# Tooling

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## [Markdown links formating](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-links-formating/59980)

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**Author:** [@maajdl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maajdl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-links-formating/59980 "2021-04-26T11:40:45Z")

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Hello Markdown URL links appear in bold in Pluto. Would there be a way to change this default behaviour? Would it be possible to see link appear as usual in normal blue fonts? Thanks Michel

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## [Part of DifferentialEquations failing to compile](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/part-of-differentialequations-failing-to-compile/38302)

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**Author:** [@Oscar\_Reula](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Reula)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/part-of-differentialequations-failing-to-compile/38302 "2021-04-24T17:16:05Z")

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Parts of DifferentialEquations Package are not compiling. I can compile other packages, like Plots, etc. But not DE. The error is: \[ Info: Precompiling DifferentialEquations \[0c46a032-eb83-5123-abaf-570d42b7fbaa\] ERRO…

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## [How to change font typeface and size in Documentation pane of VSCode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-font-typeface-and-size-in-documentation-pane-of-vscode/59925)

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**Author:** [@NiclasMattsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NiclasMattsson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-font-typeface-and-size-in-documentation-pane-of-vscode/59925 "2021-04-24T11:37:18Z")

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The new Documentation pane of VS Code is great, but for some reason on my machine it displays with an ugly font and at a huge size - very different to what I see in the demos on Youtube. The text size is about 3x the siz…

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## [Compiling fails with USE\_INTEL\_JITEVENTS, USE\_OPROFILE\_JITEVENTS and USE\_PERF\_JITEVENTS = 1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compiling-fails-with-use-intel-jitevents-use-oprofile-jitevents-and-use-perf-jitevents-1/51274)

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**Author:** [@Tippit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tippit)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compiling-fails-with-use-intel-jitevents-use-oprofile-jitevents-and-use-perf-jitevents-1/51274 "2021-04-24T03:17:56Z")

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First time posting here: I’m building Julia from source to enable external profiling for all three tools The build fails with: /home/tippit/julia/src/init.c: In function ‘\_julia\_init’: /home/tippit/julia/src/init.c:697…

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## [Generated documentation for function modifies alignment of "unicode art"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generated-documentation-for-function-modifies-alignment-of-unicode-art/59888)

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**Author:** [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generated-documentation-for-function-modifies-alignment-of-unicode-art/59888 "2021-04-23T22:26:05Z")

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I’m working on publishing the documentation for a new package PSSFSS using Documenter.jl. Several of the function docstrings use “unicode art” to define the planar geometry and how it is parameterized (example below). …

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## [PackageCompiler: Behavior of Custom Sysimages for Revise and OhMyREPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-behavior-of-custom-sysimages-for-revise-and-ohmyrepl/57676)

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**Author:** [@ReneganRonin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ReneganRonin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-behavior-of-custom-sysimages-for-revise-and-ohmyrepl/57676 "2021-04-19T15:51:43Z")

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Is it normal for a sysimage to “use” packages without a startup.jl? I recently made a custom sysimage for OhMyREPL and Revise together (like as one sysimage for two) with precompiled statements - this is based on the OhM…

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## [Usage of non-gzip files in Artifacts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/usage-of-non-gzip-files-in-artifacts/48298)

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**Author:** [@racinmat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/racinmat)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/usage-of-non-gzip-files-in-artifacts/48298 "2021-04-18T07:04:00Z")

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Currently, Pkg.Artifacts assume downloaded file is gzipped and try to unzip it during artifact"a\_name". But some packages need to download files as artifacts, which are not archives. Is there way to add non-archives to A…

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## [Julia has exited](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-has-exited/59359)

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**Author:** [@marouane](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marouane)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-has-exited/59359 "2021-04-16T18:05:37Z")

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i have julia 1.2 on my pc windows 10 and i just installed Atom, Juno also is installed, my problem is that the Julia console doesn’t work at all my packages in Atom are up to date i uninstalled Julia-client and ink and r…

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## [Julia console code syntax highlight in GitHub?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-console-code-syntax-highlight-in-github/59389)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-console-code-syntax-highlight-in-github/59389 "2021-04-16T14:58:23Z")

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GitHub supports Julia syntax highlighting using “\`\`\`julia”. But how to specify “julia console” syntax highlithing, i.e.when the code includes the Julia prompt ?

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## [New Game Project](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-game-project/58985)

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**Author:** [@Vos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Vos)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-game-project/58985 "2021-04-15T03:26:11Z")

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Hello to all, We are a group of friends who are passionate about challenges and we have just set a new one. We would like to create a game with Julia using Pluto. This game is called Vector Formula (it’s a game that alr…

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## [How to show the row numbers inside the Julia Table in VSCode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-show-the-row-numbers-inside-the-julia-table-in-vscode/59249)

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**Author:** [@AA\_julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AA_julia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-show-the-row-numbers-inside-the-julia-table-in-vscode/59249 "2021-04-14T21:20:48Z")

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How can I show the rows indices inside the Julia Table in VSCode? I can only see the columns indices, as shown below. For now, I’m using this trick: x = \[1:length(x) x\], but I’m wondering if there is a better/default met…

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## [Tool for making program analysis and debugging manageable](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tool-for-making-program-analysis-and-debugging-manageable/59002)

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**Author:** [@mgkuhn](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mgkuhn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tool-for-making-program-analysis-and-debugging-manageable/59002 "2021-04-14T11:51:00Z")

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In his JuliaCon 2018 talk “Tools for making program analysis and debugging manageable”, @jameson demonstrated a pretty cool browser-based tool for visualizing from profiling information how source, IR and assembler line…

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## ["Names" packages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/names-packages/58981)

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**Author:** [@cscherrer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cscherrer)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/names-packages/58981 "2021-04-13T19:25:03Z")

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The issue in this post has come up a few times in different contexts: Julia’s multiple dispatch is very convenient for users, but the “who owns this name” issue can be awkward for package developers. This is common en…

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## [LaTeX Autocompletion](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-autocompletion/58300)

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**Author:** [@IljaK91](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/IljaK91)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-autocompletion/58300 "2021-04-13T12:26:11Z")

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Hey everyone! I really like the LaTeX autocompletion for Julia. Using unicode symbols helps a lot for readability. However, I also edit .tex files in VSCode and there I would like \\beta to remain \\beta instead of its un…

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## [Grid creation and donut-like display and color filling](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/grid-creation-and-donut-like-display-and-color-filling/59100)

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**Author:** [@Stephen1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Stephen1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/grid-creation-and-donut-like-display-and-color-filling/59100 "2021-04-12T22:56:26Z")

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Hello, Do you know how I could create a grid like this one on Pluto? In this grid, I would like to put numbers in it (not in all the boxes) and draw curves over it. Have a nice day

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## [Pluto fails to Compile Plots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-fails-to-compile-plots/50886)

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**Author:** [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-fails-to-compile-plots/50886 "2021-04-12T20:16:14Z")

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When I enter using Plots in Pluto.jl it gives the following error. I just updated to the latest version. Before that all it would do is load continually, without an error message. Failed to precompile Plots \[91a5bcdd…

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## [Sysimage file extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sysimage-file-extension/59073)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sysimage-file-extension/59073 "2021-04-12T11:12:11Z")

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From Creating a sysimage · PackageCompiler (julialang.github.io): “We start Julia with the -Jsys.so flag to load the new custom sys.so sysimage (or sys.dylib , sys.dll on macOS and Windows respecitively)” I have succes…

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## [Pluto: Customizing Cells and Live docs layout](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-customizing-cells-and-live-docs-layout/59074)

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**Author:** [@maajdl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maajdl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-customizing-cells-and-live-docs-layout/59074 "2021-04-12T08:08:51Z")

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Hello, I already could modify slightly the layout of Pluto thanks to some posts here. Mainly the witdh of cells and Live docs. However, I am still not full confortable. I would be more confortable by these changes: …

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## [Fuzzing Julia functions (for security hardening)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fuzzing-julia-functions-for-security-hardening/58950)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fuzzing-julia-functions-for-security-hardening/58950 "2021-04-10T20:29:56Z")

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This came up when I was asking whether Meta.parse is safe to use. While the function itself is supposed to be safe in principle, it has not been hardened (audited for security bugs). Fuzzing seems like one of the standar…

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## [Unable to register an updated package on JuliaHub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-register-an-updated-package-on-juliahub/58946)

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**Author:** [@scheinerman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/scheinerman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-register-an-updated-package-on-juliahub/58946 "2021-04-10T14:13:16Z")

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I have been using the JuliaHub website to register new and updated packages. I just tried to register a new version SimpleRandom there but it failed and I got this message: Unable to fetch repository scheinerman/SimpleR…

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## [How do you find Unicode Characters in VSCode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-find-unicode-characters-in-vscode/58938)

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**Author:** [@gleyland](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gleyland)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-find-unicode-characters-in-vscode/58938 "2021-04-09T18:50:03Z")

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The LaTeX autocompletion in the Julia VSCode extension is lovely (I only recently learned that it was from the Julia extension, not a VSCode thing), but I can’t seem to find a way to enter unicode characters in the find …

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## [CI for private repo repending on private repo on Gitlab](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ci-for-private-repo-repending-on-private-repo-on-gitlab/47352)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ci-for-private-repo-repending-on-private-repo-on-gitlab/47352 "2021-04-09T12:20:03Z")

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I have two private repos on Gitlab, lets call them Foo and Bar, the latter depends on Foo. When developing on my local machine, I have Gitlab authentication set up, so I can just did pkg\> activate /path/to/Bar pkg\> add…

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## [PlutoCon going on, some talks already online](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plutocon-going-on-some-talks-already-online/58891)

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**Author:** [@rpmuller](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rpmuller)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plutocon-going-on-some-talks-already-online/58891 "2021-04-09T01:26:27Z")

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Taken from the Julia subreddit announcement: To celebrate Pluto’s 1 year anniversary , we are hosting a two day mini conference about… Pluto! It will be a place to share your fun notebooks and to learn techniques from …

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## [LoadError while precompiling Plots.jl on Ubuntu 18.04](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-while-precompiling-plots-jl-on-ubuntu-18-04/58784)

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**Author:** [@Anemometer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Anemometer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/loaderror-while-precompiling-plots-jl-on-ubuntu-18-04/58784 "2021-04-08T11:04:04Z")

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Hello, I have run into some trouble trying to install the Plots.jl package and I couldn’t find any hints on how to proceed besides nuking my .julia folder which I would like to avoid if at all possible. Adding the Plot…

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## [Lsp-julia crashes with "Possible infinite loop" when typing in Julia document](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lsp-julia-crashes-with-possible-infinite-loop-when-typing-in-julia-document/58800)

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**Author:** [@kwokhao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kwokhao)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lsp-julia-crashes-with-possible-infinite-loop-when-typing-in-julia-document/58800 "2021-04-08T02:53:33Z")

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Cross-posted from this Github issue. I set up lsp-julia in emacs to automatically initialize the LanguageServer once I navigate to a Julia file. However, when I try to type the letter d anywhere in the body of the file…

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## [How to get the directory of an indirect dependency](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-get-the-directory-of-an-indirect-dependency/58708)

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**Author:** [@danielmatz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielmatz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-get-the-directory-of-an-indirect-dependency/58708 "2021-04-07T00:49:55Z")

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I’m trying to write a script that analyzes all of the dependencies of a Julia project, including the indirect dependencies. I see how I can use pathof to get the path to the direct dependencies, but how can I do this for…

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## [REPL in Atom UI bug](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-in-atom-ui-bug/58718)

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**Author:** [@vaishnavtv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vaishnavtv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-in-atom-ui-bug/58718 "2021-04-06T21:30:46Z")

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Hi, I have been facing an issue with the REPL in my Atom interface. I cannot see anything besides the cursor in the REPL, and I am not sure why. Cannot see input, output, or even the julia prompt. I have not been abl…

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## [Pluto: hide md"" cell automatically?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hide-md-cell-automatically/58628)

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**Author:** [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hide-md-cell-automatically/58628 "2021-04-05T17:22:00Z")

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Is there a way to automatically hide the code when writing a markdown cell in Pluto? Either an alternative to Shift-Enter and/or Control-Enter that hides the code, or a global environment variable would fit. Usually mark…

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## [Literate.jl: how to skip code parsing/testing for quick generation and preview of the documentation?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/literate-jl-how-to-skip-code-parsing-testing-for-quick-generation-and-preview-of-the-documentation/58603)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/literate-jl-how-to-skip-code-parsing-testing-for-quick-generation-and-preview-of-the-documentation/58603 "2021-04-05T14:09:04Z")

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I am using Literate —\> Documenter for the documentation of my package, but the inclusion of some tutorials makes the generation of the documentation taking a while. Sometimes I would just like to try how the documentati…

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## [Package installation GUI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-installation-gui/58508)

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**Author:** [@Astra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Astra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-installation-gui/58508 "2021-04-03T20:23:31Z")

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I want to work on the VSCode extension for GSoC. I tried to work on the Package Installation UI idea. I looked up some existing vscode extensions. After looking into many extensions, I got the idea to create the extensi…

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