# Tooling

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## [\[resolved\] Problem with the IPv6 connectivity of the \`us-west\` Pkg server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/resolved-problem-with-the-ipv6-connectivity-of-the-us-west-pkg-server/63196)

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**Author:** [@dlakelan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlakelan)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/resolved-problem-with-the-ipv6-connectivity-of-the-us-west-pkg-server/63196 "2021-06-21T23:58:28Z")

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I’m having problems updating packages, status.julialang.org takes a long time to respond, sometimes doesn’t respond, it does say that things are operational, but the detailed graphs show lots of red bars for a while now. …

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## [Link Checking with GitHub Actions not Working](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-checking-with-github-actions-not-working/61823)

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**Author:** [@pulsipher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pulsipher)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-checking-with-github-actions-not-working/61823 "2021-06-21T16:02:49Z")

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When I build my docs locally, they run the link checks without issue with linkcheck = true. However, when I build the docs via GitHub Actions on ubuntu-latest I get Warning: linkcheck requires curl. which indicates it ca…

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## [Simultaneous development of private packages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simultaneous-development-of-private-packages/63289)

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**Author:** [@liuyxpp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liuyxpp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simultaneous-development-of-private-packages/63289 "2021-06-19T08:05:08Z")

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I have a related question as OP. Suppose I am developing packages A, B, and C simutaneously with other people. C depends on A and B, while B depends on A. A, B, and C are all private Github repos during their developmen…

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## [How to avoid printing "Edit or run this notebook" button?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-avoid-printing-edit-or-run-this-notebook-button/63019)

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**Author:** [@runjaj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/runjaj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-avoid-printing-edit-or-run-this-notebook-button/63019 "2021-06-16T14:16:40Z")

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I export a Pluto notebook as a static html file and everything is fine. Then, I want to print the file but it gets the “Edit or run notebook” button. Is there any way to remove it? Solved (June 17, 2021): I have just fo…

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## [Programming with Julia interpreter](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/programming-with-julia-interpreter/63064)

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**Author:** [@Ralph\_Snyder1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ralph_Snyder1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/programming-with-julia-interpreter/63064 "2021-06-17T06:45:19Z")

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Is it possible to provide a switch in Atom to allow the user to choose between code development with the Julia compiler and the interpreter? My conjecture is that there is a tradeoff between compile times and run-times, …

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## [Vscode-julia 1.2.4 fails with alt + enter execution (ctrl+enter works)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-1-2-4-fails-with-alt-enter-execution-ctrl-enter-works/62966)

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**Author:** [@Steven\_Varga](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Steven_Varga)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-1-2-4-fails-with-alt-enter-execution-ctrl-enter-works/62966 "2021-06-16T18:33:00Z")

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update: tried the same setup with standard Julia 1.6.1 (as opposed to custom compile) and everything checks out. There should be something wrong with my Julia compile. On vscode 1.57.0 with julia 1.5.3 the ALT+ENTER exe…

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## [Notebooks activates project automatically (when started with binder)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/notebooks-activates-project-automatically-when-started-with-binder/62944)

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**Author:** [@bennibolm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bennibolm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/notebooks-activates-project-automatically-when-started-with-binder/62944 "2021-06-16T07:16:37Z")

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Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the answer from ANN: mybinder.org support for Julia 1.x and Project.toml. I added a local Project.toml to the sub folder with the notebooks, but when I start the notebook (vi…

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## [Embed YouTube video in Documenter?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/embed-youtube-video-in-documenter/54244)

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**Author:** [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/embed-youtube-video-in-documenter/54244 "2021-06-15T22:17:21Z")

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Is it possible to embed a youtube video in a Documenter generated page? Thank you.

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## [How to create a colored box in Julia Pluto, like in the picture](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-a-colored-box-in-julia-pluto-like-in-the-picture/62203)

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**Author:** [@Izzani\_Nizam](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Izzani_Nizam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-a-colored-box-in-julia-pluto-like-in-the-picture/62203 "2021-06-14T22:02:32Z")

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## [Best way to wrap a Julia package for use by those that can't code?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-way-to-wrap-a-julia-package-for-use-by-those-that-cant-code/62680)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-way-to-wrap-a-julia-package-for-use-by-those-that-cant-code/62680 "2021-06-14T12:57:18Z")

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Goal My goal is to gather input from the user with as little barrier to entry as possible. Then process it with Julia, and finally collect tables, graphs, and text into a report (preferably PDF). The user inputs I need a…

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## [Setting up CI in github workflows for a package using PyPlot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-up-ci-in-github-workflows-for-a-package-using-pyplot/62886)

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**Author:** [@peterkovesi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/peterkovesi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-up-ci-in-github-workflows-for-a-package-using-pyplot/62886 "2021-06-14T12:27:10Z")

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I am trying to set up CI in github workflows. I have followed the suggestions in https://discourse.julialang.org/t/easy-workflow-file-for-setting-up-github-actions-ci-for-your-julia-package/49765. The complication is tha…

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## [Stop Julia sidebar from appearing automatically every time I display a plot in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-sidebar-from-appearing-automatically-every-time-i-display-a-plot-in-vs-code/62859)

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**Author:** [@ettersi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ettersi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-sidebar-from-appearing-automatically-every-time-i-display-a-plot-in-vs-code/62859 "2021-06-14T05:34:01Z")

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Steps to reproduce: In the VS Code REPL, type using PyPlot plot(\[0,1\],\[0,1\]) display(gcf()) What I expected to happen: A new plot pane opens up to display the plot. What actually happens: The above, but in addition it…

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## [Package installation UI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-installation-ui/58231)

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**Author:** [@Abdulrhmn\_Ghanem](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Abdulrhmn_Ghanem)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-installation-ui/58231 "2021-06-12T21:27:47Z")

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I am willing to work on the VSCode extension for GSoC. Just to warm up I tried to work on the Package installation UI idea. This evening I hacked something together. For now, it can: Install the packages in the toml f…

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## [External Julia REPL in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/external-julia-repl-in-vscode/50745)

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**Author:** [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/external-julia-repl-in-vscode/50745 "2021-06-11T22:58:30Z")

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Someone recently asked in Slack if it was possible to to launch the Julia REPL process in a separate window (i.e. a separate terminal) and have that hooked up with the Julia extension such that you can send code to it fr…

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## [Sublime Text and LinearAlgebra and .julia folder](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sublime-text-and-linearalgebra-and-julia-folder/62767)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sublime-text-and-linearalgebra-and-julia-folder/62767 "2021-06-11T22:26:22Z")

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ST4 has nice autocompletion which can index source folders and extract the information there. I noticed that the standard library source is apparently NOT present in .julia. (a) How come? and (b) How can I get its source…

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## [How to use Pluto with DrWatson effectively?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-pluto-with-drwatson-effectively/61582)

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**Author:** [@amit1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amit1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-pluto-with-drwatson-effectively/61582 "2021-06-11T12:50:06Z")

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I would like to use Pkg, DrWatson and Pluto notebooks as my main workflow. However I am not able to understand how to effectively use it. Mostly every notebook i open it takes about a min to load libraries. For example d…

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## [Issue with Package Builder in JuliaBox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-package-builder-in-juliabox/11188)

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**Author:** [@reesepathak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/reesepathak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-package-builder-in-juliabox/11188 "2018-05-27T20:31:25Z")

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I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but when I attempt to add my package (GitHub - reesepathak/EmpiricalRiskMinimization.jl: Empirical Risk Minimization in Julia.) through PackageBuilder, it fa…

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## [Package Builder issue](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-builder-issue/11189)

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**Author:** [@reesepathak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/reesepathak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-builder-issue/11189 "2018-05-27T20:32:08Z")

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When I run Package Builder in JuliaBox to install my unregistered package (https://github.com/reesepathak/EmpiricalRiskMinimization.jl) I get errors. Here’s the end of the JuliaBox stderr WARNING: mysql\_connect is depr…

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## [Kernel dying](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/kernel-dying/13627)

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**Author:** [@leclere](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leclere)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/kernel-dying/13627 "2018-08-17T13:56:12Z")

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Hello, I have been having some difficulties using JuliaBox recently : my kernels crash on login or first run. I have no definite pattern but it has happened : on chrome (on Linux), connecting from github and gmail, b…

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## [Dead Kernel error JuliaBox.com](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dead-kernel-error-juliabox-com/14163)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dead-kernel-error-juliabox-com/14163 "2018-08-27T23:58:10Z")

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I am using Juliabox.com and when I start a notebook (using v0.6.2 my only option), it shows a popup saying Kernel Retarting The kernel appears to have died. It will restart automatically. I can’t seem to use Juliabo…

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## [Beginning a project to automatically convert scripts to "Package style"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/beginning-a-project-to-automatically-convert-scripts-to-package-style/62558)

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**Author:** [@emsal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/emsal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/beginning-a-project-to-automatically-convert-scripts-to-package-style/62558 "2021-06-08T12:49:54Z")

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heya, I’ve done a small little script that parses all the using expressions in a path (directory or file) and adds the packages them to your directory’s Project.toml using Pkg.add : GitHub - emsal0/PackageStyle.jl: Turn …

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## [Julia Development on Mobile (Android)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-on-mobile-android/62543)

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**Author:** [@Rabioli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Rabioli)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-development-on-mobile-android/62543 "2021-06-08T00:04:45Z")

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For a personal project I want to practice and use Julia as the programming language to compose and create a mobile app on android, I am not sure where or how to even begin or if there is even any package oriented or desi…

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## [Help with Weave.jl for Julia Markdown in VS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-with-weave-jl-for-julia-markdown-in-vs/62508)

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**Author:** [@ChiaraS](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChiaraS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-with-weave-jl-for-julia-markdown-in-vs/62508 "2021-06-07T21:07:53Z")

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Hello everyone, Im trying to markdown my Julia code for a paper in Visual Studio. But I cant seem to get the weave.jl package properly working. I am lost at how to correctly set the normpath. I have looked up the docume…

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## [Pkg.status returns nothing (when running in jupyter notebook)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-status-returns-nothing-when-running-in-jupyter-notebook/62545)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-status-returns-nothing-when-running-in-jupyter-notebook/62545 "2021-06-07T21:04:12Z")

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I’m running a jupyter notebook in a folder in which I both have a Manifest.toml and a Project.toml file. When I run using Pkg Pkg.status() the output is nothing. If I start a julia session from the same folder (and run…

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## [Cross platform package and package naming guidelines](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cross-platform-package-and-package-naming-guidelines/62506)

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**Author:** [@pbayer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pbayer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cross-platform-package-and-package-naming-guidelines/62506 "2021-06-07T19:29:51Z")

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I would like to create Github-repo erjulix for a package Erjulix which makes it possible to send messages/data from Erlang/Elixir to Julia and back and call functions or eval expressions cross-platform. The functionality…

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## [VS Code: cannot see plots or click on them in the new Plot Navigator](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-cannot-see-plots-or-click-on-them-in-the-new-plot-navigator/62534)

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**Author:** [@DenisTitov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DenisTitov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-cannot-see-plots-or-click-on-them-in-the-new-plot-navigator/62534 "2021-06-07T17:51:51Z")

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I can only see plot names in the new plot navigator. I cannot see actual plots and I cannot click on them. Am I missing something? I assumed I was supposed to see plots and be able to click on them for easier navigatio…

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## [Inconsistent Figure size when using Plots and gr()](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inconsistent-figure-size-when-using-plots-and-gr/62490)

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**Author:** [@loki](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/loki)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inconsistent-figure-size-when-using-plots-and-gr/62490 "2021-06-07T15:02:49Z")

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Hello, Recently I’ve been running into an issue regarding the size of a figure being inconsistent when I use Plots.jl and gr() as the back-end. Essentially the issues is that when I try to plot anything it appears very …

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## [Jupyter cannot create Julia notebook](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyter-cannot-create-julia-notebook/62452)

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**Author:** [@Gilles\_Dubois](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gilles_Dubois)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyter-cannot-create-julia-notebook/62452 "2021-06-06T19:14:43Z")

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Hi everybody ! I’m a new Julia user with great experience in Python. Nevertheless I wrote already around 200 programs, mainly translations of previous Python counterparts. I’m under linux mint 20. i installed julia f…

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## [Endup file : executing automatically a piece of code ending Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/endup-file-executing-automatically-a-piece-of-code-ending-julia/62384)

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**Author:** [@aitzkora](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aitzkora)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/endup-file-executing-automatically-a-piece-of-code-ending-julia/62384 "2021-06-04T14:19:41Z")

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Hi, Is there any mechanism like startup.jl to execute some code but instead at the beginning of julia REPL execute that code when closing the REPL. Indeed with the lack of support of history saving in IJulia, I want to …

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## [Use of references in Julia notebook files (via binder) to the original documentation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-of-references-in-julia-notebook-files-via-binder-to-the-original-documentation/62385)

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**Author:** [@bennibolm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bennibolm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-of-references-in-julia-notebook-files-via-binder-to-the-original-documentation/62385 "2021-06-04T11:18:22Z")

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Hello, I want to set up some tutorials for my repository. I’m using Literate.jl to get the markdown and notebook files from a Julia file. I want to start the notebook files with binder and I don’t see any other solution…

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