# Tooling

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## [Julia-vim and rainbow brackets](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vim-and-rainbow-brackets/57180)

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**Author:** [@imLew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/imLew)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vim-and-rainbow-brackets/57180 "2022-10-14T09:19:47Z")

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I’m using julia-vim for syntax highlighting and unicode support in vim and it’s great. I would also like to use rainbow brackets (eg this plugin), but it doesn’t work within julia blocks (e.g. function..end, begin...end)…

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## [JuliaHub Documentation Build Question](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliahub-documentation-build-question/88703)

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**Author:** [@AP6YC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AP6YC)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliahub-documentation-build-question/88703 "2022-10-14T09:10:25Z")

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I have been building documentation for my Julia package via GitHub actions for a while now, but I have noticed that JuliaHub registered packages also have JuliaHub-hosted documentation. Because I cannot for the life of m…

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## [I've installed juliaup from the MS store, but it's not in PATH](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ive-installed-juliaup-from-the-ms-store-but-its-not-in-path/77809)

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**Author:** [@ultrapoci](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ultrapoci)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ive-installed-juliaup-from-the-ms-store-but-its-not-in-path/77809 "2022-10-14T05:22:07Z")

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According to the Github repository, if I install juliaup from the Microsoft store, using the link provided in the repository page, both julia and juliaup should be present in PATH. But instead, none of them is available.…

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## [Plots still broken in Julia1.80 (Mac)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-still-broken-in-julia1-80-mac/88622)

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**Author:** [@compleat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/compleat)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-still-broken-in-julia1-80-mac/88622 "2022-10-12T18:51:27Z")

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Earlier this year, there was a reported issue with Julia1.7 and Plots (see ) This same error apparently still has not been resolved as of Julia1.80 (issue was originally reported for a Ubuntu system, but my error on …

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## [Tips for refactoring code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tips-for-refactoring-code/24353)

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**Author:** [@DrChainsaw](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DrChainsaw)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tips-for-refactoring-code/24353 "2022-10-12T16:42:09Z")

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Hi, I wonder if there are any good ways to refactor julia code (or workflows which reduces the labour)? I’m trying to do TDD but with my current setup I need to update at least three files even for a trivial thing like…

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## [Error: Unable to automatically install 'FFTW' from the respective Artifacts.toml file](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-unable-to-automatically-install-fftw-from-the-respective-artifacts-toml-file/88274)

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**Author:** [@Sai\_Sandeep](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sai_Sandeep)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-unable-to-automatically-install-fftw-from-the-respective-artifacts-toml-file/88274 "2022-10-12T13:45:56Z")

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Hi, I have been using Julia for quite a long time but, I may be still new to some topics, so bear with me if I don’t make sense. I have been using Julia as my programming language for a project, for a part which I ha…

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## [Build for Julia nightly fails due to \`DelimitedFiles.jl\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/build-for-julia-nightly-fails-due-to-delimitedfiles-jl/88607)

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**Author:** [@pat-alt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pat-alt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/build-for-julia-nightly-fails-due-to-delimitedfiles-jl/88607 "2022-10-12T06:25:30Z")

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Hi there, I have two packages for which the build on Julia nightly keeps failing recently. For both of them I get the same error message, \[...\] ┌ Warning: The active manifest file has dependencies that were resolved wi…

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## [Juliaup appears to have corrupted julia language server information for vscode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-appears-to-have-corrupted-julia-language-server-information-for-vscode/88545)

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**Author:** [@brianguenter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brianguenter)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-appears-to-have-corrupted-julia-language-server-information-for-vscode/88545 "2022-10-11T01:51:05Z")

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I have been using vscode successfully with Julia on linux for years. OS VersionJulia Version 1.8.2 Commit 36034abf260 (2022-09-29 15:21 UTC) Platform Info: OS: Linux (x86\_64-linux-gnu) CPU: 128 × AMD EPYC 7702P 64-C…

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## [VS Code crashes and Ubuntu freezes when starting Julia Language Server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-crashes-and-ubuntu-freezes-when-starting-julia-language-server/88541)

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**Author:** [@lbonaldo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lbonaldo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-crashes-and-ubuntu-freezes-when-starting-julia-language-server/88541 "2022-10-10T22:57:39Z")

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Hi all! I have been using Julia and Julia VS Code extension for years without issues. However, recently, whenever I run VS Code on my Ubuntu machine (18.04), the extension tries to start the Julia Language Server and do…

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## [Problems and advices using Julia in Emacs' Org babel](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-and-advices-using-julia-in-emacs-org-babel/88477)

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**Author:** [@bertulli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bertulli)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problems-and-advices-using-julia-in-emacs-org-babel/88477 "2022-10-10T11:21:39Z")

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Hi all! I wanted to embed some Julia code in some notes I’m taking, thus creating a notebook-like document. I am using Emacs with Org-mode, so I went for Org babel. I followed the instructions on Worg, but I still have …

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## [How do I activate the test environment of a package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-activate-the-test-environment-of-a-package/86740)

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**Author:** [@lamorton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lamorton)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-activate-the-test-environment-of-a-package/86740 "2022-10-09T13:17:38Z")

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I want to do some testing of changes to a package I’ve deved. I activate the package environment, but it doesn’t have some imported packages I want to use during testing. (For concreteness, I’m working on ModelingToolkit …

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## [Pluto startup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-startup/86805)

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**Author:** [@qwerty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/qwerty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-startup/86805 "2022-09-05T14:40:22Z")

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In 2022, what is the best method to speed up the startup of Pluto notebooks? If I precompile the packages I need and disable the pluto environment I get them to start instantly. However, Pluto takes almost a minute to s…

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## [TagBot Github Action runs successfully but a new release does not show up on github Releases](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-github-action-runs-successfully-but-a-new-release-does-not-show-up-on-github-releases/80770)

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**Author:** [@Gus\_Hart](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gus_Hart)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-github-action-runs-successfully-but-a-new-release-does-not-show-up-on-github-releases/80770 "2022-10-06T16:42:00Z")

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I’m developing a new package Spacey.jl. Unit tests and coverage tests are running fine as Github Actions. I copied a Tagbot.yml from another registered packaged I have on github (MinkowksiReduction.jl) where it works fin…

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## [@profview not defined - REPL not connected to VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/profview-not-defined-repl-not-connected-to-vscode/88138)

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**Author:** [@Pablo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pablo)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/profview-not-defined-repl-not-connected-to-vscode/88138 "2022-10-05T14:10:44Z")

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I´m running Julia inside a VSCode devcontainer. I open a new bash window and do: julia julia\> using Main: @profview ERROR: UndefVarError: @profview not defined but if I start the REPL using VSCode’s command palette co…

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## [Automating juliaup installation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automating-juliaup-installation/81440)

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**Author:** [@chart](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chart)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automating-juliaup-installation/81440 "2022-10-02T08:27:02Z")

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I trying to automate juliaup installation using a shell script. Juliaup help shows the -y flag can be passed to disable the confirmation prompt. However when I use it, I’m still presented with the interactive installer…

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## [PlotlyJS plot configuration settings in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotlyjs-plot-configuration-settings-in-vscode/74312)

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**Author:** [@Timothy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Timothy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotlyjs-plot-configuration-settings-in-vscode/74312 "2022-10-01T08:10:34Z")

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How can I change the plot configuration settings for PlotlyJS when I plot from VSCode (either notebook or editor)? In VSCode, the configuration settings always seem to be overwritten. For example, the code below should …

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## [Testing a different file than runtests.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/testing-a-different-file-than-runtests-jl/87789)

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**Author:** [@dgagnon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dgagnon)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/testing-a-different-file-than-runtests-jl/87789 "2022-09-30T21:04:17Z")

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Hello I would like to specify a different file than runtests.jl when runing test from Pkg. Something like: pkg\> test file=anotherfile.jl The file would still reside in the test directory. But that would allow me to av…

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## [Vs code container problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-container-problem/88037)

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**Author:** [@Jakub\_Mitura](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jakub_Mitura)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-container-problem/88037 "2022-09-30T12:59:02Z")

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I am trying to communicate vs code docker container with Julia (vs code development containers) in my devcontainer.json I have "settings": { "julia.executablePath" : "/usr/local/bin/julia", ... "extension…

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## [How to change Julia version in VSCode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-version-in-vscode/66236)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Barmann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Michael_Barmann)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-version-in-vscode/66236 "2022-09-30T07:47:07Z")

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I have a newbie question regarding VSCode: versioninfo() tells me I am currently using 1.6.0. But I have 1.6.1 installed, so I’d like to use that instead. Here’s the output from versioninfo: I tried to change this ac…

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## [Error \`julia.environmentPath\` on Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-julia-environmentpath-on-linux/87878)

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**Author:** [@Tbl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tbl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-julia-environmentpath-on-linux/87878 "2022-09-28T21:55:35Z")

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Hi, After a break I’ve installed new Julia 1.8.1 version on Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS machine, set path variable, in terminal Julia works just fine, but in VS Code I’m getting untypical error Could not start the Julia langua…

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## [Updating Julia version](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-julia-version/87477)

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**Author:** [@Jorgedltn](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jorgedltn)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-julia-version/87477 "2022-09-28T16:52:17Z")

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I have a c++ visual studio project which works with some extern libraries wrappers, these are developed with Julia code in order to follow the preliminary design. I am now triying to improve the whole project and the fi…

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## [How can tell \`Documenter \` to collapse (fold) items in the side bar?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-tell-documenter-to-collapse-fold-items-in-the-side-bar/87862)

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**Author:** [@t-bltg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/t-bltg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-tell-documenter-to-collapse-fold-items-in-the-side-bar/87862 "2022-09-27T08:10:16Z")

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E.g. julia docs section can be expanded / collapsed in Julia Documentation · The Julia Language. I would like to collapse certain PlotDocs section by default in Home · Plots.

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## [Runestone iOS editor now has Julia syntax highlighting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/runestone-ios-editor-now-has-julia-syntax-highlighting/87819)

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**Author:** [@stephenll](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stephenll)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/runestone-ios-editor-now-has-julia-syntax-highlighting/87819 "2022-09-26T14:54:27Z")

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No affiliation. I suggested that the Runestone text editor for iOS add Julia language support and he just released an update with Julia highlighting. Runestone: ‎Runestone Text Editor on the App Store Working Copy: ‎Wo…

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## [How to use VSCode and REPL to write and test a package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-vscode-and-repl-to-write-and-test-a-package/78818)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 62\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-vscode-and-repl-to-write-and-test-a-package/78818 "2022-09-25T17:09:26Z")

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I have gone through a multitude of tutorials now but still can’t seem to wrap my head around the basics of how to write and test a package as I go. I don’t understand the proper way to add my package and its dependencies…

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## [Edit vector interactively using PlutoUI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-vector-interactively-using-plutoui/87754)

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**Author:** [@AdamWysokinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AdamWysokinski)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-vector-interactively-using-plutoui/87754 "2022-09-25T10:30:17Z")

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Hi, This is a simplified example of what I need to do: x = rand(10) bar(x) @bind idx Slider(1:length(x)) @bind del Button("-") I want to trigger deleteat!(x, idx) only when button is pressed and then to refresh the pl…

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## [Security auditing tools for Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/security-auditing-tools-for-julia/87701)

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**Author:** [@DanielIngraham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DanielIngraham)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/security-auditing-tools-for-julia/87701 "2022-09-23T13:49:05Z")

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Are there any security auditing tools for Julia packages? Something like Python’s bandit?

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## [Multi thread julia kernel (jupyter) fails to start under vscode (insiders)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multi-thread-julia-kernel-jupyter-fails-to-start-under-vscode-insiders/65436)

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**Author:** [@Andrea\_Pagnani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Andrea_Pagnani)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multi-thread-julia-kernel-jupyter-fails-to-start-under-vscode-insiders/65436 "2022-09-23T09:12:41Z")

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Dear all … As discussed in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter/issues/6803, it seems that I am not able to run a multi-julia thread kernel under VSCODE using Jupyer app of VSCODE Insiders. VS Code version: 1.…

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## [How to have "Go to definition" in VSCODE find functions defined in src folder of current environment?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-have-go-to-definition-in-vscode-find-functions-defined-in-src-folder-of-current-environment/87631)

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**Author:** [@Shane\_Kelly](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Shane_Kelly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-have-go-to-definition-in-vscode-find-functions-defined-in-src-folder-of-current-environment/87631 "2022-09-22T09:56:20Z")

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I am developing a project with a stardard folder structure: base/ base/Project.toml base/src/ base/src/file.jl When specify in vscode that I should use the environment defined with the base/Project.toml then I can “…

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## [Implement show function to make inline result display correctly](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/implement-show-function-to-make-inline-result-display-correctly/87602)

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**Author:** [@Frankiewaang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Frankiewaang)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/implement-show-function-to-make-inline-result-display-correctly/87602 "2022-09-22T01:52:56Z")

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I have a struct that wraps a DataFrame, Could I ask how to dispatch Base.show function to make it display correctly in hover results? Currently, the hover result displays nothing.

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## [Could not start Julia Server VSCode in WSL2](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-not-start-julia-server-vscode-in-wsl2/87542)

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**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Pacheco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eduardo_Pacheco)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-not-start-julia-server-vscode-in-wsl2/87542 "2022-09-21T17:22:02Z")

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I installed Julia 1.8.1 using WSL2 as explained here and added it to my PATH After that I’ve installed Julia Extension and created a new project I got error message \`Could not start the Julia Language Server’. If …

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