# Tooling

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## [Tooling for separating allocation and coverage tests](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tooling-for-separating-allocation-and-coverage-tests/134439)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tooling-for-separating-allocation-and-coverage-tests/134439 "2025-12-08T19:00:58Z")

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I understand that running tests with coverage makes information from @allocated etc unreliable. I have found various clever workarounds which, generally run two sets of tests, with and without coverage, by setting bui…

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## [JupyterLab + code-server + Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyterlab-code-server-julia/82808)

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**Author:** [@benz0li](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/benz0li)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyterlab-code-server-julia/82808 "2025-12-06T15:57:10Z")

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I have grown very fond of the combo JupyterLab + code-server + \<programming language\>. You may test it at https://demo.jupyter.b-data.ch/. → Resources are limited to 2 cores and 8 GB RAM. I am happy to receive feedba…

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## [For which packages does VSCode autocomplete work?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-which-packages-does-vscode-autocomplete-work/101360)

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**Author:** [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Replies:** 48\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-which-packages-does-vscode-autocomplete-work/101360 "2025-12-05T22:57:13Z")

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I recently discovered that autocomplete (and more generally IntelliSense) works for some people, and that makes me very frustrated :rofl: For me it only works with Base and Core, not even standard library stuff like Lin…

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## [Using ShareAdd.jl in Pluto.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-shareadd-jl-in-pluto-jl/134382)

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**Author:** [@Maucejo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maucejo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-shareadd-jl-in-pluto-jl/134382 "2025-12-05T18:37:22Z")

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Hi all, I use ShareAdd.jl to manage my shared environments. I also generally use @usingany to use a package without installing it in a project environment (which is very convenient). However, I tried to use ShareAdd ins…

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## [GraphRAG for LLM-Based Code Porting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/graphrag-for-llm-based-code-porting/134364)

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**Author:** [@andreeco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/andreeco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/graphrag-for-llm-based-code-porting/134364 "2025-12-04T22:21:17Z")

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In this video (from about 28:30 onwards), the speaker talks about GraphRAG for LLM-based code porting. He is from Microsoft and speaks about Rust adoption at the company. The part on GraphRAG for code porting is only ab…

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## [Resolve package name to UUID](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/resolve-package-name-to-uuid/134282)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/resolve-package-name-to-uuid/134282 "2025-12-04T05:44:56Z")

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Is there an API for resolving the name of a package (a string) to the UUID of a package (in a specific registry, defaulting to General)? The package is not necessarily installed in the local environment. \[this has been …

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## [Run julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1 fails at Julia 1.3](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-julia-actions-julia-buildpkg-v1-fails-at-julia-1-3/134237)

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**Author:** [@Tbl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tbl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-julia-actions-julia-buildpkg-v1-fails-at-julia-1-3/134237 "2025-12-01T17:11:00Z")

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I’m trying to setup CI for my own package https://github.com/jaksle/StableDistributions.jl. I’m not experienced with this. Julia lts, pre, 1 are fine, but Julia 1.3 (minimal version for my package) fails with Run julia-…

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## [Pluto notebooks on Colab's kernel proxy port](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-notebooks-on-colabs-kernel-proxy-port/127576)

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**Author:** [@metrizable](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/metrizable)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-notebooks-on-colabs-kernel-proxy-port/127576 "2025-12-01T14:29:13Z")

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There has been some interest in using Pluto notebooks in Colab, and although I realize it’s not quite the fully supported experience that’s requested, I thought I’d share one approach to get going: using Pkg Pkg.add("P…

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## [Ask for official guide for Julia installation, deployment and use on Linux cluster](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ask-for-official-guide-for-julia-installation-deployment-and-use-on-linux-cluster/109396)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ask-for-official-guide-for-julia-installation-deployment-and-use-on-linux-cluster/109396 "2025-12-01T11:10:11Z")

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Is there any official guide for Julia installation, deployment and use on Linux cluster to someone who is new to both Julia and cluster like me? Known: As far as I know, the cluster uses SLURM for task scheduling; I was…

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## [AI-generated enhancements and examples for StaticCompiler.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ai-generated-enhancements-and-examples-for-staticcompiler-jl/134054)

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**Author:** [@joelreymont](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joelreymont)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ai-generated-enhancements-and-examples-for-staticcompiler-jl/134054 "2025-11-28T00:04:44Z")

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I updated StaticCompiler.jl to provide extensive analysis and generate standalone binaries using Julia 1.12. Some mods to GPUCompiler.jl were required. This blog post provides a detailed guide to using the above. Plea…

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## [CTRL+C based interrupt doesn't work in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ctrl-c-based-interrupt-doesnt-work-in-vscode/134023)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ctrl-c-based-interrupt-doesnt-work-in-vscode/134023 "2025-11-27T05:03:40Z")

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Hello, if I run a long simulation (example below) in VSCode, CTRL+C interrupt works (or doesn’t) depending on how I have started calling the main simulation function: If I have mylongsimulation() (the function call) in …

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## [\[weakdeps\] + \[sources\] in Project.toml](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weakdeps-sources-in-project-toml/134152)

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**Author:** [@ggebbie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ggebbie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weakdeps-sources-in-project-toml/134152 "2025-11-27T01:53:54Z")

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Is it allowed to have a weak dependency that is not registered and therefore listed under \[sources\] in Project.toml in Julia 1.12? When I add a \[weakdeps\] section to my Project.toml (because I want these packages to onl…

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## [Neovim lsp in julia 1.12](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-lsp-in-julia-1-12/134003)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-lsp-in-julia-1-12/134003 "2025-11-26T20:42:38Z")

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Hello everyone. I have been using the following setup for quite a while for my neovim lsp The following is my lua setup: vim.lsp.config('julials', { cmd = { "julia", "--project=".."~/.julia/environ…

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## [Getting Juliaup packaged by apt/rpm/etc](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-juliaup-packaged-by-apt-rpm-etc/134094)

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**Author:** [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-juliaup-packaged-by-apt-rpm-etc/134094 "2025-11-24T20:12:41Z")

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Have we thought about getting Juliaup packaged by the major Linux OSes? being able to apt install juliaup seems like it would be nice (and would avoid the issues with OS managed Julia installations)

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## [A visual log of loading and precompilation times for many packages over a variety of julia versions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-visual-log-of-loading-and-precompilation-times-for-many-packages-over-a-variety-of-julia-versions/133887)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-visual-log-of-loading-and-precompilation-times-for-many-packages-over-a-variety-of-julia-versions/133887 "2025-11-22T19:06:08Z")

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At Julia Ecosystem Benchmarks Explorer you can find detailed benchmarks of loading time for many packages over many different versions of julia, all interactively explorable. This is the culmination of: @tecosaur sett…

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## [CI Testing hangs on MacOS nightly](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ci-testing-hangs-on-macos-nightly/133909)

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**Author:** [@TimG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TimG)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ci-testing-hangs-on-macos-nightly/133909 "2025-11-21T22:25:19Z")

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How can I get any diagnostic information on why this one CI test seems to be hanging while all the others pass as expected? in progress checks CI / Julia nightly - macOS-latest - default - pull\_request (pull\_request)Sta…

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## [Helix + LanguageServer cache](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797)

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**Author:** [@kousu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kousu)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797 "2025-11-21T12:00:42Z")

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I’m giving helix a spin. I’ve got Julia configured with: $ cat ~/.config/helix/languages.toml \[\[language\]\] name = "julia" auto-format = true formatter = { command = "/home/kousu/src/jlfmt", args = \["-"\] } \[language-se…

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## [Change in UI when a package name matches multiple registered packages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-in-ui-when-a-package-name-matches-multiple-registered-packages/121707)

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**Author:** [@danielmatz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielmatz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-in-ui-when-a-package-name-matches-multiple-registered-packages/121707 "2025-11-20T18:46:29Z")

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We have a private registry, and we have a few packages with names that are the same as different packages registered in the General registry. For example, we have a package called Rotations. Through Julia 1.10, if a use…

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## [PSA: Use Dependabot to update GitHub actions automatically](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-use-dependabot-to-update-github-actions-automatically/96001)

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**Author:** [@ranocha](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ranocha)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-use-dependabot-to-update-github-actions-automatically/96001 "2025-11-20T08:18:24Z")

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GitHub offers Dependabot to update GitHub actions automatically. I found this quite useful for my own packages. The SciML organization and the Trixi.jl framework have already enabled it in many repositories, the remainin…

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## [Vscode unicode auto completion does not work in julia 1.10.4](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-unicode-auto-completion-does-not-work-in-julia-1-10-4/118242)

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**Author:** [@imantha](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/imantha)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-unicode-auto-completion-does-not-work-in-julia-1-10-4/118242 "2025-11-20T03:18:52Z")

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Vs code doesn’t register the unicode auto completion anymore. For example when I type, \\sigma , the unicode character doesn’t appear anymore. My current Julia is 1.10.4 but I think it happened earlier than this release. …

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## [Warning: \`Possible method call error\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-possible-method-call-error/104917)

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**Author:** [@arturofburgos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/arturofburgos)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-possible-method-call-error/104917 "2025-11-16T08:42:29Z")

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Hi, I am new to Julia in the VS Code, does someone know how to get rid of this annoying warning? The code is fully working by the way.

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## [Pluto doesn't find some modules](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-doesnt-find-some-modules/133840)

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**Author:** [@trg818](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/trg818)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-doesnt-find-some-modules/133840 "2025-11-14T16:27:57Z")

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Why does Pluto not seem to find self-written modules I keep in a directory ~/lib/julia when that directory is included via a file .julia/config/startup.jl and when they are found by Jupyter notebooks and by the REPL? Wh…

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## [Julia vscode with remote-ssh ENAMETOOLONG](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-with-remote-ssh-enametoolong/115937)

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**Author:** [@grunst](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/grunst)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-with-remote-ssh-enametoolong/115937 "2025-11-13T10:16:03Z")

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Trying to use julia vscode extension with remote-ssh I get ERROR: LoadError: IOError: connect: name too long (ENAMETOOLONG) Stacktrace: \[1\] wait\_connected(x::Base.PipeEndpoint) @ Sockets /usr/local/apps/julia/1.10.0…

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## [Why do I not have the latest packages in pluto?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-i-not-have-the-latest-packages-in-pluto/132804)

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**Author:** [@Fourier](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Fourier)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-i-not-have-the-latest-packages-in-pluto/132804 "2025-11-12T17:29:07Z")

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First I updated my global julia environment, resulting in the upgraded package list towards the left. Then I opened the pluto notebook and it needed to recompile differential equations and Plots, propeably because the o…

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## [Neovim + LanguageServer.jl crashing again](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-languageserver-jl-crashing-again/130273)

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**Author:** [@DoktorMike](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DoktorMike)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-languageserver-jl-crashing-again/130273 "2025-11-11T19:36:37Z")

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This was discussed before but the issue I run into is new so I’m asking a new question. The language server started crashing with the message Client julials quit with exit code 1 and signal 0. Check log for errors: /hom…

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## [PlutoSliderServer on Github-pages website](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plutosliderserver-on-github-pages-website/126880)

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**Author:** [@Sarah\_Groves](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sarah_Groves)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plutosliderserver-on-github-pages-website/126880 "2025-11-11T13:55:21Z")

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I am trying to get the sliders working on my pluto notebook on my github-pages website (smgroves.github.io). I was looking at this: Is it possible to use PlutoSliderServer to host github pages with sliders that work? · J…

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## [\[ANN\] Small VS Code extension to help creating docstrings](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-small-vs-code-extension-to-help-creating-docstrings/133765)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-small-vs-code-extension-to-help-creating-docstrings/133765 "2025-11-10T13:46:05Z")

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Hi! I am moving from Neovim to VS Code for my development workflow. In Neovim, I had a lua function to extract information from the function declaration and help me creating docstrings. Hence, I released a small extensi…

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## [Does TestItems work in julia 1.12 using new package workspace feature](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-testitems-work-in-julia-1-12-using-new-package-workspace-feature/133722)

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**Author:** [@brianguenter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brianguenter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-testitems-work-in-julia-1-12-using-new-package-workspace-feature/133722 "2025-11-07T12:49:56Z")

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I just switched one of my packages to use the new workspace system, where the test directory has its own Project.toml. Tests run correctly from the REPL but when I try to use the VSCode testing framework none of the tes…

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## [Requesting folks to try the latest master of JuliaCall (calling Julia from R)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/requesting-folks-to-try-the-latest-master-of-juliacall-calling-julia-from-r/133519)

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**Author:** [@viralbshah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/viralbshah)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/requesting-folks-to-try-the-latest-master-of-juliacall-calling-julia-from-r/133519 "2025-11-03T16:59:38Z")

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For a while we had issues with libunwind clashing in R and Julia, and it was a problem for JuliaCall. There was a PR (libunwind workaround by sbfnk · Pull Request #265 · JuliaInterop/JuliaCall · GitHub) submitted that I…

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## [Neovim + lsp + formatter (again)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-lsp-formatter-again/132800)

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**Author:** [@benkj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/benkj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-lsp-formatter-again/132800 "2025-11-02T12:50:30Z")

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This is a common topic, but I find quite hard to find up to date information online. Indeed, the official wiki is very old. There are some information in this post and on lspconfig that can be adapted to nvim 0.11 and m…

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