# Tooling

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## [How to turn off Pluto notebook autosave](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-turn-off-pluto-notebook-autosave/90891)

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**Author:** [@somranger](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/somranger)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-turn-off-pluto-notebook-autosave/90891 "2022-11-30T09:23:09Z")

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As the topic. Just I prefer to close autosave. How could I do this?

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## [Install own fork of package instead of "official" version](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-own-fork-of-package-instead-of-official-version/62456)

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**Author:** [@amrods](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amrods)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-own-fork-of-package-instead-of-official-version/62456 "2022-11-24T13:36:40Z")

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I have a fork of a package. That package is a dependency of many other packages, some of which I use heavily. How can I install my fork so that the dependent packages use my fork instead of the “official” dependency? is …

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## [How to use tab autocompletions (LaTeX, emojis) in Markdown files in VSCode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-tab-autocompletions-latex-emojis-in-markdown-files-in-vscode/90908)

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**Author:** [@cmichelenstrofer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cmichelenstrofer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-tab-autocompletions-latex-emojis-in-markdown-files-in-vscode/90908 "2022-11-28T02:53:04Z")

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I’m working on my first package! :slight\_smile: I’m at the point where I’m writing some documentation, using Documenter.jl, and need to type latex symbols in markdown files. But the autocompletions from the Julia extens…

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## [TagBot tag does not trigger CI to run to build docs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-tag-does-not-trigger-ci-to-run-to-build-docs/90917)

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**Author:** [@tlnagy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tlnagy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-tag-does-not-trigger-ci-to-run-to-build-docs/90917 "2022-11-27T21:24:13Z")

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Hi all, I recently started updating an old package of mine to work with Julia 1.0 and the new system with Github CI and TagBot, etc and I’m having trouble getting the CI to run and deploy docs for the “stable” version w…

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## [VSCode jupyter notebook + webIO issues?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-jupyter-notebook-webio-issues/73530)

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**Author:** [@KoenVanSever](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KoenVanSever)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-jupyter-notebook-webio-issues/73530 "2022-11-26T22:26:35Z")

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Hi, I’ve been using the jupyter with Julia for data analysis in VS code for quite some time now. However recently I got the request to make a GUI to visualize the data, so most obvious choice for me was Interact.jl and…

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## [Is there a way to modify expressions in \`Documenter\` to remove \`rng\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-modify-expressions-in-documenter-to-remove-rng/90808)

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**Author:** [@t-bltg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/t-bltg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-modify-expressions-in-documenter-to-remove-rng/90808 "2022-11-25T14:20:15Z")

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In PlotDocs, we use DemoCards and Literate to generate example plots, and Documenter for rendering docs. I’d like the generated code to take a rng argument so that the output is more reproducible. So far this works wel…

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## [How to suppress a Windows system message in IJulia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-suppress-a-windows-system-message-in-ijulia/90783)

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**Author:** [@ea42gh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ea42gh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-suppress-a-windows-system-message-in-ijulia/90783 "2022-11-24T21:54:52Z")

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Using IJulia with a Windows system I get this “Reverting Windows Console” (warning? Info?) message in the output. How can I get rid of it? The python function ge is called via PyCall and executes an external comman…

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## [Julia: Start REPL does not work on remote server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-start-repl-does-not-work-on-remote-server/90453)

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**Author:** [@Jan-van-Waaij](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jan-van-Waaij)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-start-repl-does-not-work-on-remote-server/90453 "2022-11-24T14:22:51Z")

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Dear all, I installed the Julia Visual Code extension on the remote server. When I press cmd+shift+p and then type Julia: Start REPL, I get the following error: “Command ‘Julia: Start REPL’ resulted in an error (command…

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## [How to add a private unregistered package as a dependency to unit testing?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-private-unregistered-package-as-a-dependency-to-unit-testing/89970)

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**Author:** [@TTolppanen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TTolppanen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-private-unregistered-package-as-a-dependency-to-unit-testing/89970 "2022-11-24T08:00:18Z")

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I’m developing the PkgA and writing some unit tests for it. In the unit tests I want to use the package PkgB to test the code. PkgA does not depend on PkgB, only the unit tests depend on it. PkgB is a private unregistere…

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## [Compiling sysimage fails](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compiling-sysimage-fails/90713)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compiling-sysimage-fails/90713 "2022-11-23T14:23:42Z")

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In trying to compile a sysimage, the following bug is encountered: julia\> using PackageCompiler julia\> create\_sysimage(;sysimage\_path=joinpath(homedir(), ".julia", "environments", string("v", VERSION.major, ".", VERSIO…

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## [Tips for debugging in Julia - VS Code while using large packages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tips-for-debugging-in-julia-vs-code-while-using-large-packages/43371)

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**Author:** [@braamvandyk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/braamvandyk)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tips-for-debugging-in-julia-vs-code-while-using-large-packages/43371 "2022-11-23T00:39:47Z")

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I have tried the debugger in VS Code with some simple scripts and it seems to work just fine. However, when I try to debug some production code that uses “large” packages (DifferentialEquations, Plots and a few more), it…

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## [Failed to precompile Flux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failed-to-precompile-flux/90609)

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**Author:** [@davide445](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davide445)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failed-to-precompile-flux/90609 "2022-11-22T11:29:35Z")

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Seeing different threads related to packages precompilation, as beginner I understand is due mostly to packages releases incompatibilities. Still due Pluto has his own embedded package manager I’m not sure how to manage…

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## [How to correctly set up VS working directory on Windows for project with multiple subfolders?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-correctly-set-up-vs-working-directory-on-windows-for-project-with-multiple-subfolders/85329)

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**Author:** [@tstoerk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tstoerk)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-correctly-set-up-vs-working-directory-on-windows-for-project-with-multiple-subfolders/85329 "2022-11-22T11:28:25Z")

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I am on Windows, trying to move from running Julia in Jupyter notebooks to directly running my code from VisualStudio. I am working on a project that uses multiple modules (XXX.jl files) that live in one subfolder, but …

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## [Unable to use @bind from PlutoUI on Colab](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-use-bind-from-plutoui-on-colab/90590)

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**Author:** [@Mahrukh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mahrukh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-use-bind-from-plutoui-on-colab/90590 "2022-11-22T04:07:15Z")

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Hi everyone! I’m trying to run the Julia code from https://github.com/mitmath/18S191/blob/Fall20/lecture\_notebooks/week1/01-images-intro.jl on Colab as I can’t run it on my local machine. Pretty much all cells get execut…

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## [Error show up during compilation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-show-up-during-compilation/90596)

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**Author:** [@Jorgedltn](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jorgedltn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-show-up-during-compilation/90596 "2022-11-21T16:49:07Z")

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I was trying to compile a project in VS that interact with julia code within some wrappers. This project is working with the julia version v1.0.5. When I compile the project, the next error is show up in the terminal: …

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## [ImageMagick on Windows: LoadError: Unable to open libLLVM](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagemagick-on-windows-loaderror-unable-to-open-libllvm/90561)

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**Author:** [@codeguru](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/codeguru)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagemagick-on-windows-loaderror-unable-to-open-libllvm/90561 "2022-11-21T16:44:50Z")

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I get following error while building ImageMagick on Windows: julia\> Pkg.build("ImageMagick") Building ImageMagick → \`C:\\Users\\USER\\.julia\\scratchspaces\\44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f\\54dfa264804aefc44630c96619…

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## [Function diagm() does not work in Julia v1.0.5?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-diagm-does-not-work-in-julia-v1-0-5/90359)

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**Author:** [@Jorgedltn](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jorgedltn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-diagm-does-not-work-in-julia-v1-0-5/90359 "2022-11-21T16:21:22Z")

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I am trying to construct a diagonal matrix by using the function diagm() within a test project that is formed by a group of Julia files. When I include all of these files into the Julia terminal to run and prove if these…

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## [How to hide output from a pluto cell](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-hide-output-from-a-pluto-cell/90057)

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**Author:** [@Xavier\_Gonzalez](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xavier_Gonzalez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-hide-output-from-a-pluto-cell/90057 "2022-11-20T22:04:49Z")

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I am using Pluto.jl I am importing some dictionaries that have as entries fairly large tensors (100x100x100). The tensors are store as BSON files, so that code is output = BSON.load(path\_to\_file); Just to make the…

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## [Documenter: how to exclude search results?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-how-to-exclude-search-results/86785)

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**Author:** [@t-bltg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/t-bltg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-how-to-exclude-search-results/86785 "2022-11-20T21:36:55Z")

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I’d like to exclude certain pages from appearing in the search results for fixing Docs: Search results are hard to interpret for common search terms · Issue #4157 · JuliaPlots/Plots.jl · GitHub. What is the process used…

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## [How to debug exception triggered by unit test in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-debug-exception-triggered-by-unit-test-in-vscode/90438)

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**Author:** [@nrontsis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nrontsis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-debug-exception-triggered-by-unit-test-in-vscode/90438 "2022-11-20T18:12:26Z")

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Suppose the following minimal example, that triggers an exception in its execution, due to the return x + 1 line: using Test function f(x) return x + 1 end @test f(\[0\]) == \[1\] I want to launch a debugging session…

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## [Atom 1.39 won't build julia-client](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-1-39-wont-build-julia-client/26696)

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**Author:** [@gabehassler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gabehassler)\
**Replies:** 49\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-1-39-wont-build-julia-client/26696 "2022-11-20T11:48:22Z")

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Atom auto-updated from 1.38 to 1.39 this morning. When I started it, it sent me a message saying a needed to rebuild some out-of-date packages. I followed the prompt to rebuild, but it failed (sorry, I didn’t save the ex…

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## [Inconsistent Test results between VScode TestItems.jl and Test.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inconsistent-test-results-between-vscode-testitems-jl-and-test-jl/90344)

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**Author:** [@Maucejo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maucejo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inconsistent-test-results-between-vscode-testitems-jl-and-test-jl/90344 "2022-11-18T16:10:24Z")

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Hi all, When testing a package I develop, I had an inconsistency in the result of the unit test of one of my functions between the testing framework TestItems.jl used within the VSCode UI and Test.jl. Here is a code sa…

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## [How to solve this package compatibility issue?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-solve-this-package-compatibility-issue/90431)

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**Author:** [@liuyxpp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liuyxpp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-solve-this-package-compatibility-issue/90431 "2022-11-18T09:15:33Z")

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I have a package PAM that depends on GraphMakie.jl and uses the GLMakie backend. The pacakge now has a very peculiar issue related to the version of Observables.jl package. Tests show that the issue is caused by the late…

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## [VSCode profview not showing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-profview-not-showing/90189)

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**Author:** [@ohmsweetohm1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ohmsweetohm1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-profview-not-showing/90189 "2022-11-17T11:36:17Z")

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I used @profview on some code and nothing is shown in the tab. However, I can save the contents to a HTML. When opening it and looking at the developer consoler I see this exception: Uncaught RangeError: Maximum call sta…

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## [Using Atomics in the vs code debugger](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-atomics-in-the-vs-code-debugger/90349)

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**Author:** [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-atomics-in-the-vs-code-debugger/90349 "2022-11-16T13:46:23Z")

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Hi all :slight\_smile: I tried to use a = Threads.Atomic{Int}(1) a\[\] = 2 # more stuff... in the vs code debugger. It stopped and didn’t want to continue at a\[\] = 2. Any idea why? Thanks Cheers

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## [Fix Manifest-file warnings for Pluto notebooks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fix-manifest-file-warnings-for-pluto-notebooks/89050)

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**Author:** [@DOT](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DOT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fix-manifest-file-warnings-for-pluto-notebooks/89050 "2022-11-16T06:18:46Z")

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Hi, When loading a certain Pluto notebook (written beginning 2022), I get the following two warning messages. julia\> Pluto.run() \[...\] Warning: The active manifest file at \[...\] has an old format that is being maintain…

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## [Varinfo() not working in Jupyter Notebook in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/varinfo-not-working-in-jupyter-notebook-in-vscode/90300)

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**Author:** [@daler6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/daler6)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/varinfo-not-working-in-jupyter-notebook-in-vscode/90300 "2022-11-15T16:30:15Z")

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When I am running a JupyterNotebook using Julia in VS Code, I get the following error when I use the varinfo() function: ParseError: KaTeX parse error: No such environment: tabular at position 7: \\begin{̲t̲a̲b̲u̲l̲a̲r̲}…

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## [Piracy hunting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/piracy-hunting/90119)

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**Author:** [@jakobnissen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jakobnissen)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/piracy-hunting/90119 "2022-11-14T11:30:17Z")

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I made a script to detect piracy, and I’d like feedback. Eventually I hope to put the functionality in Aqua.jl. There is already an old thread with a similar script here: Pirate Hunter. However, the script to longer work…

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## [Using emacs-jupyter mode for development](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-emacs-jupyter-mode-for-development/45276)

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**Author:** [@NightMachinary](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NightMachinary)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-emacs-jupyter-mode-for-development/45276 "2022-11-12T13:48:58Z")

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Can you write a post on your setup? (Your emacs config for it, an example notebook or two, a videocast perhaps) It sounds wonderful. :slight\_smile:

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## [Increase wordwrap column in VSCode for Julia only](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/increase-wordwrap-column-in-vscode-for-julia-only/90047)

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**Author:** [@amca01](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amca01)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/increase-wordwrap-column-in-vscode-for-julia-only/90047 "2022-11-10T12:37:59Z")

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In my IJulia cells in VSCode, lines are always wrapped at column 80, which is the system default, and which works for some other editing I do (such as LaTeX). But for Julia, 80 columns is too narrow; I’d much prefer to …

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