# Tooling

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## [VS Code TERMINAL (Julia REPL) is not showing prompt messages for inputs properly](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-terminal-julia-repl-is-not-showing-prompt-messages-for-inputs-properly/70282)

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**Author:** [@shubh\_b](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/shubh_b)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-terminal-julia-repl-is-not-showing-prompt-messages-for-inputs-properly/70282 "2021-11-20T15:39:39Z")

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In VS Code Extension, I was trying to run a simple Julia program that can prompt for inputs of two numbers, then shows the sum of numbers like below: print("Enter the first number: ") a = parse(Float64, readline()) prin…

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## [Getting Archive tarballs out of gitlab](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-archive-tarballs-out-of-gitlab/71536)

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**Author:** [@Allan\_Baker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Allan_Baker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/getting-archive-tarballs-out-of-gitlab/71536 "2021-11-18T01:24:05Z")

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I successfully created an archive tarball using the help from this website. I thought the documentation was not as clear as this blog. I do have a problem though. I thought I could create a gitlab repo, and inside t…

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## [Erroneous Codecov reporting with GitHub Actions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/erroneous-codecov-reporting-with-github-actions/71672)

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**Author:** [@pulsipher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pulsipher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/erroneous-codecov-reporting-with-github-actions/71672 "2021-11-17T16:40:37Z")

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Until relatively recently, the coverage reports I received for InfiniteOpt.jl were fairly. However, now I am suddenly getting a lot of erroneous misses that tend to be mapped to end statements. Initially this behavior cr…

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## [IntelliSense for a package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/intellisense-for-a-package/71667)

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**Author:** [@whatsthecraic](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/whatsthecraic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/intellisense-for-a-package/71667 "2021-11-17T15:45:53Z")

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How do I enable intellisense when downloading a package from the internet? Say, for instance, if I clone https://github.com/JuliaWeb/HTTP.jl and open its folder by vscode, then the IDE displays the info message “Setting …

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## [Juno -- start-up directory?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284 "2021-11-17T05:09:49Z")

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Probably a stupid questions… but where do I set the start-up directory of REPL in Juno? The default start-up directory appears in the top of the Juno window… but where can I change it? Probably, the ideal would be th…

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## [Plot blurred (again) in VS Code with GR](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-blurred-again-in-vs-code-with-gr/71546)

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**Author:** [@luboshanus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/luboshanus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-blurred-again-in-vs-code-with-gr/71546 "2021-11-16T13:50:48Z")

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I have a problem with plots in VS Code. Plots are blurred and one cannot zoom in/out within it as it used to be. It saves the plot correctly into pdf. Plots v1.23.1, v1.23.6. GR 0.61.0

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## [Significance of Current Module in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/significance-of-current-module-in-vs-code/58469)

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**Author:** [@Ross\_Boylan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ross_Boylan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/significance-of-current-module-in-vs-code/58469 "2021-11-16T07:25:07Z")

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The code I’m developing is in a module RBSilly, which is what shows as the Current Module on the lower right of my VS Code window. But when I enter code in the Julia REPL window at the bottom, it does not seem to be eva…

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## [VSCode: Disabling session revive](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-disabling-session-revive/71379)

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**Author:** [@bernhard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bernhard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-disabling-session-revive/71379 "2021-11-12T12:36:59Z")

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It seems that VSCode enabled “session revive” by default. At least I received various kinds of errors about “session restore” when restarting VS Code recently. I had to disable this setting and thought I would share thi…

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## [Package folder in .julia/packages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-folder-in-julia-packages/71346)

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**Author:** [@user2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/user2)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-folder-in-julia-packages/71346 "2021-11-11T20:02:29Z")

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Can I ask why there are many folder for the same package? And I want to know that I can remove the folder. thank you

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## [VS Code Julia language-server caching?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-julia-language-server-caching/38967)

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**Author:** [@oschulz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oschulz)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-julia-language-server-caching/38967 "2021-11-11T18:44:15Z")

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I currently have to use VS Code with a rather heavy/large Julia environment. The first time the language-server started, it needed ages until everything was “ready” (is indexed the right term?), even though I had already…

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## [Where to insert some commands before running REPL in VS Code?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-insert-some-commands-before-running-repl-in-vs-code/71228)

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**Author:** [@Amro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amro)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-insert-some-commands-before-running-repl-in-vs-code/71228 "2021-11-10T18:16:20Z")

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I am using julia as an extension in VS code. I usually write a script then click on the julia: Execute Active file in REPL to run it. However, I need sometimes to run the REPL with some startup commands such as with jul…

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## [The simplest linear fit with GLM](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-simplest-linear-fit-with-glm/71316)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-simplest-linear-fit-with-glm/71316 "2021-11-11T14:33:01Z")

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EDIT: In the spirit of TL;DR, here is what you need to make a simple linear fit: julia\> X=\[1,2,3\]; Y=\[2,4,7\]; data = (;X, Y) (X = \[1, 2, 3\], Y = \[2, 4, 7\]) julia\> lm(@formula(Y~X), data) StatsModels.TableRegressionMode…

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## [Latex macros in Weave.jl generated Jupyter notebooks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-macros-in-weave-jl-generated-jupyter-notebooks/71272)

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**Author:** [@dlfivefifty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlfivefifty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-macros-in-weave-jl-generated-jupyter-notebooks/71272 "2021-11-10T17:53:01Z")

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How do I add latex macros when I use Weave.notebook ? I tried putting them in between dollar signs but that would only work inside the same dollar signs, the next latex expression wouldn’t know about the macros. For We…

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## [Custom sysimage for julia extension for vscode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/custom-sysimage-for-julia-extension-for-vscode/38002)

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**Author:** [@brianguenter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brianguenter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/custom-sysimage-for-julia-extension-for-vscode/38002 "2021-11-10T17:09:01Z")

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I’m trying to get the custom sysimage feature to work. In the v0.12.0 beta relase notes (this is the only thing that comes up when I search for custom sysimage on the vscode extension topic) davidanthoff says: “Overall …

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## [Error "Julia package not part of current environment"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-julia-package-not-part-of-current-environment/42903)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-julia-package-not-part-of-current-environment/42903 "2021-11-09T12:37:38Z")

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Hello. When I start VS Code (with Julia 1.5 and extension julia-vscode 0.17.2 and some olders too) I get this error: You opened a julia package that is not part of your current environment. Do you want to activate a …

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## [Tab complete for unicode variables in VS Code debug console?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tab-complete-for-unicode-variables-in-vs-code-debug-console/69450)

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**Author:** [@thompsonmj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thompsonmj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tab-complete-for-unicode-variables-in-vs-code-debug-console/69450 "2021-11-07T20:04:24Z")

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I can’t seem to use variables containing special Unicode characters (e.g. \\alpha\<tab\>) at the debug console because pressing Tab jumps to the next object rather than completing the character. Is this an issue with VS Co…

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## [VS Code keeps older Julia sessions, but produces errors](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-keeps-older-julia-sessions-but-produces-errors/71111)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-keeps-older-julia-sessions-but-produces-errors/71111 "2021-11-07T19:39:27Z")

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Hello. I’m using VS Code 1.62.0 with Julia 1.6.3 and the VS extension 1.4.3 for Julia. When I open VS Code I see several terminals, in multiple tabs. It seems it keeps every session and tries to load all of them every…

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## [Unicode keyboard substitutions globally in MacOS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unicode-keyboard-substitutions-globally-in-macos/37713)

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**Author:** [@maximerischard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maximerischard)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unicode-keyboard-substitutions-globally-in-macos/37713 "2021-11-07T19:02:49Z")

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If like me you love the tab-completions in the julia REPL and in jupyter notebooks, and want to be able to use them everywhere in MacOS (for example while writing an email), you may find this useful. I generated this pli…

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## [Does JuliaFormatter extension work with VSCode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-juliaformatter-extension-work-with-vscode/71105)

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**Author:** [@brianguenter](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brianguenter)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-juliaformatter-extension-work-with-vscode/71105 "2021-11-07T17:50:34Z")

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Does this formatter work with VSCode? I installed the JuliaFormatter extension for VSCode and attempted to run it on a short file (less than 100 lines of Julia code). It has been running for several minutes and shows no …

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## [VSCode Notebook not rendering data properly](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-notebook-not-rendering-data-properly/71063)

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**Author:** [@Khanzi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Khanzi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-notebook-not-rendering-data-properly/71063 "2021-11-07T00:21:08Z")

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I have the Jupiter Extension as well as the rendering extension and when I open up a notebook I see the following results However when I run cell 2 the data renders as such Has anybody encountered this issue? Any…

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## [ArrayInterface not available on Storage Server?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/arrayinterface-not-available-on-storage-server/70973)

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**Author:** [@Samuel\_Stapleton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Samuel_Stapleton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/arrayinterface-not-available-on-storage-server/70973 "2021-11-04T23:14:07Z")

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I am unable to fetch the latest version of ArrayInterface (3.1.40) from the us-east storage server: https://us-east.storage.juliahub.com/package/4fba245c-0d91-5ea0-9b3e-6abc04ee57a9/e527b258413e0c6d4f66ade574744c94edef8…

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## [Registering packages with a title 17 license](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registering-packages-with-a-title-17-license/70946)

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**Author:** [@NicholasWMRitchie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NicholasWMRitchie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registering-packages-with-a-title-17-license/70946 "2021-11-04T14:43:24Z")

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I really appreciate that Julia enforces a liberal Open Source license on packages. However, I’ve run into a problem. As a US Government employee, I’m required by Title 17 United States Code Section 105 to release my w…

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## [Can't start Julia language server in VS code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-start-julia-language-server-in-vs-code/70875)

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**Author:** [@legedo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/legedo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-start-julia-language-server-in-vs-code/70875 "2021-11-03T13:42:06Z")

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Hi all! So I’m struggling with the following problem. I use VS code on an M1 macbook air. If I code using the jupyter notebook extension I can run the Julia Kernel (I’m using version 1.6.3). But I can’t make julia ru…

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## [Why did the REPL window border disappear?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-did-the-repl-window-border-disappear/70863)

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**Author:** [@Soldalma](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Soldalma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-did-the-repl-window-border-disappear/70863 "2021-11-03T11:56:33Z")

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I could not find a button to maximize the VSCode REPL window. So I used to drag the upper border of that window up and down when I needed more space for the REPL or more space for the editor window. This was a bit hard t…

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## [Sudden cursed precompilation error on local project: free() invalid pointer](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sudden-cursed-precompilation-error-on-local-project-free-invalid-pointer/70834)

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**Author:** [@dsweber2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dsweber2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sudden-cursed-precompilation-error-on-local-project-free-invalid-pointer/70834 "2021-11-03T00:41:26Z")

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Hi all, So I know Halloween was Sunday, but I got a rather cursed error yesterday which I’m not even sure where to continue with debugging. Before running updates yesterday, this package was compiling fine and worked we…

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## [VSCode and Jupyter notebook?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-and-jupyter-notebook/70797)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-and-jupyter-notebook/70797 "2021-11-02T10:53:00Z")

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I’m on Windows 11 (latest update, 64bit), Julia v1.6.3 (just updated everything), and have updated VS Code with extensions. I have imported a Jupyter notebook into VS Code, and try to run it (for some reason, this crash…

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## [Bash completions for Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bash-completions-for-julia/70795)

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**Author:** [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bash-completions-for-julia/70795 "2021-11-02T10:35:43Z")

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I bundled up my local Bash completions for Julia in a repository since I think it might be useful for others: fredrikekre/julia-completions. The completions are fairly “smart” and, for example, only complete \*.toml files…

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## [Best linting support at the moment](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-linting-support-at-the-moment/70706)

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**Author:** [@martinmestre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martinmestre)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-linting-support-at-the-moment/70706 "2021-11-01T00:24:36Z")

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Hello, I would like to know which editor gives best linting support at the moment. I tried with VS Code+Julia (+LanguageServer although I read later that this is not needed explicitly) but it didn’t lint basic errors lik…

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## [VS Code update 1.61.2 made compilation of my small Julia 1.6.3 programs very snappy on Windows 10](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-update-1-61-2-made-compilation-of-my-small-julia-1-6-3-programs-very-snappy-on-windows-10/70644)

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**Author:** [@Rolly](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Rolly)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-update-1-61-2-made-compilation-of-my-small-julia-1-6-3-programs-very-snappy-on-windows-10/70644 "2021-10-31T02:11:25Z")

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I am very impressed. My development cycle has gone from tortuous, to very nice. Thanks ever!!!

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## [Something missing in resolver output?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/something-missing-in-resolver-output/70637)

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**Author:** [@iamed2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/iamed2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/something-missing-in-resolver-output/70637 "2021-10-29T19:47:02Z")

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Is it just me or is something missing in this resolver output? (Julia 1.6.2): ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package ProbabilisticAutoregressiveModels \[6ad0dd24\]: ProbabilisticAutoregressiveModels \[6ad0…

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