# Tooling

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## [Interactive Gadfly plots in vscode plot pane](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-gadfly-plots-in-vscode-plot-pane/59020)

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**Author:** [@Oto\_Brzobohaty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oto_Brzobohaty)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-gadfly-plots-in-vscode-plot-pane/59020 "2021-08-09T21:16:06Z")

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I am testing the beautiful plotting package Gadfly for my workflow, and I am missing interactivity in the VS Code plot pane. Is there way how to get it?

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## [Problem installing SymPy on Windows 10 system](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-installing-sympy-on-windows-10-system/65906)

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**Author:** [@rsavageatx](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rsavageatx)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-installing-sympy-on-windows-10-system/65906 "2021-08-09T17:55:38Z")

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I am having difficulty installing SymPy. I keep getting the following error message after I type “using SymPy” into the REPL: julia\> using SymPy \[ Info: Installing sympy via the Conda sympy package… \[ Info: Running co…

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## [Makie xrug/ yrug scatter plot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-xrug-yrug-scatter-plot/66009)

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**Author:** [@Humphrey\_Lee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Humphrey_Lee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-xrug-yrug-scatter-plot/66009 "2021-08-08T23:32:34Z")

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I tried to reproduce Gadfly’s xrug/yrug in Makie as in the example xrug/yrug. Appreciate your help. Thanks.

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## [Pluto plots with PlotlyBase/PlotlyJS with working static html export](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-plots-with-plotlybase-plotlyjs-with-working-static-html-export/61730)

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**Author:** [@disberd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/disberd)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-plots-with-plotlybase-plotlyjs-with-working-static-html-export/61730 "2021-08-08T16:51:49Z")

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Hi everyone, I recently wanted to use PlotlyJS directly in Pluto and still be able to view the plots in the static html export. I just managed to somehow do that and wanted to post the procedure here to get feedback an…

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## [PyPlot.jl \`show()\` method is miss-judged as possible method error with julia-vscode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-jl-show-method-is-miss-judged-as-possible-method-error-with-julia-vscode/65985)

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**Author:** [@AtsushiSakai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AtsushiSakai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-jl-show-method-is-miss-judged-as-possible-method-error-with-julia-vscode/65985 "2021-08-07T13:32:25Z")

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My code is using PyPlot.jl show() in some places, and this code works correctly. However, VSCode with julia-vscode plugin is miss-judging these show() as possible method errors. Is there any workaround for it?

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## [Choosing between Shell, Emacs, and VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/choosing-between-shell-emacs-and-vscode/65968)

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**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/choosing-between-shell-emacs-and-vscode/65968 "2021-08-07T01:55:30Z")

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What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of the following three environments? 1. REPL in terminal. 2. Emacs + julia-mode + julia-repl-mode. 3. VSCode with Julia extension. Specifically, between the Julia plugins f…

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## [How to properly create, activate, and resume, an environment in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-create-activate-and-resume-an-environment-in-vscode/48289)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-create-activate-and-resume-an-environment-in-vscode/48289 "2021-08-07T00:21:15Z")

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I am trying to create a new Julia environment in VSCode, and run some stuff from it. However, I have a feeling that I might not have really grasped how to do this properly. It would be good if someone could have a look a…

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## [Emacs + lsp mode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/emacs-lsp-mode/53427)

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**Author:** [@dean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dean)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/emacs-lsp-mode/53427 "2021-08-06T23:11:27Z")

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Hello guys! Been following this discourse for the last two weeks and got a lot of nice tips ! :slight\_smile: So Juno is great, as well as VS code, but I am into Emacs and I would really like to make it work. I am havi…

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## [\[ANN\] VS Code extension 1.3 released](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vs-code-extension-1-3-released/65453)

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**Author:** [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vs-code-extension-1-3-released/65453 "2021-08-06T18:49:55Z")

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Hey everyone, we just released version 1.3 of the Julia extension for VS Code, which brings a bunch of new features: Experimental native Jupyter notebook support. With this feature you can work with Jupyter Notebooks …

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## [Logpoints in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/logpoints-in-vs-code/65928)

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**Author:** [@ettersi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ettersi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/logpoints-in-vs-code/65928 "2021-08-06T06:29:32Z")

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Does the Julia extension for VS Code support the “logpoints” debugging feature? As far as I can tell, logpoints are currently treated just like breakpoints. Here’s what I tried: Copy this function into a file foo.jl:f…

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## [Switch Juno -\> VS Code - basic IDE questions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/switch-juno-vs-code-basic-ide-questions/65894)

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**Author:** [@jo-fleck](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jo-fleck)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/switch-juno-vs-code-basic-ide-questions/65894 "2021-08-05T15:47:18Z")

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I’m currently in the process of moving from Juno to VS Code and have some basic questions on how the editor layout and functionality compares (I am on a Mac with VS Code 1.58.2 and v1.3.27 of the julia extension). Is t…

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## [Invisible fonts in DataFrame.display() with solarized dark theme in Terminal](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invisible-fonts-in-dataframe-display-with-solarized-dark-theme-in-terminal/65804)

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**Author:** [@RTbecard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RTbecard)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invisible-fonts-in-dataframe-display-with-solarized-dark-theme-in-terminal/65804 "2021-08-05T13:21:37Z")

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When I show a DataFrame object in the REPL, under each row its supposed to list the Type for each series. using DataFrames DataFrame(((1,2,3), (4,5,6))) However, in my terminal, the font color for the Types is the same…

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## [Plots showing too small when using VSCode in WSL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-showing-too-small-when-using-vscode-in-wsl/65868)

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**Author:** [@Ved\_Mahajan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ved_Mahajan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-showing-too-small-when-using-vscode-in-wsl/65868 "2021-08-05T09:30:47Z")

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Hello folks :wave: I have to use VScode in wsl and when plotting, it seems that the plots appear very small in the plots windows in VSCode Here is a screen shot: Even after changing size to (900,900). It is still ve…

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## [Replicate Chris Rackauckas's Juno environment in VS Code from SciML demo in JuliaCon 2020](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/replicate-chris-rackauckass-juno-environment-in-vs-code-from-sciml-demo-in-juliacon-2020/63254)

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**Author:** [@thompsonmj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thompsonmj)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/replicate-chris-rackauckass-juno-environment-in-vs-code-from-sciml-demo-in-juliacon-2020/63254 "2021-08-04T19:54:13Z")

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I’m interested in getting the kind of experience demonstrated starting here, where lines are presumably run in what seems to be a notebook-like manner, and the outputs of the lines are previewed to the right of the blue …

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## [\[SOLVED\] Package Management: Remove a local registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-package-management-remove-a-local-registry/65756)

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**Author:** [@RogerP](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RogerP)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solved-package-management-remove-a-local-registry/65756 "2021-08-04T15:39:03Z")

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Question: I would like to know the command syntax to remove a local registry. Minimal Working Example: (APCSv0.1) pkg\> registry st Registry Status \[098e1cba\] APCS-Registry (git@path.to.registry/apcs-registry.git) \[23…

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## [Plots are tiny](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-are-tiny/52184)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Adelman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Peter_Adelman)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-are-tiny/52184 "2021-08-04T04:22:30Z")

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Within the last two months, my plots started rendering as tiny in VS Code. If I set the default size as (900,600), my plots are tiny: if I change it to (3600,2400), my plots get bigger: VS Code correctly detects …

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## [Go to definition in VSCode not working for packages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-in-vscode-not-working-for-packages/65708)

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**Author:** [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-in-vscode-not-working-for-packages/65708 "2021-08-03T08:47:54Z")

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Sometime in the last few days, the “go to definition” function in VSCode stopped working for packages. It works for base functions and functions and variables defined in the Main module. Is there a solution to this probl…

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## [Python to Julia transpiler](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-to-julia-transpiler/21473)

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**Author:** [@kiwi0fruit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kiwi0fruit)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-to-julia-transpiler/21473 "2021-08-03T05:35:32Z")

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https://github.com/JuliaLang/Juleps/issues/55

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## [Is there a way to prevent Julia from updating the registries almost every time?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-prevent-julia-from-updating-the-registries-almost-every-time/64150)

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**Author:** [@HanD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HanD)\
**Replies:** 48\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-prevent-julia-from-updating-the-registries-almost-every-time/64150 "2021-08-02T07:17:43Z")

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Whenever I do something with the package manager, it tends to begin by updating the installed registries, including the General registry. This can happen several times a day, understandably, since the General registry in…

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## [Replacing CITATION.bib with a standard metadata format](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/replacing-citation-bib-with-a-standard-metadata-format/26871)

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**Author:** [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/replacing-citation-bib-with-a-standard-metadata-format/26871 "2021-08-01T13:22:06Z")

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Many Julia packages are starting to use a CITATION.bib file containing bibTeX citations for the package, as suggested on the Julia Research page. I think it is a mistake to use a Julia-specific format here — providing c…

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## [Multiple plots created in loop](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiple-plots-created-in-loop/65588)

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**Author:** [@KrOstir](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KrOstir)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiple-plots-created-in-loop/65588 "2021-08-01T08:15:21Z")

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I would like to create multiple plots in a loop within Pluto. The question is related to Plot inside a loop again\[, but now in Pluto\]. This works as expected in Jupyter, but not in Pluto. using Plots for i in 1:3 …

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## [Have a try Julia v1.5.1 for arm32bit](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/have-a-try-julia-v1-5-1-for-arm32bit/45558)

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**Author:** [@terasakisatoshi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/terasakisatoshi)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/have-a-try-julia-v1-5-1-for-arm32bit/45558 "2021-07-31T15:42:41Z")

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Similar to Have a try Julia v1.4.2 for arm32bit, have a try Julia v1.5.1 for arm32bit :tada: How to install Bring RPI4(Maybe RPI3, RPI2 is O.K.) from your room and install Raspberry Pi OS lite to your Raspberry Pi. …

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## [Error deploying documentation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-deploying-documentation/65039)

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**Author:** [@markmbaum](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/markmbaum)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-deploying-documentation/65039 "2021-07-30T00:47:11Z")

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I’m running into an issue deploying documentation on GitHub. I have Documenter setup with GitHub actions, and the deployment seems to be running smoothly ┌ Info: Deployment criteria for deploying devbranch build from Gi…

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## [Plots figure size](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-figure-size/37969)

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**Author:** [@jonniedie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jonniedie)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-figure-size/37969 "2021-07-28T21:14:44Z")

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I just switched from Juno/Atom to VSCode and my experience has been mostly great. The one issue I have is the plot figure is tiny no matter what size the Julia Plots window is. In Juno, plots automatically scale to the s…

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## [Inter-registry dependencies](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inter-registry-dependencies/56932)

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**Author:** [@wildart](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/wildart)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inter-registry-dependencies/56932 "2021-07-28T06:50:45Z")

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Current registry design does not allow to register packages that have dependencies registered in other registries. This limitation is circumvented for any package registered in General registry because this registry is t…

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## [Downloading files in \`runtests.jl\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloading-files-in-runtests-jl/65332)

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**Author:** [@markmbaum](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/markmbaum)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/downloading-files-in-runtests-jl/65332 "2021-07-27T11:34:23Z")

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It would be really useful to download and use some data files when testing my package. The files don’t need to be part of the package, just for testing. Using Downloads.download inside the runtests.jl script seems to wor…

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## [Equation numbering in Documenter.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equation-numbering-in-documenter-jl/65349)

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**Author:** [@sbrisard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sbrisard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equation-numbering-in-documenter-jl/65349 "2021-07-27T05:40:48Z")

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Equation numbering was discussed in this issue (see also this message). The solution proposed above by @mortenpi indeed works with the MathJax3 engine, but not with the… LaTeXWriter! Description of the problem The foll…

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## [VS Code Wishlist / little helpers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-wishlist-little-helpers/65274)

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**Author:** [@Bardo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Bardo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-wishlist-little-helpers/65274 "2021-07-26T08:59:37Z")

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Coming from Matlab and still learning the efficient use of VS Code. Please let me know if any items have been explained elsewhere. Emacs-like indenting via TAB-key. Good replacement found here. Explorer pane with…

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## [\[ANN\] VS Code extension 1.2 released](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vs-code-extension-1-2-released/62118)

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**Author:** [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vs-code-extension-1-2-released/62118 "2021-07-23T08:49:16Z")

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Hey everyone, we just released version 1.2 of the Julia extension for VS Code, which brings a bunch of new features, most importantly a new plot navigator, integration for persistent tmux processes, many notable chang…

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## [Maintaining separate Atom install for Juno?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maintaining-separate-atom-install-for-juno/30663)

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**Author:** [@djoshea](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djoshea)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maintaining-separate-atom-install-for-juno/30663 "2021-07-22T19:39:03Z")

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Apologies if this has been asked and answered already, wasn’t sure quite what to search for. I’ve gotten Juno successfully up and running in Atom, but since I use Atom regularly in other non-Julia contexts, I find the J…

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