# Tooling

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## [\[sharing tools/experiences\] github copilot can be a nice addition](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sharing-tools-experiences-github-copilot-can-be-a-nice-addition/79452)

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**Author:** [@Egwene\_al\_Vere](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Egwene_al_Vere)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sharing-tools-experiences-github-copilot-can-be-a-nice-addition/79452 "2022-09-17T14:15:33Z")

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Just trying out the github copilot (https://copilot.github.com/) for a couple of weeks, it supports julia and some of the suggestions I get from it are uncannily useful, almost brings a smile and it’s been a fun experien…

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## [Precompiled packages when $HOME is shared among different systems?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompiled-packages-when-home-is-shared-among-different-systems/87364)

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**Author:** [@rkube](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rkube)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompiled-packages-when-home-is-shared-among-different-systems/87364 "2022-09-17T15:47:50Z")

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Hi, I’m running julia on our clusters. At the moment, the user $HOMES are shared between 2 clusters, as they new one is phased in. Now I’d like to run MPI applications in this configuration. For convenience, I’m using …

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## [Defining methods in isolation in \`jldoctest\`s](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/defining-methods-in-isolation-in-jldoctest-s/87263)

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**Author:** [@Jollywatt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jollywatt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/defining-methods-in-isolation-in-jldoctest-s/87263 "2022-09-17T05:35:17Z")

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With Documenter.jl, each code block evaluates in its own scope: Every doctest block is evaluated inside its own module . This means that definitions (types, variables, functions etc.) from a block can not be used in th…

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## [What is the symbol cache of VS Code that Julia needs to download so urgently?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-symbol-cache-of-vs-code-that-julia-needs-to-download-so-urgently/87249)

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**Author:** [@Nav](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nav)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-symbol-cache-of-vs-code-that-julia-needs-to-download-so-urgently/87249 "2022-09-15T19:16:42Z")

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I have an Acer Aspire E11 laptop with an N2840 processor and 2GB DDR3 RAM. It runs Ubuntu 16.04. There are two issues I’ve had when using Julia with VS Code. Issue 1: As shown in the image below, even when VS Code was n…

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## [What happend to @profview](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-happend-to-profview/79379)

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**Author:** [@deltaeecs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/deltaeecs)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-happend-to-profview/79379 "2022-09-15T09:38:37Z")

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I used to use @profview (defiend in VSCodeServer) in vscode to analyze the cpu time of functions, which provide sth like this The time costs are very clear. But now I get different result like the following using th…

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## [Static.jl vs StaticNumbers.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/static-jl-vs-staticnumbers-jl/87228)

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**Author:** [@cscherrer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cscherrer)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/static-jl-vs-staticnumbers-jl/87228 "2022-09-14T22:02:22Z")

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I recently learned that there’s a StaticNumbers.jl from @Per that seems very similar to the SciML Static.jl (mostly actively @Zach\_Christensen). Are there known tradeoffs between these? Could there be a possibility to g…

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## [Juliaup on linux & systemd](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-on-linux-systemd/87196)

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**Author:** [@Steven\_Sagaert](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Steven_Sagaert)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-on-linux-systemd/87196 "2022-09-13T15:13:42Z")

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Hi, I’ve installed juliaup on a CentOS 8.3 server and everything works fine for interactive use. However when I try to start a service via systemd it fails. Note that I have installed juliaup (& julia) as root user and…

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## [LocalRegistry.jl: is \`master\` branch required?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/localregistry-jl-is-master-branch-required/87023)

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**Author:** [@tuckermcclure](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tuckermcclure)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/localregistry-jl-is-master-branch-required/87023 "2022-09-12T17:23:15Z")

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I decided to try using LocalRegistry.jl for some private packages we have. I created a registry and added one package to it, and that appears to have pushed correctly. However, trying to use it doesn’t appear to be worki…

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## [The deal with the light bulbs?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-deal-with-the-light-bulbs/86839)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-deal-with-the-light-bulbs/86839 "2022-09-11T11:14:37Z")

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This is my first time using (VS) Code. I opened a directory that contains a few Julia files, and while browsing a file I often notice a small yellow light bulb symbol to the left of some line of code. It displays the tex…

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## [Official JuliaUp Recommendation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/official-juliaup-recommendation/86994)

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**Author:** [@mrufsvold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrufsvold)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/official-juliaup-recommendation/86994 "2022-09-09T17:50:24Z")

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I opened an issue here, but maybe this is a better place to ask. Basically, my company is very strict about what they approve to be installed on our computers. Right now, if we request to install Julia, they remote into …

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## [Displaying a DataFrame in jupyter without column types](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/displaying-a-dataframe-in-jupyter-without-column-types/86505)

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**Author:** [@artemsolod](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/artemsolod)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/displaying-a-dataframe-in-jupyter-without-column-types/86505 "2022-09-09T12:41:00Z")

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I’d like to display a dataframe without secondary header of types in jupyter cell output but can not figure out how to do it. My best attempt prints HTML that I want but does not render it. using DataFrames df = DataFra…

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## [How to make the slider larger](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-the-slider-larger/86895)

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**Author:** [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-the-slider-larger/86895 "2022-09-08T12:28:10Z")

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How to make the size of the slider bar larger, so that it is easier to fine tune the accessed values? Right now I have a problem, that, when I move the slider, I actually skip some of the available values.

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## [Read ASCII file in Pluto (convert a Vector{UInt} to a Vector{String} similar to readlines)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-ascii-file-in-pluto-convert-a-vector-uint-to-a-vector-string-similar-to-readlines/86591)

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**Author:** [@Jake](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jake)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-ascii-file-in-pluto-convert-a-vector-uint-to-a-vector-string-similar-to-readlines/86591 "2022-09-07T04:54:24Z")

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I am reading data into Pluto from an ASCII file. I note that when I use the PlutoUI command @bind name PlutoUI.FilePicker(\[MIME("text/plain")\]) that it returns both the file name and the data in some format. What I w…

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## [PyPlot plots to figure window from IJulia. Why is this happening?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-plots-to-figure-window-from-ijulia-why-is-this-happening/86851)

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**Author:** [@ctkelley](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ctkelley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-plots-to-figure-window-from-ijulia-why-is-this-happening/86851 "2022-09-06T19:42:40Z")

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Running v1.8.0 on an M2 macbook air. When I fire up a notebook and use PyPlot to make a plot, the figure appears in a figure window, not as part of the notebook. I have tried rebuilding my environment from scratch and …

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## [Nightly Julia crashes Code Julia extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nightly-julia-crashes-code-julia-extension/86838)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nightly-julia-crashes-code-julia-extension/86838 "2022-09-06T13:59:46Z")

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It seems that Code and the extension work fine with Julia 1.8.0, but the extension crashes before it loads with nightly Julia. Are the extension devs interested in bug reports for nightly Julia?

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## [ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected and has no known versions!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-unsatisfiable-requirements-detected-and-has-no-known-versions/73289)

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**Author:** [@vyush\_agarwal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vyush_agarwal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-unsatisfiable-requirements-detected-and-has-no-known-versions/73289 "2022-09-02T09:04:50Z")

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I am getting the same error in my case Xnumber is a dependency of SHbundle and both of them are unregistered. ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package Xnumber \[fdc6275c\]: Xnumber \[fdc6275c\] log: ├─Xnumbe…

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## [VSCode Debug DataFrames error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debug-dataframes-error/86582)

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**Author:** [@Humphrey\_Lee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Humphrey_Lee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debug-dataframes-error/86582 "2022-08-31T06:49:09Z")

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I have only recently tried to use VSCode Debug features following this debug guide. It stuck at first line of my code. using DataFrames, with error \> Connecting to debugger... Done! ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: P…

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## [Pluto Ctrl-C Not Working on Julia 1.8.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-ctrl-c-not-working-on-julia-1-8-0/86534)

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**Author:** [@TI36XPro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TI36XPro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-ctrl-c-not-working-on-julia-1-8-0/86534 "2022-08-30T14:25:31Z")

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I recently updated my environment and Julia version. I am running Julia 1.8.0 and Pluto v0.19.11. The packages I have installed in this environment are OhMyREPL v0.5.12 Pluto v0.19.11 PlutoUI v0.7.39 Revise v3.4.0 I …

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## [Citing Papers in Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/citing-papers-in-pluto/59544)

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**Author:** [@enweg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/enweg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/citing-papers-in-pluto/59544 "2022-08-30T08:40:45Z")

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Hey, I recently saw the presentation on Pluto and really like the concept. I am actually so convinced of it that I was thinking about writing some lecture notes in it, so that students can directly experiment around. I …

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## [Documenter: preprocess ?foo to \[\`foo\`\](@ref).. possible?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-preprocess-foo-to-foo-ref-possible/86494)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-preprocess-foo-to-foo-ref-possible/86494 "2022-08-30T01:58:20Z")

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In my docstrings I often use "See ?foo for details". With Documenter, for most sinks this would be better as "See \[\`foo\`\](@ref) for details." But that would then look odd if one use the online help of the original func…

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## [Slow TagBot. No repo update after 16 hours](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/slow-tagbot-no-repo-update-after-16-hours/80870)

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**Author:** [@ctkelley](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ctkelley)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/slow-tagbot-no-repo-update-after-16-hours/80870 "2022-08-29T13:18:43Z")

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I registered a new release of SIAMFANLEquations.jl yesterday. Things seem fine at https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/pull/60018 and the new version is in the registry, but my github repo does not show the new…

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## [Fonts in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fonts-in-vs-code/59312)

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**Author:** [@amrods](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amrods)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fonts-in-vs-code/59312 "2022-08-29T08:48:48Z")

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I started using Visual Studio Code in Windows. I noticed that the “hat” (the circumflex mark) is not placed on top of Greek letters, but on the side. It is properly placed for Latin letters. Does anyone know how to fix t…

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## [Issue with Updating UnicodePlots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-updating-unicodeplots/86411)

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**Author:** [@TI36XPro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TI36XPro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issue-with-updating-unicodeplots/86411 "2022-08-27T16:11:18Z")

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Hello, I encountered the following issue - I’d appreciate any thoughts on how to resolve it. My current environment is using Julia 1.7.1 and UnicodePlots version 2.12.4. I have this issue whether I am in the VSCode int…

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## [Update Project.toml compat entries in Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/update-project-toml-compat-entries-in-pluto/86396)

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**Author:** [@Jake](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jake)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/update-project-toml-compat-entries-in-pluto/86396 "2022-08-27T12:43:45Z")

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I have a Pluto notebook created in Julia 1.5 and then used in 1.6. It includes a Project.toml and Manifest.toml in the jl file. With Julia 1.8 there were a lot of errors. I then did a Pkg.update within Pluto and it go…

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## [Startup time in VSCode extraordinarily long](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/startup-time-in-vscode-extraordinarily-long/86386)

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**Author:** [@MikolasVolek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MikolasVolek)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/startup-time-in-vscode-extraordinarily-long/86386 "2022-08-27T09:59:21Z")

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Hi, I wanted to share an issue that I keep encountering upon starting Julia in VSCode, hoping that I might not be the only one affected by it. Whenever I start VSCode, open a \*.jl file and try to run a line of code, it…

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## [Troubleshooting terminated Pluto worker](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/troubleshooting-terminated-pluto-worker/86327)

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**Author:** [@laggvar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/laggvar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/troubleshooting-terminated-pluto-worker/86327 "2022-08-25T14:31:47Z")

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I have a notebook (cannot share, unfortunately) where the worker keeps terminating in the middle of an expensive computation. The REPL just tells me the worker terminated along with a Unhandled Task ERROR confirming the …

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## [Where can I download Juliaup? I have no Windows Store access](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-can-i-download-juliaup-i-have-no-windows-store-access/86207)

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**Author:** [@RichS](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RichS)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-can-i-download-juliaup-i-have-no-windows-store-access/86207 "2022-08-23T16:23:33Z")

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Is there a download location for Juliaup for the Windows platform other than the Windows store? My workplace restricts Windows Store access, so I can’t get it there. Thanks!

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## [Juliaup gets stuck at v1.6.12 for MacOS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-gets-stuck-at-v1-6-12-for-macos/85991)

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**Author:** [@liuyxpp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liuyxpp)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaup-gets-stuck-at-v1-6-12-for-macos/85991 "2022-08-23T05:06:29Z")

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When I use brew to upgrade juliaup version, it shows $ brew upgrade juliaup Warning: juliaup 1.6.12 already installed For 1.6.12, I only get 1.8-rc3, neither 1.8-rc4 nor the 1.8 release. Do I have to upgrade juliaup to…

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## [VS Code JuliaSyntax Error from Startup.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-juliasyntax-error-from-startup-jl/86166)

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**Author:** [@nosewitz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nosewitz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-juliasyntax-error-from-startup-jl/86166 "2022-08-23T01:01:57Z")

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After messing about with my startup.jl file, running a Julia session in VS code threw the error pictured below I tested this and it’s caused by enable\_in\_core!(). This behavior is strictly in VSC and not the REPL, since …

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## [Can't access a live workspace for Julia when using integrated notebooks in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-access-a-live-workspace-for-julia-when-using-integrated-notebooks-in-vs-code/82008)

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**Author:** [@lewis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lewis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-access-a-live-workspace-for-julia-when-using-integrated-notebooks-in-vs-code/82008 "2022-08-22T22:26:49Z")

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Well, the title kind of says it. According to the docs for Vs Code Julia support it should be possible to see the Julia workspace while using Notebooks. I can’t get this to work and I see no way to do so. I am using t…

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