# Tooling

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## [Interesting Paper on Pain-Points in Computational Notebooks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interesting-paper-on-pain-points-in-computational-notebooks/78991)

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**Author:** [@grahamstark](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/grahamstark)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interesting-paper-on-pain-points-in-computational-notebooks/78991 "2022-04-14T07:27:11Z")

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I found an interesting paper: What’s Wrong with Computational Notebooks? Pain Points, Needs, and Design Opportunities Souti Chattopadhyay, Austin Z. Henley, Ishita Prasad, Anita Sarma, and Titus Barik. CHI '20: ACM SI…

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## [My Julia setup for vim with YCM on Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-julia-setup-for-vim-with-ycm-on-linux/45485)

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**Author:** [@junix](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/junix)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-julia-setup-for-vim-with-ycm-on-linux/45485 "2022-04-14T00:47:36Z")

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Installation $ pip install jill --user -U $ jill install 1.3 lsp Plug 'ycm-core/YouCompleteMe' Plug 'ycm-core/lsp-examples' Plug 'JuliaEditorSupport/julia-vim', {'for': 'julia'} let g:ycm\_language\_server = \[ \\ { …

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## [Formatted Docstring Duplicated when Overloading Function Definition in Seperate Cells](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatted-docstring-duplicated-when-overloading-function-definition-in-seperate-cells/79390)

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**Author:** [@Sharkful](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sharkful)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatted-docstring-duplicated-when-overloading-function-definition-in-seperate-cells/79390 "2022-04-13T11:38:40Z")

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I think I may have found a bug, but I’ve never made a issue on an open source project before, and I wanted a sanity check to see if it is worth creating. Minimum Working Example: Cell 1: "Test String" function somefunc1…

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## [How to set Julia Default to iTerm2](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-julia-default-to-iterm2/57988)

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**Author:** [@Scotsman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Scotsman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-julia-default-to-iterm2/57988 "2022-04-12T23:37:22Z")

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New user who would like to have Julia start in iTerm2 instead of Apple’s terminal. Can anyone point me how to change that? Thanks

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## [What to do about seemingly stranded package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-do-about-seemingly-stranded-package/79384)

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**Author:** [@markmbaum](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/markmbaum)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-do-about-seemingly-stranded-package/79384 "2022-04-12T14:28:08Z")

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I’ve wanted to update the Julia wrapper of Seaborn for a while because it’s been out of date for years, mainly since v0.11.0 was released in 2020. I finally took the time to try the update myself and submitted a PR, but …

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## [Hyperopt.jl Baysean Optimization Hyperband for Neural Networks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hyperopt-jl-baysean-optimization-hyperband-for-neural-networks/79332)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hyperopt-jl-baysean-optimization-hyperband-for-neural-networks/79332 "2022-04-11T07:34:28Z")

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Has anyone successfully found optimal neural networks using Hyperopt.jl’s Baysean Optimization Hyperband (BOHB) ? I seem to have run into the fundamental issue that from what I can tell, that the package wants the state…

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## [VS Code Language Server crashing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-language-server-crashing/78067)

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**Author:** [@regan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/regan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-language-server-crashing/78067 "2022-04-10T15:18:28Z")

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Hi all, When writing a viewing/writing a benign generator expression in Julia in VSCode, the Language Server crashes repeatedly making developing impossible. I am using the Julia extension 1.6.3 at the moment, with Juli…

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## [Bounds error for MINST training](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bounds-error-for-minst-training/79296)

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**Author:** [@Fergaloc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Fergaloc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bounds-error-for-minst-training/79296 "2022-04-10T14:47:20Z")

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Hi I am new to Julia Pluto and was wondering if you could help. I have a bounds error and not sure what would be causing this issue, I understand what a bounds issue is I’m just not sure what is causing it. any help woul…

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## [Inherit transitive dependency resolution from parent environments](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inherit-transitive-dependency-resolution-from-parent-environments/79233)

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**Author:** [@thazhemadam](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thazhemadam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inherit-transitive-dependency-resolution-from-parent-environments/79233 "2022-04-08T17:05:14Z")

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Assume I have an environment with packages X and Y, where X and Y both depend on a common package Z. If I \] add X, I would get v0.2.0 of package Z. If I \] add X, Y, Pkg resolves Y’s compat restrictions on Z, and I get v…

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## [Is it possible to use different programming languages within a single Pluto.jl notebook?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-different-programming-languages-within-a-single-pluto-jl-notebook/79008)

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**Author:** [@Hashir\_Omer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hashir_Omer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-different-programming-languages-within-a-single-pluto-jl-notebook/79008 "2022-04-04T19:34:54Z")

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I recently discovered Pluto and I prefer working with it over Jupyter notebooks if I am only using julia. However, sometimes I have to use Python as well for some of the packages. The SOS polyglot notebook is an extensi…

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## [Collaborative development workflow for multiple packages simultaneously on multiple machines](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/collaborative-development-workflow-for-multiple-packages-simultaneously-on-multiple-machines/78942)

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**Author:** [@claudio20497](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/claudio20497)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/collaborative-development-workflow-for-multiple-packages-simultaneously-on-multiple-machines/78942 "2022-04-04T14:57:28Z")

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Hello, I’m simultaneously developing two packages, say mypkgA.jl and mypkgB.jl, where mypkgA.jl depends on mypkgB.jl. They’re both currently unregistered, and I have to work on two different machines depending on the da…

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## [Julia complains that I haven't added standard libraries to my package manifest](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-complains-that-i-havent-added-standard-libraries-to-my-package-manifest/78719)

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**Author:** [@SamuraiAku](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/SamuraiAku)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-complains-that-i-havent-added-standard-libraries-to-my-package-manifest/78719 "2022-04-02T21:39:23Z")

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I’m currently developing a package (unreleased). I added it to my working environment by giving Pkg the URL to my Github repository This package uses some the standard libraries such as Dates. So at the top of my modul…

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## [Can't update Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-update-pluto/78843)

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**Author:** [@Hayder](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hayder)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-update-pluto/78843 "2022-04-01T01:31:32Z")

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Hello. Currently, I’m having trouble with updating Pluto. I have naturally searched this forum for possible answers, and following here will be the problem as well as attempts to solve it. Issue: Attempting to updat…

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## [In Atom, Julia exits while running a script](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-atom-julia-exits-while-running-a-script/78751)

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**Author:** [@drarnau](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/drarnau)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/in-atom-julia-exits-while-running-a-script/78751 "2022-03-31T14:00:21Z")

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Hello, I am running quite a big optimization code (I can’t share it). The big picture is that I use a modified version of Tamas Papp’s MultistartOptimization.jl to estimate a non-linear model. When I increase the amoun…

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## [Pkg precompile single threaded option?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-precompile-single-threaded-option/78798)

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**Author:** [@Iulian.Cioarca](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Iulian.Cioarca)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-precompile-single-threaded-option/78798 "2022-03-31T12:16:41Z")

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Is there a way to force precompilation to single threaded in Julia 1.7? I’m running it on the tiny Raspberry Pi Zero and the multithreaded precompilation blows up RAM with a lot of julia instances.

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## [Simple IDE](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638)

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**Author:** [@gitboy16](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gitboy16)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-ide/78638 "2022-03-29T10:34:54Z")

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Hi, I am curently using Julia on windows. I am looking for a very simple IDE that just runs a line of code and move to the next line. That is all I need. No need for debugger, language server, real time “feedback”…etc. …

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## [How to setup a Julia project to load modules depending on input and debug in vscode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-setup-a-julia-project-to-load-modules-depending-on-input-and-debug-in-vscode/78555)

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**Author:** [@sunayana](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sunayana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-setup-a-julia-project-to-load-modules-depending-on-input-and-debug-in-vscode/78555 "2022-03-28T05:47:38Z")

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Hi All, I am new to Julia and trying to setup a project structure in a way so that I can debug using vscode. My project structure looks like this: ├── Shared │ ├── Project.toml │ └── src │ └── Shared.jl ├── …

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## [JULIA\_NUM\_THREADS in VS Code (Windows 10 + WSL)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-num-threads-in-vs-code-windows-10-wsl/28794)

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**Author:** [@Ininterrompue](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ininterrompue)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-num-threads-in-vs-code-windows-10-wsl/28794 "2022-03-24T01:36:51Z")

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I recently came across this thread: about setting the environment variable JULIA\_NUM\_THREADS in Windows, and was wondering if anyone know how this would work in VS Code (context: I am using a computer with Windows 10 …

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## [Pkg.add and package development best practices?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-add-and-package-development-best-practices/78318)

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**Author:** [@Philogicatician](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Philogicatician)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-add-and-package-development-best-practices/78318 "2022-03-24T01:01:25Z")

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Quick question: Is it better to use # In a Julia script using Pkg Pkg.add("MyPackageName") or julia\> \] # enters the pkg interface pkg\> add MyPackageName when advising people to use a package? Context I ask because…

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## [Best practice for academic code reproducibility (Manifest.toml between versions of julia)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-for-academic-code-reproducibility-manifest-toml-between-versions-of-julia/78307)

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**Author:** [@owensnick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/owensnick)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-for-academic-code-reproducibility-manifest-toml-between-versions-of-julia/78307 "2022-03-23T20:03:52Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to figure out the best practice for reproducible sharing of Julia code for an academic paper. I have a project for which I’m sharing both Project.toml and Manifest.toml to instantiate the exact same pa…

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## [Pluto Reactivity and eval](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-reactivity-and-eval/78250)

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**Author:** [@TI36XPro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TI36XPro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-reactivity-and-eval/78250 "2022-03-23T08:01:23Z")

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I recently discovered Latexify.jl and really like it. I am trying to combine it with Pluto but am failing. I’d appreciate any hints. I have a pluto notebook with a cell that contains the following. begin fex = :(f(x)=…

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## [Pkg output doesn't show in PlutoUI with\_terminal() in Julia 1.6.1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-output-doesnt-show-in-plutoui-with-terminal-in-julia-1-6-1/60819)

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**Author:** [@hellemo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hellemo)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-output-doesnt-show-in-plutoui-with-terminal-in-julia-1-6-1/60819 "2022-03-21T23:56:50Z")

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With julia 1.6.0 everything works as expected, however the output doesn’t show in 1.6.1: 1.6.0: 1.6.1: What’s going on here, is this a bug in julia and/or PlutoUI? Code to reproduce below begin using Pkg; Pkg…

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## [Autoformatting in VS Code extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/autoformatting-in-vs-code-extension/54544)

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**Author:** [@drbenvincent](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/drbenvincent)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/autoformatting-in-vs-code-extension/54544 "2022-03-21T19:35:44Z")

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I’m really enjoying getting to grips with Julia, and I’m finding VS Code a very nice way to code with Julia. I’ve noticed that there is great auto formatting for indenting code in functions or for loops. For example… …

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## [2 processes of julia.exe in the background when using vscode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-processes-of-julia-exe-in-the-background-when-using-vscode/78194)

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**Author:** [@lyulyu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lyulyu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-processes-of-julia-exe-in-the-background-when-using-vscode/78194 "2022-03-21T07:17:05Z")

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2 processes of julia.exe in the background when using vscode, this problem disappears while using atom. environment: win10-x64, julia-1.7.0. julia-client, v0.12.6 (for Atom); vscode-julia-extension, v1.6.5.

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## [Methods not loaded from package in Pluto, works in REPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methods-not-loaded-from-package-in-pluto-works-in-repl/78072)

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**Author:** [@Jon\_Norberg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jon_Norberg)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methods-not-loaded-from-package-in-pluto-works-in-repl/78072 "2022-03-20T09:05:36Z")

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In the REPL I can type: using DataDrivenDiffEq sampler = DataSampler( Split(ratio = 0.8), Batcher(n = 10) ) but in Pluto the same give error: “UndefVarError: Split not defined” DataDrivenDiffEq is e…

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## [VS Code highlighting Language Server crash](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-highlighting-language-server-crash/78069)

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**Author:** [@regan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/regan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-highlighting-language-server-crash/78069 "2022-03-18T20:49:59Z")

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Hi all, I am experiencing an issue with the Julia Language server on VS Code. I am using the Julia extension v1.6.3 and julia 1.7.2. In general, the issue seems to be around syntax highlighting generator expressions T…

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## [Documentation not deploied with workflow "pages-build-deployment" failing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-not-deploied-with-workflow-pages-build-deployment-failing/78089)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-not-deploied-with-workflow-pages-build-deployment-failing/78089 "2022-03-18T16:41:18Z")

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This is new to me. The make.jl based workflow to make the documentation is fine but then I have another workflow listed "pages-build-deployment’ that errors and the pages are not updated. I have no idea of what this wo…

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## [\[ANN\] Julia for VS Code v1.6](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-for-vs-code-v1-6/78035)

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**Author:** [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-for-vs-code-v1-6/78035 "2022-03-18T13:48:35Z")

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Hey everyone, we’ve just released version 1.6 of the Julia extension for VS Code. The highlight of this release is probably the new profile viewer, which should be fairly familiar to Juno users: Check out the docum…

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## [Package Dependency Warning Cause & Fix](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-dependency-warning-cause-fix/77732)

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**Author:** [@TI36XPro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TI36XPro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-dependency-warning-cause-fix/77732 "2022-03-18T03:03:43Z")

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Hello! I am developing a package and am getting a warning that I do not understand. I would appreciate any help on how to diagnose and fix this. I am new to developing packages so if I am not using a best practice or go…

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## [How to debug julia callback function which passed to a C lib](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-debug-julia-callback-function-which-passed-to-a-c-lib/78007)

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**Author:** [@linanisyugioh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/linanisyugioh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-debug-julia-callback-function-which-passed-to-a-c-lib/78007 "2022-03-17T06:48:22Z")

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I recorded a video to show the process of debug. In this video, you can obviously see that the debugger cannot hit the breakpoint in a Julia callback function. The definition of this function is showed bel…

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