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I stumbled across this article, where it was reported that the developer of popular NPM packages colors and faker decided to go rogue and deliberately destroy the usability of their packages. Since many packages depend o…

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## [How to disable documentation tip on hover?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-documentation-tip-on-hover/74199)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-documentation-tip-on-hover/74199 "2022-01-10T08:46:04Z")

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Is there a way to disable or delay documentation tip on hover ? VSCode has an option Editor \> Hover: Delay but this would slow down also the hover of the output of command, while I want disable or slow down visualisati…

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## [VSCode Debugging Question](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugging-question/74301)

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**Author:** [@TI36XPro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TI36XPro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugging-question/74301 "2022-01-09T22:32:04Z")

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I’m not sure I am doing this properly - maybe I am missing something and someone wiser than me can steer me right. I am using Julia 1.6.2 in VsCode 1.63.2 on Windows Subsystem for Linux 1 (WSL1), running Ubuntu. When I …

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## [What is the proper VSCode Debugger configuration for Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-proper-vscode-debugger-configuration-for-julia/74244)

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**Author:** [@julianoobie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/julianoobie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-proper-vscode-debugger-configuration-for-julia/74244 "2022-01-08T15:32:26Z")

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I am new to Julia. My debugger used to work in VSCode and then I think I must have changed something (I’m not sure what) and it is no longer working. I don’t even see the “Run and Debug” button in Julia now. At the top L…

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## [Tooling for Julia command-line scripts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tooling-for-julia-command-line-scripts/73915)

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**Author:** [@simonbyrne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simonbyrne)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tooling-for-julia-command-line-scripts/73915 "2022-01-08T09:01:20Z")

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Prompted by Jeremy Howard’s reply to @viralbshah’s question about 2022 goals for Julia, one thing I would like to figure out how to make it easier to write and deploy command-line scripts written in Julia. I think the k…

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## [VSCode syntax highlighting : Dimming \`end\`s](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-syntax-highlighting-dimming-end-s/63347)

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**Author:** [@rakeshvar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rakeshvar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-syntax-highlighting-dimming-end-s/63347 "2022-01-06T19:33:17Z")

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Hello, I just reinstalled Ubuntu, and along with it, VSCode. I also installed the Julia Extension. I have selected the Monokai Theme. I see that when I change the theme of VSCode, the julia syntax highlighting colors al…

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## [Neovim diagnostics with nvim-lspconfig](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-diagnostics-with-nvim-lspconfig/74130)

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**Author:** [@filchristou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/filchristou)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-diagnostics-with-nvim-lspconfig/74130 "2022-01-06T15:17:45Z")

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I have been using nvim-lspconfig with nvim-comp for the last months and it has been working fine. Recently though, I had some problems which were solved by updating to NVIM v0.6.1 and adding the master branches of Langua…

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## [How to deal with CompatHelper PRs on 1.7](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-deal-with-compathelper-prs-on-1-7/73936)

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**Author:** [@hexaeder](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hexaeder)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-deal-with-compathelper-prs-on-1-7/73936 "2022-01-02T17:57:55Z")

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Hello, since 1.7 CompatHelper PRs in GH actions use the force\_latest\_compatible\_version flag. In theory, that’s great because you won’t bump versions which aren’t tested (CH.jl#160). In reality it is not that easy: one…

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## [Notebooks Need Modules, i.e. Multiple Separate Global Namespaces](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/notebooks-need-modules-i-e-multiple-separate-global-namespaces/68541)

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**Author:** [@Luapulu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luapulu)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/notebooks-need-modules-i-e-multiple-separate-global-namespaces/68541 "2022-01-01T19:53:12Z")

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For context, a typical workflow for me, using a Pluto or Jupyter notebook, looks like this Read in some data / create some initial data Do some processing Plot some intermediate results Do some more processing Plot fin…

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## [BinaryBuilder.jl mingw problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/binarybuilder-jl-mingw-problem/73815)

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**Author:** [@Tero\_Frondelius](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tero_Frondelius)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/binarybuilder-jl-mingw-problem/73815 "2021-12-31T12:51:17Z")

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I know the solution when using make: FLAGS=() if \[\[ "${target}" == \*-mingw\* \]\]; then # This is needed in order to build the shared library on Windows when we get # libtool: warning: undefined symbols not allow…

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## [Useful Regex's for Julia code bases](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/useful-regexs-for-julia-code-bases/24272)

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**Author:** [@alexmorley](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alexmorley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/useful-regexs-for-julia-code-bases/24272 "2019-05-16T09:39:48Z")

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I know there are deprecation specific tools but I quite often still find myself spending a little time writing regex’s to update a whole bunch of code with a new/updated syntax, or just when I decide I want to use a diff…

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## [Using julia.environmentPath to configure environments in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-environmentpath-to-configure-environments-in-vscode/73789)

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**Author:** [@apg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/apg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-environmentpath-to-configure-environments-in-vscode/73789 "2021-12-29T17:20:17Z")

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Does setting julia.environmentPath in vscode allow us to use the correct julia environment? This flag just doesn’t work for me. Simple test I performed was the following: (1) I set that flag in launch configuration.jso…

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## [Do I need to configure anything in VSCode to switch to using v1.6.0?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-need-to-configure-anything-in-vscode-to-switch-to-using-v1-6-0/58122)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Barmann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Michael_Barmann)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-need-to-configure-anything-in-vscode-to-switch-to-using-v1-6-0/58122 "2021-03-28T23:08:04Z")

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I’m new to the VSCode editor and have some very basic newbie questions: I just upgraded from Julia 1.5.3 to 1.6.0. Do I need to configure something in VSCode to made the editor “switch” to the newer installation? In th…

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## [PGFPlotsX in Visual Studio](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pgfplotsx-in-visual-studio/73734)

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**Author:** [@clizama](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/clizama)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pgfplotsx-in-visual-studio/73734 "2021-12-28T23:02:12Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to plot using Plots.jl with PGFPlotsX.jl as a backend in Visual Studio. I have this error message: No LaTeX installation found, figures will not be generated. Make sure either pdflatex or lualatex are i…

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## [Can't run Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-run-pluto/60907)

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**Author:** [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-run-pluto/60907 "2021-12-28T23:27:30Z")

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I can’t run Pluto: \[c3e4b0f8\] Pluto v0.14.5 julia version 1.5.4 using Pluto Pluto.run() ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: invalid base 10 digit 'n' in "null" Stacktrace: \[1\] tryparse\_internal(::Type{Int64}, ::String,…

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## [Failure to retrieve cache files with language server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failure-to-retrieve-cache-files-with-language-server/72489)

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**Author:** [@artinmg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/artinmg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failure-to-retrieve-cache-files-with-language-server/72489 "2021-12-28T18:45:20Z")

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I’m using Julia 1.7.0 on an M1 Mac with VS Code 1.62.3 and Julia for VS Code 1.5.6. When I load the extension the language server fails to start, giving the following error message: \[ Info: Starting the Julia Language S…

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## [Recommendation: cache \`~/.julia/artifacts\` in CI services](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommendation-cache-julia-artifacts-in-ci-services/35484)

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**Author:** [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommendation-cache-julia-artifacts-in-ci-services/35484 "2021-12-28T18:39:09Z")

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As many of you are probably already aware, starting from v1.3, Julia is using Artifacts to ship binary packages to the users. You can read more about this in the blog post Reliable and Reproducible Binary Artifacts for …

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## [Package compiler fails when using Julia 1.7.1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-compiler-fails-when-using-julia-1-7-1/73667)

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**Author:** [@brianguenter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brianguenter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-compiler-fails-when-using-julia-1-7-1/73667 "2021-12-28T08:04:10Z")

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Package compiler fails when using Julia 1.7.1. There is a problem with the use of data in the Images package, but not sure if this is the cause of the error. That warning message pops up a minute or so before the error o…

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## [Updating a Local Registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-a-local-registry/73401)

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**Author:** [@TI36XPro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TI36XPro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-a-local-registry/73401 "2021-12-28T05:54:32Z")

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Hello, I am trying to update a local registry but am unsure how to proceed and would appreciate advice. I followed the instructions here for creating my own private registry for sharing with collaborators. I have a rep…

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## [VSCode Julia 1.7.1 MacOS (Rosetta) : cpu load 120%](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-1-7-1-macos-rosetta-cpu-load-120/73679)

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**Author:** [@LaurentPlagne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LaurentPlagne)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-1-7-1-macos-rosetta-cpu-load-120/73679 "2021-12-27T14:39:38Z")

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Hi, I work on a small Julia project with the VSCode IDE. Everything works fine but I just noticed that the cpu temp increases and the perf monitor indicates 120% cpu load while no computation is running nor indexation …

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## [How can I create an interactive game with mutable states with Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-create-an-interactive-game-with-mutable-states-with-pluto/73672)

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**Author:** [@melonedo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/melonedo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-create-an-interactive-game-with-mutable-states-with-pluto/73672 "2021-12-27T08:01:45Z")

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I would like to program an interactive game in a Pluto notebook by using elements from PlutoUI. The game consists of entering data in a TextField and then clicking the “confirm” button to proceed. The game also has a “re…

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## [Readline function problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readline-function-problem/71104)

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**Author:** [@Salvatore\_Candita](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Salvatore_Candita)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/readline-function-problem/71104 "2021-12-23T21:11:58Z")

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hi everyone, i have a problem with the function readline in jypyter notebook using vscode: whenever i use this function, it gives me stacktrace error. I can’t understand why because if i use it in the terminal with juli…

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## [LSP with Neovim keeps crashing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lsp-with-neovim-keeps-crashing/73496)

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**Author:** [@davibarreira](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davibarreira)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lsp-with-neovim-keeps-crashing/73496 "2021-12-22T19:06:29Z")

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I’m using LSP with Neovim, but for some reason, it keeps crashing when I’m using it in the package I’m developing. I couldn’t pin point what exactly is causing the crash, but here is the first log message that I get as s…

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