# Tooling

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## [Unable to install Juno. Installation of Ink fails](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-juno-installation-of-ink-fails/36698)

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**Author:** [@Shashank](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Shashank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unable-to-install-juno-installation-of-ink-fails/36698 "2020-04-24T08:39:37Z")

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I am trying to install uber-juno package in atom and I keep getting the following error Installing ink to /home/shashank/.atom/packages ✗ ink@0.12.3 postinstall /tmp/apm-install-dir-120229-7769-1s3lozo.qhgw/node\_modu…

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## [PyPlot plot window does not pop up in Atom](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-plot-window-does-not-pop-up-in-atom/17435)

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**Author:** [@Sam](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-plot-window-does-not-pop-up-in-atom/17435 "2020-04-23T18:11:39Z")

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I am using Julia 1.0.0 and PyPlot for plotting. My problem is that when I run PyPlot.plot() from Atom the plot window does not pop up (this has worked before, but it doesn’t work currently). However, plotting figures usi…

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## [Is there a way to remember my layout settings?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-remember-my-layout-settings/29213)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-remember-my-layout-settings/29213 "2020-04-23T10:33:03Z")

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I like to drap the REPL to be on the right instead of at the bottom. Is there way to persist this setting? When I open Atom, the REPL is always at the bottom.

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## [Open up vim instance to write, then save the text to a variable?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/open-up-vim-instance-to-write-then-save-the-text-to-a-variable/38047)

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**Author:** [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/open-up-vim-instance-to-write-then-save-the-text-to-a-variable/38047 "2020-04-22T22:46:35Z")

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When I do git commit, Git opens up a little Vim instance. Then I write in it and when I pres :wq, Git saves that text and it becomes the commit message. Is there any way to have such a workflow within julia? Not related…

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## [VScode Linter no longer working: The Julia Language Server server crashed](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-linter-no-longer-working-the-julia-language-server-server-crashed/35904)

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**Author:** [@JosephPollacco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JosephPollacco)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-linter-no-longer-working-the-julia-language-server-server-crashed/35904 "2020-04-22T21:25:12Z")

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I want first to thank the efforts of Prof. David Anthoff :smile: and Prof. Zac Nugent :grinning: for providing to the Julia community such an efficient tool which works very efficiently for large projects (building hydr…

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## [Juno execution with workers processes?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-execution-with-workers-processes/38033)

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**Author:** [@BioTurboNick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BioTurboNick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-execution-with-workers-processes/38033 "2020-04-22T16:07:11Z")

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I’m not sure what to make of this, but it’s being a bit problematic. Don’t know how much is a Juno thing or Julia thing. If I create workers to execute work in parallel for an internal loop, I will occasionally find tha…

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## [Set the Window Size and Layout of Juno by a Configuration File](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-the-window-size-and-layout-of-juno-by-a-configuration-file/38020)

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**Author:** [@RoyiAvital](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RoyiAvital)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/set-the-window-size-and-layout-of-juno-by-a-configuration-file/38020 "2020-04-22T11:28:23Z")

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I would like to set the size and the layout (Panes, etc…) of Juno by a configuration. At the moment Juno size matches the last size used yet I want each time I start it to have a predefined size. I also would like to s…

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## [VS Code replace REPL with jupyter qtconsole](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-replace-repl-with-jupyter-qtconsole/37862)

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**Author:** [@Oto\_Brzobohaty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oto_Brzobohaty)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-replace-repl-with-jupyter-qtconsole/37862 "2020-04-20T17:37:59Z")

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I really love Julia extension in VS Code at the same time I love the Jupyter console with inlined plots. Is there any chance to replace the default REPL with Jupyter console?

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## [Julia-emacs tutorial or documentation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-emacs-tutorial-or-documentation/37847)

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**Author:** [@sbacelar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sbacelar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-emacs-tutorial-or-documentation/37847 "2020-04-19T14:14:36Z")

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Is there any basic tutorial or documentation for using julia-emacs? I couldn’t find it. I can only run blocks of code using C-c C-c on julia-mode.

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## [Precompile errors on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (AWS)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-errors-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-aws/37205)

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**Author:** [@mpf01](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mpf01)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-errors-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-aws/37205 "2020-04-19T01:41:29Z")

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I installed the Generic x86 Linux Julia 1.4.0 binary from here, onto an Ubuntu instance on AWS. Julia works fine at the REPL, but some packages cause errors during precompilation. For example, Julia\> using Distributions…

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## [JuliaPro JDBC.destroy() not working](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliapro-jdbc-destroy-not-working/37645)

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**Author:** [@dburch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dburch)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliapro-jdbc-destroy-not-working/37645 "2020-04-18T04:19:30Z")

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I am trying to use JDBC in the JuliaPro IDE, but it doesn’t seem to release the JMV from memory when the destroy() method is called. If I run the following code twice, then I get an error, but shouldn’t it work if destro…

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## [Atom segmentation fault](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-segmentation-fault/37653)

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**Author:** [@stroebel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stroebel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-segmentation-fault/37653 "2020-04-15T17:16:37Z")

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I’ve stumbled upon a segmentation fault. It faults after plotting and then inputting a newline or back space in the editor (so far). Below I have attached some information I thought would be useful. signal (11): Segm…

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## [Julia and node.js](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-and-node-js/37550)

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**Author:** [@colintbowers](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/colintbowers)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-and-node-js/37550 "2020-04-14T06:35:22Z")

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Hi all, The node-julia package (github link) enabled calling julia functions, scripts etc from within node.js. It doesn’t appear to have seen any activity in 4 years, so I’m guessing it is probably not Julia v1.0 compat…

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## [ENOENT error suddently appearing for both VSCode Julia and Atom editor on a Windows 10 machine](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/enoent-error-suddently-appearing-for-both-vscode-julia-and-atom-editor-on-a-windows-10-machine/37275)

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**Author:** [@Zhong\_Pan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Zhong_Pan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/enoent-error-suddently-appearing-for-both-vscode-julia-and-atom-editor-on-a-windows-10-machine/37275 "2020-04-14T05:54:04Z")

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I am facing a very strange problem on one of my Windows 10 64-bit machines with Julia 1.4.0. The VS Code Julia extension (version 0.15.x) were working fine. Then one day, maybe after a Windows update or installing Slack…

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## [Julia vscode stop working when there are many source file and include statements](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-stop-working-when-there-are-many-source-file-and-include-statements/36724)

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**Author:** [@Patrick\_Chow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Patrick_Chow)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-stop-working-when-there-are-many-source-file-and-include-statements/36724 "2020-04-13T14:19:24Z")

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Hi, I am using julia 1.4.0 and julia vscode 0.15.18. Everything is working great when I have only 1 - 2 files in my project. When there are more files, say 6-7 and I use “include” in those file. It appear that julia vsc…

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## [Weave and Unicode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weave-and-unicode/37048)

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**Author:** [@Noel\_Araujo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Noel_Araujo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weave-and-unicode/37048 "2020-04-12T11:40:19Z")

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Hellos I was testing for fun the Weave.jl package, and I noticed that I cannot make some Unicode symbols to appear. Here an exemple, I create the file test.jmd with the lines: --- title : Test date : today --- ​ # Sect…

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## [Install Gaston on Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-gaston-on-julia/37360)

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**Author:** [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/install-gaston-on-julia/37360 "2020-04-10T19:12:54Z")

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I tried istaling the Gnuplot package, and Gaston on the front end. But, I get this error when I test Gaston.jl IOError: could not spawn \`gnuplot --version\`: no such file or directory (ENOENT) Stacktrace: \[1\] \_spawn\_pri…

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## [Closing the REPL pane or Git/GitHub pane](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/closing-the-repl-pane-or-git-github-pane/27470)

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**Author:** [@dmbates](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmbates)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/closing-the-repl-pane-or-git-github-pane/27470 "2020-04-09T16:52:05Z")

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I prefer to use keyboard bindings when I can. One binding I haven’t been able to figure out is closing the REPL pane (I think it is called a pane but I could be wrong). I can do it with the mouse by clicking on the dow…

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## [Does Julia VS Code extension v0.11.6 support Julia 1.4?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-vs-code-extension-v0-11-6-support-julia-1-4/37277)

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**Author:** [@Dito](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dito)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-vs-code-extension-v0-11-6-support-julia-1-4/37277 "2020-04-09T13:10:20Z")

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Can I use v0.11.6 extension for Julia 1.4?

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## [ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package TreeViews \[a2a6695c\]](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-unsatisfiable-requirements-detected-for-package-treeviews-a2a6695c/37117)

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**Author:** [@Henderson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Henderson)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-unsatisfiable-requirements-detected-for-package-treeviews-a2a6695c/37117 "2020-04-09T11:39:26Z")

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Hi, when i start Julia in Atom, the REPL returns me the following (I installed the version 1.4.0): "Hold on tight while we are installing some packages for you. This should only take a few seconds… Activating environm…

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## [Julia running in background (VS Code)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-running-in-background-vs-code/37184)

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**Author:** [@martincornejo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martincornejo)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-running-in-background-vs-code/37184 "2020-04-07T22:15:06Z")

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First of all thank you and congrats on making Julia in VS Code such a smooth experience. I’ve noticed there is a Julia process permanently running in the background, even before starting the REPL. It is using about 20% …

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## [Starting a julia remote process using qrsh on a cluster computer fails](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/starting-a-julia-remote-process-using-qrsh-on-a-cluster-computer-fails/37192)

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**Author:** [@mariok90](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mariok90)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/starting-a-julia-remote-process-using-qrsh-on-a-cluster-computer-fails/37192 "2020-04-07T20:04:44Z")

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When I try to establish a remote connection to a cluster computer, I get an error message if qrsh is used to login into a node. I followed the manual according to Connecting to a Julia session on a remote machine · Juno…

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## [Starship prompt now can now show the julia version (and that of julia packages)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/starship-prompt-now-can-now-show-the-julia-version-and-that-of-julia-packages/37155)

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**Author:** [@waldyrious](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/waldyrious)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/starship-prompt-now-can-now-show-the-julia-version-and-that-of-julia-packages/37155 "2020-04-07T09:42:35Z")

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Following a recent series of pull requests (#1030, #1036, #1055), the popular starship shell prompt is now able to display the julia version and the version of julia packages (if within such a directory). This is already…

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## [What and why: Downloading artifact Zlib, Bzip2, MbedTLS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-and-why-downloading-artifact-zlib-bzip2-mbedtls/37044)

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**Author:** [@jaynick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jaynick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-and-why-downloading-artifact-zlib-bzip2-mbedtls/37044 "2020-04-06T06:00:05Z")

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At some companies one have to get permission to download software, and it’s a major effort. Thus, it’s necessary to identify the set of packages needed. (In fact at my previous company, cloning git repos was simply bloc…

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## [Could someone please help me fix my travis integration?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-someone-please-help-me-fix-my-travis-integration/36906)

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**Author:** [@anon94023334](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon94023334)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-someone-please-help-me-fix-my-travis-integration/36906 "2020-04-02T18:04:44Z")

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Hi all. About a week ago I was prompted to move repos from travis-ci.org to travis-ci.com, which I did because our CI integration was failing. Now, though, while the new integration seems to be working, I can’t get rid …

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## [Repl suddenly stops displaying output](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-suddenly-stops-displaying-output/36867)

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**Author:** [@eirikeb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eirikeb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-suddenly-stops-displaying-output/36867 "2020-04-02T14:11:56Z")

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Hi, I’ve been struggling with this issue for some time now while using Julia, Atom and Juno on PopOS (a version of Ubuntu). The issue started to occured after I updated juno a few weeks ago. The issue is that suddently …

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## [CoCalc offers Julia 1.4 now](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cocalc-offers-julia-1-4-now/36738)

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**Author:** [@ha\_sch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ha_sch)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cocalc-offers-julia-1-4-now/36738 "2020-04-02T08:59:35Z")

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CoCalc released yet another software update including Julia 1.4.

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## [Livereload with Weave.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/livereload-with-weave-jl/36750)

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**Author:** [@mpf01](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mpf01)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/livereload-with-weave-jl/36750 "2020-04-02T05:28:09Z")

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Are there existing tools that, on saving in the editor (I use Spacemacs), would automatically run weave and reload the browser to view the latest output? I see that LiveServer.jl has this functionality, but for Literate…

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## [Selecting text with keyboard (shift+left/right) in Juno under Win10](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/selecting-text-with-keyboard-shift-left-right-in-juno-under-win10/36838)

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**Author:** [@behinger](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/behinger)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/selecting-text-with-keyboard-shift-left-right-in-juno-under-win10/36838 "2020-04-01T11:36:40Z")

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I try to select text using “shift+left” or “shift+right” in the REPL. But it does not work (a colleague testet it on linux with juno, there it works). I tried google, but I likely look for the wrong keywords. I also don…

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## [Configure debugger to start in compiled mode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/configure-debugger-to-start-in-compiled-mode/36783)

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**Author:** [@Iulian.Cioarca](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Iulian.Cioarca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/configure-debugger-to-start-in-compiled-mode/36783 "2020-03-31T07:30:11Z")

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Is it possible to configure Juno or JuliaInterpreter to start directly in compiled mode? I know it’s just a click away, but I’m curious.

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