# Tooling

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## [RCall vscode REPL crash](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rcall-vscode-repl-crash/46128)

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**Author:** [@Donut\_Meepo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Donut_Meepo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rcall-vscode-repl-crash/46128 "2021-01-26T10:25:45Z")

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I was trying to using RCall in VSCode’s Julia REPL. It crashes. But if I start a REPL from terminal it works fine. (Note: the rfunctions.jl below only has one line of using RCall so that I can capture the error. Sinc…

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## [Interact isn't generating anything in Juno for me anymore](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interact-isnt-generating-anything-in-juno-for-me-anymore/42341)

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**Author:** [@jrdegreeff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jrdegreeff)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interact-isnt-generating-anything-in-juno-for-me-anymore/42341 "2021-01-25T02:00:54Z")

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I have been using the Interact.jl package within Juno for a little while now. Until recently it worked exactly as expected and created interactive elements in the plots window. However, while playing around recently wit…

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## [Vs code debugger launch](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-debugger-launch/53580)

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**Author:** [@mkarikom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkarikom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-debugger-launch/53580 "2021-01-24T17:51:12Z")

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Is there any way to launch the debugger on single line or REPL command or does it have to be run on the whole file? Something like Juno.@enter?

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## [Confusing instructions from JuliaRegistrator](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/confusing-instructions-from-juliaregistrator/53833)

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**Author:** [@cscherrer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cscherrer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/confusing-instructions-from-juliaregistrator/53833 "2021-01-23T17:27:37Z")

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Hi, this message from JuliaRegistrator is really confusing: Also, note the warning: Version 0.1.3 skips over 0.1.2 This can be safely ignored. However, if you want to fix this you can do so. Call register() again afte…

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## [Plotting functions directly in Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-functions-directly-in-makie/53612)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-functions-directly-in-makie/53612 "2021-01-22T08:36:33Z")

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A syntax from Plots.jl that I love is plot(x-\>x^2), and plot(cos), where I can add a second and third argument to specify a range of x-values. This is really an example of delicious syntax - straight to the point. I say…

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## [Compatibility between Theia and the Julia VS Code extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-between-theia-and-the-julia-vs-code-extension/46047)

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**Author:** [@ffevotte](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ffevotte)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-between-theia-and-the-julia-vs-code-extension/46047 "2021-01-19T21:04:42Z")

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I discovered Theia as a possible alternative to VS code in this thread, and decided to give it a try. It looks like a lot of features from the Julia VScode extension work out of the box, which is in itself an incredible…

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## [Running Julia on a Personal Linux Server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-julia-on-a-personal-linux-server/53449)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-julia-on-a-personal-linux-server/53449 "2021-01-19T15:07:59Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a personal Linux Server (Raspberry Pi running Rasbpian) and want to have a perpetually running Julia instance going on the server. My rationale behind this is to have the server execute some scripts …

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## [Github Actions workflow for Reverse Dependency Integration Testing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-actions-workflow-for-reverse-dependency-integration-testing/53536)

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**Author:** [@oxinabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oxinabox)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-actions-workflow-for-reverse-dependency-integration-testing/53536 "2021-01-18T14:02:18Z")

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I wanted to share some code that were are using for running reverse dependency tests via GitHubActions. The idea of reverse dependency testing is to run an integration test using this branch of the project with the down…

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## [Is it possible to use Julia's LanguageServer.jl with JupyterLab's jupyterlab-lsp extension?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-julias-languageserver-jl-with-jupyterlabs-jupyterlab-lsp-extension/40945)

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**Author:** [@Paveloom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paveloom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-julias-languageserver-jl-with-jupyterlabs-jupyterlab-lsp-extension/40945 "2021-01-17T19:46:50Z")

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I found out @davidanthoff mentioning it here. Was it done? Had someone tried doing this and succeeded? If so, how?

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## [Plotting while working with VS Code remote - ssh](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-while-working-with-vs-code-remote-ssh/34309)

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**Author:** [@sebastianpech](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sebastianpech)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-while-working-with-vs-code-remote-ssh/34309 "2021-01-14T21:16:50Z")

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Hi, I found a nice and simple solution for plotting while working with vscode remote over ssh. Maybe it’s obvious or there is a simpler solution, but wanted to share it anyways: I connect an extra ssh session with X11 f…

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## [Julia VS code custom task](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-code-custom-task/53161)

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**Author:** [@mrkosjan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrkosjan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-code-custom-task/53161 "2021-01-11T19:06:19Z")

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Hello, I am trying to setup a vs code task to run a Julia extension command in the active VS code REPL. What I hope to achieve is to bind a hotkey to a task that will run the runtest.jl file in the currently active REPL…

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## [Guide for compiling Julia on Windows with portable Cygwin](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/guide-for-compiling-julia-on-windows-with-portable-cygwin/53167)

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**Author:** [@heetbeet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heetbeet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/guide-for-compiling-julia-on-windows-with-portable-cygwin/53167 "2021-01-11T17:10:00Z")

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This is my personal no-nonsense guide for compiling Julia on Windows. https://gist.github.com/heetbeet/89d34a50c6541d238f680971a1555152

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## [Jupyter to Pluto converter](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyter-to-pluto-converter/53085)

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**Author:** [@Rojesh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Rojesh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyter-to-pluto-converter/53085 "2021-01-09T20:31:30Z")

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I wanted to convert jupyter notebook to pluto notebook and reverse way as well. Couldn’t find other solution. Are there any existing tool for this ? So I tried to write a small script. It worked for me but there are st…

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## [LaTeX in README.md file of a repo](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073)

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**Author:** [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073 "2021-01-09T12:58:38Z")

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Is it possible to use LaTeX rendering in README.md file of a repo? I have tried to add some LaTeX commands in double backticks to README.MD, however, it looks like they are note recognized.

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## [Comparison of math symbol support in monospace fonts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-of-math-symbol-support-in-monospace-fonts/53054)

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**Author:** [@sijo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sijo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-of-math-symbol-support-in-monospace-fonts/53054 "2021-01-08T17:29:18Z")

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I finally made the script I promised to compare how different monospace fonts support math symbols. Here’s the result: https://mono-math.netlify.app/ This new comparator doesn’t use fallback fonts, so you can see what’…

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## [Keybindings in VS Code Julia REPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keybindings-in-vs-code-julia-repl/53014)

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**Author:** [@grahamas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/grahamas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keybindings-in-vs-code-julia-repl/53014 "2021-01-07T22:51:36Z")

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Does anyone know how to/if it’s possible to use keyboard shortcuts in the VS Code Julia REPL? I’d like to press Ctrl-K to delete the line like I do in my normal terminal emulator (or Shift-Ctrl-U analogous as in the edit…

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## [JuliaPro with VS Code?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliapro-with-vs-code/41780)

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**Author:** [@braamvandyk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/braamvandyk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliapro-with-vs-code/41780 "2021-01-07T21:32:15Z")

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With the IDE focus now mostly on VS Code, as opposed to Atom/Juno, will future versions of Julia Pro ship with VS Code instead?

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## [@run macro](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-macro/52981)

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**Author:** [@Laco\_Kovac](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Laco_Kovac)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-macro/52981 "2021-01-07T16:56:06Z")

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I am trying to debug my code in VS Code. Presenter in the video JuliaCon 2020 | Using VS Code for Julia development | David Anthoff uses @run macro. I cannot find it/use it: julia\> @run MyModule.myFunction() ERROR: Lo…

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## [Python packages and CI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-packages-and-ci/52903)

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**Author:** [@marcobonici](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marcobonici)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-packages-and-ci/52903 "2021-01-06T13:36:22Z")

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Hi to everybody! I am a new Julia user, I just started to use Julia a week ago. As a first project, I’d like to translate one of my Python projects, hopefully finding better performances. Following some tutorials, I sta…

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## [Debugging in Juno constantly stops in low-level functions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-in-juno-constantly-stops-in-low-level-functions/52915)

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**Author:** [@boranzhao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/boranzhao)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugging-in-juno-constantly-stops-in-low-level-functions/52915 "2021-01-06T02:35:47Z")

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Hello, I am a new user of Julia and Juno. I created a nonlinear optimization problem using JuMP, which uses nonlinear expressions and constraints. I tried to debug my code using the Debugger in Juno. However, when I c…

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## [Julia on MyBinder with pyplot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-mybinder-with-pyplot/40125)

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**Author:** [@corbat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/corbat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-mybinder-with-pyplot/40125 "2021-01-02T18:00:17Z")

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Hi, I hope this is the correct place to ask this question. I’m trying to set up a binder at mybinder.org to run some Julia notebooks. So far this worked very well using Project.toml and Manifest.toml. The only thing I …

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## [When to use Github Organization](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-to-use-github-organization/52665)

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**Author:** [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-to-use-github-organization/52665 "2020-12-31T21:59:32Z")

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What are the use cases when one should create a Github Organization? If you split a large library into several packages, of which you are a single maintainer, are there any benefits to create a Github Organization to ho…

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## [\[ANN\] Juno-Plus 0.10.2](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-juno-plus-0-10-2/32807)

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**Author:** [@Amin\_Yahyaabadi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amin_Yahyaabadi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-juno-plus-0-10-2/32807 "2020-12-31T03:50:14Z")

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2020-Feb-17: Juno-Plus 0.10.2: I released Juno-Plus 0.10.2 recently. Download it here: Sunsetting Atom - The GitHub Blog Changelog: new button: Enable/Disable Juno new button: Debug: Run File new button: Debug: Step…

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## [Vscode-julia doesn't find intel MKL shared objects](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-doesnt-find-intel-mkl-shared-objects/52232)

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**Author:** [@Steven\_Varga](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Steven_Varga)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-doesnt-find-intel-mkl-shared-objects/52232 "2020-12-30T04:52:49Z")

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Intel MKL and compiler have provides scripts to control library path, which is/are required to be sourced before starting up the MKL linked julia; can someone point out how to work around this when using julia linked wit…

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## [JuliaPro1.5.0: could not download https://pkg.juliahub.com/registries](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliapro1-5-0-could-not-download-https-pkg-juliahub-com-registries/44811)

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**Author:** [@zwwi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zwwi)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliapro1-5-0-could-not-download-https-pkg-juliahub-com-registries/44811 "2020-12-28T16:45:14Z")

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Today I installed the new version of JuliaPro, but met the issue Warning: could not download https://pkg.juliahub.com/registries └ @ Pkg.Types D:\\buildbot\\worker\\package\_win64\\build\\usr\\share\\julia\\stdlib\\v1.5\\Pkg\\src\\…

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## [How to access files outside home folder (VSCode remote)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-access-files-outside-home-folder-vscode-remote/52505)

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**Author:** [@Luapulu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luapulu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-access-files-outside-home-folder-vscode-remote/52505 "2020-12-28T14:05:16Z")

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So, I’m connected to a remote server via ssh in VSCode. Problem is, I can’t access files outside my (remote) home directory from the juia REPL. When I copy files into my home directory I can access them. I assume this i…

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## [Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package SpecialFunctions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unsatisfiable-requirements-detected-for-package-specialfunctions/52363)

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**Author:** [@Zaim\_Awang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Zaim_Awang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unsatisfiable-requirements-detected-for-package-specialfunctions/52363 "2020-12-25T16:50:45Z")

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Hi, I am an almost complete newbie. I am trying to add the latest SpecialFunctions package (v 1.2.1) but I am stuck at v0.10.3. I realize the package issue is a common question. I am using JuliaPro Version 1.5.3 (2020-1…

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## [Why Might One Get Different Behavior in the VSCode Extension vs the Terminal?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-might-one-get-different-behavior-in-the-vscode-extension-vs-the-terminal/52276)

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**Author:** [@JamesK](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JamesK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-might-one-get-different-behavior-in-the-vscode-extension-vs-the-terminal/52276 "2020-12-25T05:01:34Z")

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I am experiencing different behavior running the same command: include(raw"/home/james/Julia\_projs/calling\_pytorch\_proj/main.jl") using the VSCode extension versus using the julia REPL called from the command line (Ubu…

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## [VsCode julia execute file and while loop](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-execute-file-and-while-loop/52022)

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**Author:** [@hei06j](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hei06j)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-execute-file-and-while-loop/52022 "2020-12-25T04:38:07Z")

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Hi, I have a script with a while loop. When I run the code using “Shift+Enter”, “Alt+Enter” or even “Execute Code” everything is fine. But when I use “Execute file”, two errors I get (1) the global variables are not rec…

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## [Makie.jl precompilation: how to launch MakieSys.so?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-jl-precompilation-how-to-launch-makiesys-so/46116)

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**Author:** [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-jl-precompilation-how-to-launch-makiesys-so/46116 "2020-12-23T06:30:33Z")

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Followed Makie.jl precompilation instructions and managed to create a system image file: MakieSys.so (275 MB). However, do not know how to launch Julia with recommended julia -J ./MakieSys.so command line instruction. So…

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