# Tooling

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## [Problem with @enter when using Debugger.jl in VS Code console](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-enter-when-using-debugger-jl-in-vs-code-console/47830)

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**Author:** [@aachener](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aachener)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-enter-when-using-debugger-jl-in-vs-code-console/47830 "2021-02-09T08:00:30Z")

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Hi, everyone, I am using Debugger.jl in VS Code REPL. It seems that there is a problem of the @enter macro, as following code shows: julia\> using Debugger julia\> foo(x) = x^2 foo (generic function with 1 method) ju…

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## [CLI for project scaffolding](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cli-for-project-scaffolding/54888)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cli-for-project-scaffolding/54888 "2021-02-09T03:22:13Z")

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https://github.com/mthelm85/jeeves I’ve been learning Rust lately and had some extra time on my hands today so I built a little CLI to scaffold very simple Julia projects, when you don’t need the full-blown PkgTemplates…

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## [Juno's return-from-goto function](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/junos-return-from-goto-function/54645)

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**Author:** [@marty0801](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marty0801)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/junos-return-from-goto-function/54645 "2021-02-06T11:31:18Z")

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A continuation of this question, I rely on the go-to-definition function in Juno (Ctrl-j Ctrl-g), but it’s not functioning optimally for me. (User error I’m sure.) Because I’m forgetful, I often need to alternate quickl…

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## [Planning Large Projects](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/planning-large-projects/28562)

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**Author:** [@anon92994695](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon92994695)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/planning-large-projects/28562 "2021-02-05T11:16:04Z")

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Hi Everyone, For the past two weeks or so I have been working on a large project. Potentially, very large? What tools do you all use as solo developers to keep the planning of projects like these straight? Is there a Pr…

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## [Markdown extra spaces in Pluto.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-extra-spaces-in-pluto-jl/54436)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/markdown-extra-spaces-in-pluto-jl/54436 "2021-02-03T11:21:35Z")

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I want to create a space like the one you just passed. This is done using &nbsp; in markdown. However, when I put &nbsp; inside a md"" string macro or the Markdown.parse("") function in a pluto notebook, I g…

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## [ERROR: ArgumentError: Package ... is required but does not seem to be installed: - Run \`Pkg.instantiate()\` to install all recorded dependencies](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-argumenterror-package-is-required-but-does-not-seem-to-be-installed-run-pkg-instantiate-to-install-all-recorded-dependencies/54351)

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**Author:** [@hei06j](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hei06j)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-argumenterror-package-is-required-but-does-not-seem-to-be-installed-run-pkg-instantiate-to-install-all-recorded-dependencies/54351 "2021-02-03T00:06:55Z")

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Hi all, I am struggling to add/use my own package that I was using only a few days ago. so far I have tried a few options and even nuked .julia folder and strated from scratch, but no luck. Another message I get when I …

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## [A module for some additional try catch semantics](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-module-for-some-additional-try-catch-semantics/54465)

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**Author:** [@heetbeet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heetbeet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-module-for-some-additional-try-catch-semantics/54465 "2021-02-02T14:54:36Z")

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Would anyone find something like this useful? I wrote it in order to scratch a bit of an itch I had, but can just as well make it a public package. The aim is to provide try-catch-finally semantics that behaves a bit lik…

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## [How to distribute a set of private packages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-distribute-a-set-of-private-packages/42389)

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**Author:** [@danielmatz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielmatz)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-distribute-a-set-of-private-packages/42389 "2021-02-01T18:32:07Z")

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At my company, we have a private package registry and a suite of packages we’ve developed. We can’t make these packages public, but we are thinking about sharing the packages with another company. Assuming I can’t give t…

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## [What's needed for a HPC cluster & Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-needed-for-a-hpc-cluster-julia/54211)

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**Author:** [@danielw2904](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielw2904)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-needed-for-a-hpc-cluster-julia/54211 "2021-02-01T14:58:55Z")

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I have been asked to describe what I would like in a new HPC environment that my University might contribute to. 90% of my work is now done in Julia. Mostly modelling (GLM.jl, Turing.jl, MixedModels.jl, and Gibbs sampler…

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## [Julia VS Code extension version v0.17 released](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-code-extension-version-v0-17-released/42865)

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**Author:** [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-code-extension-version-v0-17-released/42865 "2021-01-31T17:27:18Z")

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We just released v0.17 of the Julia VS Code extension to the marketplace. Global variable support in the debugger variable explorer The Variables pane in the integrated debugger now supports global variables: Global…

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## [Avoid terminal instance to close when Server crash](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/avoid-terminal-instance-to-close-when-server-crash/54063)

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**Author:** [@josePereiro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/josePereiro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/avoid-terminal-instance-to-close-when-server-crash/54063 "2021-01-27T15:49:33Z")

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From https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/issues/1697 Hi, sorry for the lack of details, but it is part of the issue. Sometimes when I’m using the Shift + enter workflow I run some code that crash the Server, bu…

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## [Neovim: Getting LSP running for Julia using Coc-Plugin](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-getting-lsp-running-for-julia-using-coc-plugin/46654)

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**Author:** [@pascal-mueller](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pascal-mueller)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-getting-lsp-running-for-julia-using-coc-plugin/46654 "2021-01-27T15:20:58Z")

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so I’m trying to get LSP working for Julia using the CoC Plugin. It works for python or HTML. So I’m using: Coc-Plugin: /neoclide/coc.nvim @ github CoC-Extension (coc-julia): /neoclide/coc.nvim/wiki/Language-servers#ju…

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## [RCall vscode REPL crash](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rcall-vscode-repl-crash/46128)

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**Author:** [@Donut\_Meepo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Donut_Meepo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rcall-vscode-repl-crash/46128 "2021-01-26T10:25:45Z")

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I was trying to using RCall in VSCode’s Julia REPL. It crashes. But if I start a REPL from terminal it works fine. (Note: the rfunctions.jl below only has one line of using RCall so that I can capture the error. Sinc…

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## [Interact isn't generating anything in Juno for me anymore](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interact-isnt-generating-anything-in-juno-for-me-anymore/42341)

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**Author:** [@jrdegreeff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jrdegreeff)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interact-isnt-generating-anything-in-juno-for-me-anymore/42341 "2021-01-25T02:00:54Z")

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I have been using the Interact.jl package within Juno for a little while now. Until recently it worked exactly as expected and created interactive elements in the plots window. However, while playing around recently wit…

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## [Vs code debugger launch](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-debugger-launch/53580)

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**Author:** [@mkarikom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkarikom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-debugger-launch/53580 "2021-01-24T17:51:12Z")

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Is there any way to launch the debugger on single line or REPL command or does it have to be run on the whole file? Something like Juno.@enter?

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## [Confusing instructions from JuliaRegistrator](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/confusing-instructions-from-juliaregistrator/53833)

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**Author:** [@cscherrer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cscherrer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/confusing-instructions-from-juliaregistrator/53833 "2021-01-23T17:27:37Z")

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Hi, this message from JuliaRegistrator is really confusing: Also, note the warning: Version 0.1.3 skips over 0.1.2 This can be safely ignored. However, if you want to fix this you can do so. Call register() again afte…

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## [Plotting functions directly in Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-functions-directly-in-makie/53612)

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**Author:** [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-functions-directly-in-makie/53612 "2021-01-22T08:36:33Z")

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A syntax from Plots.jl that I love is plot(x-\>x^2), and plot(cos), where I can add a second and third argument to specify a range of x-values. This is really an example of delicious syntax - straight to the point. I say…

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## [Compatibility between Theia and the Julia VS Code extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-between-theia-and-the-julia-vs-code-extension/46047)

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**Author:** [@ffevotte](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ffevotte)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-between-theia-and-the-julia-vs-code-extension/46047 "2021-01-19T21:04:42Z")

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I discovered Theia as a possible alternative to VS code in this thread, and decided to give it a try. It looks like a lot of features from the Julia VScode extension work out of the box, which is in itself an incredible…

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## [Running Julia on a Personal Linux Server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-julia-on-a-personal-linux-server/53449)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-julia-on-a-personal-linux-server/53449 "2021-01-19T15:07:59Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a personal Linux Server (Raspberry Pi running Rasbpian) and want to have a perpetually running Julia instance going on the server. My rationale behind this is to have the server execute some scripts …

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## [Github Actions workflow for Reverse Dependency Integration Testing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-actions-workflow-for-reverse-dependency-integration-testing/53536)

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**Author:** [@oxinabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oxinabox)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-actions-workflow-for-reverse-dependency-integration-testing/53536 "2021-01-18T14:02:18Z")

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I wanted to share some code that were are using for running reverse dependency tests via GitHubActions. The idea of reverse dependency testing is to run an integration test using this branch of the project with the down…

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## [Is it possible to use Julia's LanguageServer.jl with JupyterLab's jupyterlab-lsp extension?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-julias-languageserver-jl-with-jupyterlabs-jupyterlab-lsp-extension/40945)

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**Author:** [@Paveloom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paveloom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-julias-languageserver-jl-with-jupyterlabs-jupyterlab-lsp-extension/40945 "2021-01-17T19:46:50Z")

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I found out @davidanthoff mentioning it here. Was it done? Had someone tried doing this and succeeded? If so, how?

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## [Plotting while working with VS Code remote - ssh](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-while-working-with-vs-code-remote-ssh/34309)

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**Author:** [@sebastianpech](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sebastianpech)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-while-working-with-vs-code-remote-ssh/34309 "2021-01-14T21:16:50Z")

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Hi, I found a nice and simple solution for plotting while working with vscode remote over ssh. Maybe it’s obvious or there is a simpler solution, but wanted to share it anyways: I connect an extra ssh session with X11 f…

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## [Julia VS code custom task](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-code-custom-task/53161)

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**Author:** [@mrkosjan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrkosjan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-code-custom-task/53161 "2021-01-11T19:06:19Z")

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Hello, I am trying to setup a vs code task to run a Julia extension command in the active VS code REPL. What I hope to achieve is to bind a hotkey to a task that will run the runtest.jl file in the currently active REPL…

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## [Guide for compiling Julia on Windows with portable Cygwin](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/guide-for-compiling-julia-on-windows-with-portable-cygwin/53167)

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**Author:** [@heetbeet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heetbeet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/guide-for-compiling-julia-on-windows-with-portable-cygwin/53167 "2021-01-11T17:10:00Z")

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This is my personal no-nonsense guide for compiling Julia on Windows. https://gist.github.com/heetbeet/89d34a50c6541d238f680971a1555152

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## [Jupyter to Pluto converter](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyter-to-pluto-converter/53085)

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**Author:** [@Rojesh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Rojesh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jupyter-to-pluto-converter/53085 "2021-01-09T20:31:30Z")

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I wanted to convert jupyter notebook to pluto notebook and reverse way as well. Couldn’t find other solution. Are there any existing tool for this ? So I tried to write a small script. It worked for me but there are st…

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## [LaTeX in README.md file of a repo](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073)

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**Author:** [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-in-readme-md-file-of-a-repo/53073 "2021-01-09T12:58:38Z")

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Is it possible to use LaTeX rendering in README.md file of a repo? I have tried to add some LaTeX commands in double backticks to README.MD, however, it looks like they are note recognized.

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## [Comparison of math symbol support in monospace fonts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-of-math-symbol-support-in-monospace-fonts/53054)

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**Author:** [@sijo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sijo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-of-math-symbol-support-in-monospace-fonts/53054 "2021-01-08T17:29:18Z")

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I finally made the script I promised to compare how different monospace fonts support math symbols. Here’s the result: https://mono-math.netlify.app/ This new comparator doesn’t use fallback fonts, so you can see what’…

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## [Keybindings in VS Code Julia REPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keybindings-in-vs-code-julia-repl/53014)

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**Author:** [@grahamas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/grahamas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keybindings-in-vs-code-julia-repl/53014 "2021-01-07T22:51:36Z")

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Does anyone know how to/if it’s possible to use keyboard shortcuts in the VS Code Julia REPL? I’d like to press Ctrl-K to delete the line like I do in my normal terminal emulator (or Shift-Ctrl-U analogous as in the edit…

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## [JuliaPro with VS Code?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliapro-with-vs-code/41780)

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**Author:** [@braamvandyk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/braamvandyk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliapro-with-vs-code/41780 "2021-01-07T21:32:15Z")

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With the IDE focus now mostly on VS Code, as opposed to Atom/Juno, will future versions of Julia Pro ship with VS Code instead?

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## [@run macro](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-macro/52981)

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**Author:** [@Laco\_Kovac](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Laco_Kovac)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-macro/52981 "2021-01-07T16:56:06Z")

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I am trying to debug my code in VS Code. Presenter in the video JuliaCon 2020 | Using VS Code for Julia development | David Anthoff uses @run macro. I cannot find it/use it: julia\> @run MyModule.myFunction() ERROR: Lo…

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