# Tooling

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## [Do any options for fuzzing users' Julia code exist?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-any-options-for-fuzzing-users-julia-code-exist/57048)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-any-options-for-fuzzing-users-julia-code-exist/57048 "2021-03-13T02:22:19Z")

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One of the truly great advantages of writing C or C++ code is the (multiple) possibilities for subjecting that code to fuzz testing, which is an outstanding way to find bugs in code: https://llvm.org/docs/LibFuzzer.html …

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## [FYI: the General registry now checks for an OSI-approved software license when registering new packages and new versions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fyi-the-general-registry-now-checks-for-an-osi-approved-software-license-when-registering-new-packages-and-new-versions/57018)

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**Author:** [@ericphanson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericphanson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fyi-the-general-registry-now-checks-for-an-osi-approved-software-license-when-registering-new-packages-and-new-versions/57018 "2021-03-12T12:30:11Z")

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Some of you may have noticed this in the last few days since we turned the check on in https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/pull/31535. This announcement is to just make sure everyone knows and is not caught at a b…

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## [Julia VS Code extension version v0.16 released](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-code-extension-version-v0-16-released/41692)

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**Author:** [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Replies:** 39\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-code-extension-version-v0-16-released/41692 "2021-03-12T12:02:15Z")

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Julia VS Code extension v0.16 release Welcome to the v0.16 release of the Julia VS Code extension. Inline evaluation Code evaluation has been overhauled for this release. The Julia: Execute \* (e.g. Julia: Execute Code …

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## [Speeding up the exit(); restart REPL loop in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/speeding-up-the-exit-restart-repl-loop-in-vscode/56834)

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**Author:** [@marty0801](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marty0801)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/speeding-up-the-exit-restart-repl-loop-in-vscode/56834 "2021-03-11T18:43:32Z")

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I use Revise, but I frequently change struct definitions, which requires to exit Julia and start another REPL, wait for my package to compile. You know the drill; there must be a better way! How do you handle this? The …

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## [Figures as Jupyter widgets](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/figures-as-jupyter-widgets/56872)

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**Author:** [@sswatson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sswatson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/figures-as-jupyter-widgets/56872 "2021-03-11T16:52:05Z")

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I’d like to create a Jupyter notebook which I can deploy on Binder which allows users to click on a two-dimensional plot and have a curve drawn through the clicked point. For example, the curve might be an ODE solution w…

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## [Slow julia-mode on Windows 10](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/slow-julia-mode-on-windows-10/44182)

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**Author:** [@mzaffalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mzaffalon)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/slow-julia-mode-on-windows-10/44182 "2021-03-11T16:51:00Z")

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I observe intermittent sluggish behavior when using Emacs’ julia-mode in two different Windows 10 computers and Emacs 26.3: an arrow key move takes sometimes between 1 and 5 seconds. Non julia-modes are instead working f…

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## [Can documenter insert (embed) examples from a file to a page code block?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-documenter-insert-embed-examples-from-a-file-to-a-page-code-block/56898)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-documenter-insert-embed-examples-from-a-file-to-a-page-code-block/56898 "2021-03-11T05:28:07Z")

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I would like to add some full-feature examples on my package documentation, but rather than copy/pasting in the example block I would like to keep each example on its own file. In general markdown this is not possible, …

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## [How to release memory from jupyter notebook?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-release-memory-from-jupyter-notebook/56886)

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**Author:** [@bharland](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bharland)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-release-memory-from-jupyter-notebook/56886 "2021-03-10T17:33:21Z")

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Here is a minimal example that reproduces my problem on a new JupyterLab kernel: x = rand(2^29); varinfo() shows the 4.00 Gb size of ‘x’. But x = nothing does not release this memory. varinfo shows that it is indee…

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## [IDE eclipse plugin?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ide-eclipse-plugin/56836)

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**Author:** [@tonyhur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tonyhur)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ide-eclipse-plugin/56836 "2021-03-10T10:32:05Z")

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I am new in Julia and would like to work with eclipse. Is there any eclipse plugin available for julia IDE programming? I only found old links to JuliaDT. Is this still working? Thank you Tony

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## [Would it help to have a tool that automatically determines, which issues should be closed?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/would-it-help-to-have-a-tool-that-automatically-determines-which-issues-should-be-closed/56274)

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**Author:** [@vpetukhov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vpetukhov)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/would-it-help-to-have-a-tool-that-automatically-determines-which-issues-should-be-closed/56274 "2021-03-09T19:02:12Z")

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I’m looking at big packages, like Plots.jl, GR.jl or DataFrames.jl, which have all 100+ open issues. And from my humble experience, issues get lost there very quickly if not resolved immediately. So I wonder if it’s poss…

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## [Using PyPlot in VSCode makes Julia REPL crash](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-pyplot-in-vscode-makes-julia-repl-crash/56810)

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**Author:** [@Andrea\_Pagnani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Andrea_Pagnani)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-pyplot-in-vscode-makes-julia-repl-crash/56810 "2021-03-09T16:07:50Z")

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Dear all Today I started experiencing a disturbing VSCode behaviour (I am on MacOS X Big Sur): I start julia REPL from VSCode I make a julia\> using PyPlot and the REPL window crashes. Unfortunately I cannot record t…

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## [VSCode's linter is now available in Atom/Juno](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscodes-linter-is-now-available-in-atom-juno/56802)

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**Author:** [@takbal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/takbal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscodes-linter-is-now-available-in-atom-juno/56802 "2021-03-09T13:30:26Z")

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I have modified the linter-julia Atom package so it now uses StaticLint.jl, the same package that is behind the VSCode plugin: With help from @Amin\_Yahyaabadi, it should be now available as the 0.9.0 upgrade of ‘linte…

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## [How to submit an issue to dependent packages to alert to a breaking change](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-submit-an-issue-to-dependent-packages-to-alert-to-a-breaking-change/56749)

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**Author:** [@j\_verzani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/j_verzani)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-submit-an-issue-to-dependent-packages-to-alert-to-a-breaking-change/56749 "2021-03-09T12:19:45Z")

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I recently tagged a breaking change to the Polynomials package. The change is modest, and will likely only be noticed by packages that subtype the abstract polynomial types, but there are numerous dependent packages, so …

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## [Pkg does not install any packages, complains about Artifacts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-does-not-install-any-packages-complains-about-artifacts/56782)

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**Author:** [@hei06j](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hei06j)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-does-not-install-any-packages-complains-about-artifacts/56782 "2021-03-09T03:05:19Z")

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Hi, it seems that I cannot install any packages with the package manager. I get the same error for any package: (@v1.5) pkg\> add Pluto Resolving package versions... ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for pack…

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## [Add spacing under title in PlotlyJS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-spacing-under-title-in-plotlyjs/56670)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-spacing-under-title-in-plotlyjs/56670 "2021-03-07T18:29:00Z")

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I have the following plot: I don’t want the lines to extend all the way to the title - it looks pretty bad. The lines are created from \`vline()´, and I have not figured out how I can ajust their height - that would a…

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## [VS Code - Can't run Julia without debugging](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-cant-run-julia-without-debugging/42944)

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**Author:** [@reinermartin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/reinermartin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-cant-run-julia-without-debugging/42944 "2021-03-07T10:18:22Z")

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For a few weeks now the command “Run Without Debugging” in VS Code runs Julia with debugging. This is true on three different machines. Is there something obvious I might be doing wrong? I am running the latest version …

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## [Ghost Script on JuliaBinaryWrappers?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ghost-script-on-juliabinarywrappers/56524)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ghost-script-on-juliabinarywrappers/56524 "2021-03-05T07:14:33Z")

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I need to use convert from ImageMagick and ImageMagick\_jll works mostly ok, however at some point convert tries to call gs, which is not distributed with ImageMagick\_jll. Has anyone attempted to package Ghost Script on …

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## [Julia Online Notebook](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-online-notebook/56474)

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**Author:** [@dariush-bahrami](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dariush-bahrami)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-online-notebook/56474 "2021-03-04T15:24:43Z")

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On my way to learn Julia, instructors referred to JuliaBox several times. After searching about it I realized it has now been changed to JuliaHub. If I’m wrong, correct me. I logged in to JuliaHub with my Google account …

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## [Jump to next/previous block in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jump-to-next-previous-block-in-vs-code/56350)

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**Author:** [@airpmb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/airpmb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jump-to-next-previous-block-in-vs-code/56350 "2021-03-03T09:15:03Z")

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Is there a keyboard shortcut (or possibility to bind one) that can jump to the next or previous block of code in a file? That is, to the next function, or let block, begin/end block, etc? Basically any kind of structure …

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## [Q: is Distributed not supported in Pluto?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/q-is-distributed-not-supported-in-pluto/56277)

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**Author:** [@threadedblue](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/threadedblue)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/q-is-distributed-not-supported-in-pluto/56277 "2021-03-02T15:22:27Z")

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Q: is Distributed not supported in Pluto? I am liking Pluto so far but today I ran into this: Only process 1 can add and remove workers cluster\_mgmt\_from\_master\_check @ cluster.jl:974 \[inlined\] #addprocs#37 (::Ba…

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## [An idea related to Kubernetes and a question about possible useful packages in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-idea-related-to-kubernetes-and-a-question-about-possible-useful-packages-in-julia/56326)

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**Author:** [@StatisticalMouse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StatisticalMouse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-idea-related-to-kubernetes-and-a-question-about-possible-useful-packages-in-julia/56326 "2021-03-02T12:15:13Z")

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First some background. I’ve been looking at Kubernetes to deploy some Julia code to the cloud, and I find the tooling there non-optimal. Or at least it’s my opinion on them. Kubernetes is basically configured with YAML f…

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## [Does anyone have AutoWrap configured in Sublime Text to write docstrings?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-anyone-have-autowrap-configured-in-sublime-text-to-write-docstrings/56218)

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**Author:** [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-anyone-have-autowrap-configured-in-sublime-text-to-write-docstrings/56218 "2021-03-01T03:21:15Z")

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I want my docstrings to have 60 lines, but I don’t want to constantly re-format them. Does anyone use the AutoWrap package in Sublime Text 3 to automatically wrap blocks of text that look like """ Dostring here. """ ? …

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## [Packages clean up, general .julia data consumption](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-clean-up-general-julia-data-consumption/56198)

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**Author:** [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-clean-up-general-julia-data-consumption/56198 "2021-02-28T23:47:49Z")

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The following complain is a bit speculative because of unsufficient information. I am happy to be corrected. I have several Julia versions installed (Windows 10) and started some cleanup, which turned out problematic or…

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## [UUID for forked packages? Depending on a forked package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/uuid-for-forked-packages-depending-on-a-forked-package/56151)

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**Author:** [@evanfields](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/evanfields)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/uuid-for-forked-packages-depending-on-a-forked-package/56151 "2021-02-28T10:14:28Z")

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I’ve forked the original Hexagons.jl to create my own version. Should the forked package have its own UUID? If I intend for the fork to diverge and become its own independent package, then “yes” would seem reasonable. …

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## [Error when building documentation with github actions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-building-documentation-with-github-actions/56139)

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**Author:** [@Azzaare](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Azzaare)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-building-documentation-with-github-actions/56139 "2021-02-27T14:31:37Z")

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I’ve just generated a new package and put it on GitHub COPInstances.jl I get the following error while building the documentation. Which is odd as I have the same setup for other packages (beside not being registered ye…

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## [Can I use julia from Windows Subsystem for Linux in VS Code Julia Extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-use-julia-from-windows-subsystem-for-linux-in-vs-code-julia-extension/50106)

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**Author:** [@peregrinrm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/peregrinrm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-i-use-julia-from-windows-subsystem-for-linux-in-vs-code-julia-extension/50106 "2021-02-23T11:40:01Z")

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Hello there, Is there a way to make the julia vscode extension use the julia from the WSL? I have already setup the integrated terminal so that it opens the zsh in the WSL Ubuntu, but the julia extension seems to find o…

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## [Calling a function from another notebook using \`my\_file.some\_function()\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-a-function-from-another-notebook-using-my-file-some-function/55806)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Barmann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Michael_Barmann)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-a-function-from-another-notebook-using-my-file-some-function/55806 "2021-02-22T22:18:38Z")

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Is there a way to use the dot syntax in Jupyter Notebook to call a function that was defined in a different notebook? For example, suppose I have a notebook “test.ipynb” containing a function called square(x), and say we…

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## [Debugging vscode language server issues?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-vscode-language-server-issues/55645)

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**Author:** [@marty0801](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marty0801)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-vscode-language-server-issues/55645 "2021-02-22T01:01:47Z")

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It sometimes happens that “go to definition” in VSCode julia is unable to do so. (The fault is usually my own; it often happens when I’ve reorganized my code without running tests.) Is it possible view debug/logging outp…

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## [Recommended development workflow in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommended-development-workflow-in-vscode/55348)

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**Author:** [@marty0801](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marty0801)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommended-development-workflow-in-vscode/55348 "2021-02-21T13:11:12Z")

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I’m trying to move from Juno to VSCode, but I’m having trouble getting introspection to work well with my code setup. In Juno, I made local modules available by push!ing to LOAD\_PATH. This post indicates that this is not…

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## [Attach boilerplate code to vscode cell start and end \[Feature idea\]](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/attach-boilerplate-code-to-vscode-cell-start-and-end-feature-idea/55668)

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**Author:** [@Marcell\_Havlik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Marcell_Havlik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/attach-boilerplate-code-to-vscode-cell-start-and-end-feature-idea/55668 "2021-02-20T10:10:45Z")

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Hey julianners, I am just curious whether is it possible to create a mechnaism that could be overrideable for julia vscode plugin. I could imagine like this: function VSCodeServer.begin\_cell() global starttime = ti…

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