# Tooling

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## [\[ANN\] GitLabCodeQualityReports.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gitlabcodequalityreports-jl/132542)

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**Author:** [@danielmatz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielmatz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gitlabcodequalityreports-jl/132542 "2025-09-22T04:11:43Z")

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We use GitLab at work, and I was looking for a way to make deprecation warnings (and other warnings) more visible in the CI status. One option is to grep through the stderr of your test suite for the word “warning,” and…

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## [Check whether a package name is available for automatic registration in the General registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/check-whether-a-package-name-is-available-for-automatic-registration-in-the-general-registry/132510)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/check-whether-a-package-name-is-available-for-automatic-registration-in-the-general-registry/132510 "2025-09-19T12:38:18Z")

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Is there a way to check whether a package name would pass the automatic checks guarding registration? Other than starting registration outright.

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## [GitError when another user tries to add my package from shared file server](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/giterror-when-another-user-tries-to-add-my-package-from-shared-file-server/132466)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/giterror-when-another-user-tries-to-add-my-package-from-shared-file-server/132466 "2025-09-18T08:31:07Z")

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I am able to add and use this package without issue, but if anyone else at my company tries to use it, they get this error. How can I permit anyone with access to the network drive to use my packages? Input: Pkg.add(pa…

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## [Embedded Julia scripting in SIGVIEW, request for comments](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/embedded-julia-scripting-in-sigview-request-for-comments/48625)

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**Author:** [@gobrad](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gobrad)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/embedded-julia-scripting-in-sigview-request-for-comments/48625 "2025-09-16T08:17:47Z")

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Hi Im am the author of SIGVIEW signal analysis software (commercial, Windows-only, www.sigview.com). Without any intention to use this forum for some kind of marketing, I wanted to inform you that SIGVIEW now includes …

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## [🌏 Pluto in different languages!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-in-different-languages/131540)

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**Author:** [@fonsp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fonsp)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-in-different-languages/131540 "2025-09-12T12:56:52Z")

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We want to make Julia and Pluto more accessible to a wider audience! Since 0.20.14 (August 2025), Pluto has a localization system, which means that the Pluto UI interface can be used in a different language, not just in …

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## [Change location of lsdepot of VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-location-of-lsdepot-of-vs-code/132209)

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**Author:** [@amrods](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amrods)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-location-of-lsdepot-of-vs-code/132209 "2025-09-09T04:32:41Z")

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My system does not allow me to read this location when using the VS Code extension. Is there a way I can change that location in the settings of the extension? \[ Info: Starting LS with Julia 1.11.6 ERROR: LoadError: Err…

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## [Pluto won't start](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-wont-start/132131)

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**Author:** [@apchar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/apchar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-wont-start/132131 "2025-09-07T18:05:07Z")

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I’m new. Just installed Julia 1.11.6 a few days ago. When I try to start pluto I get a methoderror exception. Ideas?? Kinda discouraging when the recommended platform wont even start. julia\> using Pluto julia\> Pluto.ru…

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## [Security review](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/security-review/132041)

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**Author:** [@amrods](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amrods)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/security-review/132041 "2025-09-02T17:48:45Z")

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I convinced my organization to give Julia a try. I am now responsible for setting up a process to review and approve code libraries prior to inclusion to a local software repository. I am to perform vulnerability scanni…

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## [Lost in documentation deployment on Github](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lost-in-documentation-deployment-on-github/131668)

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**Author:** [@nicolas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nicolas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lost-in-documentation-deployment-on-github/131668 "2025-08-29T07:29:18Z")

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In 2021, I created the package GitHub - NicolasL-S/SpeedMapping.jl: General fixed point mapping acceleration and optimization in Julia I finally got some time to update it. I created a branch “MajorRefactor” to make all…

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## [Formatting difference between VS Code and JuliaFormatter](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-difference-between-vs-code-and-juliaformatter/131910)

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**Author:** [@hildebrandecon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hildebrandecon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-difference-between-vs-code-and-juliaformatter/131910 "2025-08-28T14:31:39Z")

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Hi, I noticed that when using JuliaFormatter v2.1.6 with VS Code and a local project environment (Project.toml), there is a difference in how spaces are handled in indexing expressions, even without a .JuliaFormatter.to…

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## [Simple diagrams in docs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-diagrams-in-docs/131884)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-diagrams-in-docs/131884 "2025-08-28T11:32:47Z")

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I would like to include a simple diagram (= boxes connected by arrows) in the docs of a Julia package, generated by Documenter.jl as usual. I am not sure what my best option is. I can just write it in whatever markup I…

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## [Format text with Orgmode syntax](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-text-with-orgmode-syntax/101385)

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**Author:** [@nucholab](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nucholab)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-text-with-orgmode-syntax/101385 "2025-08-27T07:26:57Z")

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Hello Is anyone using Orgmode instead of Markdown for the non-code parts of Pluto notebooks? E.g using @tecosaur ’s parser

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## [TagBot does not create a GitHub release from a tag](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845)

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**Author:** [@garrek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/garrek)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845 "2025-08-25T04:28:37Z")

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I’ve registered a new release which has been merged into the General Registry, but the Julia TagBot doesn’t seem to be able to make a GitHub release. On the first try, it claimed there is a permissions-related error, but…

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## [Using functions loaded via pycall (kwargs)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-functions-loaded-via-pycall-kwargs/131775)

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**Author:** [@Geegee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Geegee)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-functions-loaded-via-pycall-kwargs/131775 "2025-08-24T05:36:33Z")

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I think this might be an easy thing but currently I don’t know how to do this. I managed to import my python code and can call it but part of the functions require me to do something like f(x=a, y=c, \*\*rest) and as Ju…

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## [LocalPreferences not picked up in test when set globally](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/localpreferences-not-picked-up-in-test-when-set-globally/131748)

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**Author:** [@luraess](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/luraess)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/localpreferences-not-picked-up-in-test-when-set-globally/131748 "2025-08-22T08:20:08Z")

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Hi, I am working with various packages such as Chmy.jl, JustRelax.jl, among others, where we support both CPU, GPU and distributed computing backends. Mostly for GPU backends and MPI support on servers such as HPC clus…

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## [How to restore Preview Editor original size in VS Code after maximising it?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-restore-preview-editor-original-size-in-vs-code-after-maximising-it/131698)

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**Author:** [@Alex1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-restore-preview-editor-original-size-in-vs-code-after-maximising-it/131698 "2025-08-19T07:35:36Z")

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The Preview Editor in VS Code used to display plot. It’s possible to double click on its title and it will be maximised to see plot better. But when it double clicking again to exit max mode and put it back to original…

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## [SVG cells in Pluto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/svg-cells-in-pluto/87524)

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**Author:** [@forestacorn](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/forestacorn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/svg-cells-in-pluto/87524 "2025-08-18T11:01:04Z")

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After a bit of experimental exploring I discovered partly by accident that you can have SVG cells in Pluto. Here is some example text for a Pluto cell to illustrate what I mean: html""" \<svg width="100" height="100"\> \<…

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## [Plotting in the VSCode secondary side bar](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-in-the-vscode-secondary-side-bar/131524)

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**Author:** [@owiecc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/owiecc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-in-the-vscode-secondary-side-bar/131524 "2025-08-18T09:06:15Z")

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Is it possible to put plots by default in the secondary side bar of VSCode? Ideally also have the side bar split vertically: ┌──────────────┳━━━━━━━┓ │ ┃ ┃ │ ┃ Plots ┃ │ ┃ …

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## [Why navigating to function doesn't always work?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-navigating-to-function-doesnt-always-work/131670)

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**Author:** [@Alex1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-navigating-to-function-doesnt-always-work/131670 "2025-08-18T06:49:52Z")

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When I shift + click on some function names VS Code opens its definition. But sometimes, maybe even most of the time, it doesn’t. Why and how to fix it? Does it matter if function declared as function some() ... end vs…

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## [Help using GLMakie or WGLMakie on ssh](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-using-glmakie-or-wglmakie-on-ssh/125507)

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**Author:** [@Salmon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Salmon)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-using-glmakie-or-wglmakie-on-ssh/125507 "2025-08-07T11:22:31Z")

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Hi everyone. I need to make some 3D plots for which I cannot use Cairomakie. My local machine is a windows computer to which I connect via vscode-ssh to a linux computer. I would be happy to just generate a png with ei…

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## [Automerge issues in package creation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automerge-issues-in-package-creation/131418)

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**Author:** [@Baptiste\_PJ](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Baptiste_PJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automerge-issues-in-package-creation/131418 "2025-08-07T07:37:49Z")

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Dear community, I am trying to create a package via this page (How to develop a Julia package), using the associated repository GitHub - BP-J/IncrementalSignFeasibility.jl: Repository aimed for the Julia package with the…

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## [Using Different Julia Version per Project in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-different-julia-version-per-project-in-vscode/108127)

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**Author:** [@mrVeng](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrVeng)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-different-julia-version-per-project-in-vscode/108127 "2025-07-23T18:38:52Z")

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Hi there, I just installed juliaup to manage Julia versions - really great tool! I have a bunch of older projects running on Julia 1.7/8/9, and I can switch the default Julia version in the command line before I run th…

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## [How to install a dependency when a package extension is loaded?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-a-dependency-when-a-package-extension-is-loaded/103615)

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**Author:** [@Tortar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tortar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-install-a-dependency-when-a-package-extension-is-loaded/103615 "2025-08-05T05:42:47Z")

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Say I have a Project.toml structure as this one: name = "MyPackage" \[deps\] FirstDep = "..." SecondDep = "..." \[weakdeps\] FirstWeakDep = "..." \[extensions\] ExtModule = "FirstWeakDep" \[compat\] julia = "1.9" and I wan…

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## [Unstable sha256 sum for Artifact hosted in another Github repo](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unstable-sha256-sum-for-artifact-hosted-in-another-github-repo/131289)

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**Author:** [@Gregstrq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gregstrq)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unstable-sha256-sum-for-artifact-hosted-in-another-github-repo/131289 "2025-08-03T09:52:58Z")

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Hi, guys. I am trying to setup an Artifact and running into problems with sha256 checksum: every time it tries to download the file the checksum is different. The tarball sits in another Github repository and I referenc…

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## [WGLMakie - share Figure](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wglmakie-share-figure/131162)

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**Author:** [@NaSi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NaSi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wglmakie-share-figure/131162 "2025-07-29T08:49:45Z")

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Hi =) I would like to create an interactive plot using : using WGLMakie WGLMakie.activate!() f = Figure(; size = (1000, 800)) ax1 = Axis3(f\[1, 2\], aspect = (1, 1, 1.5), xlabel = "x \[m\]",ylabel = "y \[m\]",zlabel = "z \[m\]…

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## [Docker tags for pre-release Julia versions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docker-tags-for-pre-release-julia-versions/129211)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docker-tags-for-pre-release-julia-versions/129211 "2025-07-27T07:12:09Z")

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Does anyone know why the official Julia Docker images have an -rc tag for the pre-release (currently eg 1.12-rc)? This is a bit cumbersome as when 1.12 is released, I will have to manually remove the -rc from various fi…

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## [Creating SBOMs from Manifests -- syft, grype](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-sboms-from-manifests-syft-grype/131078)

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**Author:** [@Allan\_Baker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Allan_Baker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-sboms-from-manifests-syft-grype/131078 "2025-07-26T15:46:22Z")

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Has anyone used something like or GitHub - anchore/grype: A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems with Julia Packages? I need to create SBOMs to get Julia and its packages approved. I think thes…

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## [Weird (minor) bug in VSCode Unicode font](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-minor-bug-in-vscode-unicode-font/131002)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-minor-bug-in-vscode-unicode-font/131002 "2025-07-25T13:08:53Z")

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\[Windows 11, updated today\] I want to use symbol \\phi in my code (\\phi in LaTeX). However, if I type \\phi and hit Tab in VSCode (both Jupyter Notebook and \*.jl file), the result on the screen is symbol \\varphi (\\varphi)…

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## [How to programmatically inspect variable in VS Code Table View?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-programmatically-inspect-variable-in-vs-code-table-view/130990)

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**Author:** [@Alex1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-programmatically-inspect-variable-in-vs-code-table-view/130990 "2025-07-24T03:48:19Z")

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Julia has Table View to inspect REPL variables. Is there a way to open it programmatically? Usually it opened by opening Workspace Inspector, finding variable, and clicking on its icon. I want to do it programmatically…

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## [Extension is updated?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extension-is-updated/130045)

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**Author:** [@Ken\_Williams](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ken_Williams)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extension-is-updated/130045 "2025-07-23T22:27:35Z")

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I noticed that a version 1.146.2 of the VS Code extension was released a few days ago. Is there a summary of what’s updated? I’m still pinning myself to 1.127.2, since the version after that broke test-running (see VS …

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