# VS Code

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## [Julia in VSCode occasionally crashes upon pressing ctrl+C](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-occasionally-crashes-upon-pressing-ctrl-c/128580)

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**Author:** [@JWMeer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JWMeer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vscode-occasionally-crashes-upon-pressing-ctrl-c/128580 "2025-04-30T23:31:02Z")

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Recently, I have repeatedly encountered a problem seemingly specific to Julia in VSCode. Occasionally, I will press ctrl+C just to get a clean REPL line (so not to cancel a running command), and Julia will simply crash.…

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## [\]test fails in vscode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-fails-in-vscode/128371)

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**Author:** [@freeman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/freeman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-fails-in-vscode/128371 "2025-04-24T15:34:19Z")

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(MyPkg) pkg\> test Testing MyPkg Status \`/tmp/jl\_SGBb6L/Project.toml\` \[ab5201b8\] MyPkg v1.0.0 \`~/repos/MyPkg.jl\` \[8dfed614\] Test v1.11.0 Status \`/tmp/jl\_SGBb6L/Manifest.toml\` \[ab5201b8\] MyPkg v1.0.0…

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## [Tab-autocompletion in VS Code stopped working after upgrading Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tab-autocompletion-in-vs-code-stopped-working-after-upgrading-julia/128321)

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**Author:** [@shubh\_b](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/shubh_b)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tab-autocompletion-in-vs-code-stopped-working-after-upgrading-julia/128321 "2025-04-23T15:58:19Z")

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I was using Julia-1.10.3, it was working smoothly with VS Code. But when I upgraded to Julia-1.11.5, VS Code stopped suggestions and tab-autocompletion of function names from any module, standard library. It is suggestin…

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## [Julia vscode language server startup time](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-language-server-startup-time/128122)

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**Author:** [@Amnesian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amnesian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-language-server-startup-time/128122 "2025-04-16T11:57:02Z")

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My Julia language server takes very long to start up after opening vscode - over a minute every time. Is there anything I can do to improve this? I saw after a bit of searching that others do not seem to have this issu…

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## [My julia vscode system prompt](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-julia-vscode-system-prompt/128074)

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**Author:** [@maxfreu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maxfreu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-julia-vscode-system-prompt/128074 "2025-04-14T20:03:31Z")

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Hi everybody! I just wanted to share my julia system (or context) prompt, which I store as julia.prompt.md somewhere on disk and use it as so-called prompt file in vscode. The purpose of this is to give the LLM some cont…

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## [How to kill julia test process?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-kill-julia-test-process/127976)

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**Author:** [@floswald](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/floswald)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-kill-julia-test-process/127976 "2025-04-11T14:06:40Z")

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hi there, I’m seeing here Test Item Framework · Julia in VS Code To enable this, all test processes show up in the Julia Workspace, alongside any REPL or Notebook processes that might also be running. And you can term…

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## [When the Julia Language server is running, all my VSCode terminals are 'laggy'](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-the-julia-language-server-is-running-all-my-vscode-terminals-are-laggy/127889)

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**Author:** [@Larbino1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Larbino1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-the-julia-language-server-is-running-all-my-vscode-terminals-are-laggy/127889 "2025-04-11T07:34:14Z")

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Typing in them feels awful. Is this a problem anyone else has experienced? When I run “\> Restart julia language server” from the VSCode menu, everything is snappy and responsive for about 20 seconds, until the language …

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## [Julia VSCode crashes during debugging](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-crashes-during-debugging/127381)

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**Author:** [@leonie25](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leonie25)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vscode-crashes-during-debugging/127381 "2025-04-03T11:50:27Z")

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The same code runs fine in vs code directly, if debug often gets stuck and prints an error message after aborting: \[39186\] signal 15: Terminated: 15 in expression starting at /Users/xz/.vscode/extensions/julialang.langu…

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## [A conformal LSTM classifier to detect anomalies](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-conformal-lstm-classifier-to-detect-anomalies/127580)

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**Author:** [@Unnathi\_R\_Shaiva](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Unnathi_R_Shaiva)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-conformal-lstm-classifier-to-detect-anomalies/127580 "2025-04-02T11:45:26Z")

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a conformal LSTM classifier to detect anomalies: and here is the code can somebody help me with the code correction I am new to julia: Install required packages using Pkg Pkg.add(\[“Flux”, “ConformalPrediction”, “DataFr…

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## [VSCode -- fails to Save As](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-fails-to-save-as/127208)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-fails-to-save-as/127208 "2025-03-21T09:32:03Z")

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I have made a copy of a Jupyter Notebook file in VSCode in order to edit the file. I have now finished editing it, and want to save it under the name of the original file. I choose File/Save As, and select the name of t…

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## [Questions about the RTX5070Ti GPU support](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/questions-about-the-rtx5070ti-gpu-support/127199)

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**Author:** [@Yongda\_Huang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yongda_Huang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/questions-about-the-rtx5070ti-gpu-support/127199 "2025-03-21T00:29:28Z")

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I got an warning like, CUDA error: no kernel image is available for execution on the device (code 209, ERROR\_NO\_BINARY\_FOR\_GPU) My cuda information is here, CUDA runtime 12.8, artifact installation CUDA driver 12.8 …

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## [Revise not getting loaded in Julia Test Process, inside VS Code container](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/revise-not-getting-loaded-in-julia-test-process-inside-vs-code-container/126101)

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**Author:** [@bdforbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bdforbes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/revise-not-getting-loaded-in-julia-test-process-inside-vs-code-container/126101 "2025-02-24T21:52:17Z")

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I’m exploring a Julia workflow in VS Code where I’m running a Julia Docker container and attaching VS Code to that container. Things were generally going quite well, but I’ve noticed that Revise isn’t getting loaded into…

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## [Plots.jl fmt=:png still creates an SVG plot in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-fmt-png-still-creates-an-svg-plot-in-vscode/125463)

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**Author:** [@mattwigway](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mattwigway)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-fmt-png-still-creates-an-svg-plot-in-vscode/125463 "2025-02-23T16:57:08Z")

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I am porting some code from Jupyter Notebooks to Quarto documents within VSCode. I have a few scatter plots with millions of points on them, and both the browser and VSCode crash/hang trying to render these as SVG. I add…

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## [Using julia in a Development Container](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-in-a-development-container/126143)

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**Author:** [@alessio](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alessio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-julia-in-a-development-container/126143 "2025-02-21T14:48:58Z")

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I’m on Windows 11 with docker running in WSL2. On Windows I’m using Visual Studio Code with Dev Container extension. I have created a folder julia with a .devcontainer subfolder containining a devcontainer.json like th…

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## [TestItemRunner doesn't reload changed test case](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/testitemrunner-doesnt-reload-changed-test-case/126099)

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**Author:** [@bdforbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bdforbes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/testitemrunner-doesnt-reload-changed-test-case/126099 "2025-02-20T19:32:27Z")

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I am using Julia in VS Code and running individual tests with TestItemRunner and the @testitem macro. I am finding that if a @test case line is changed just a bit, e.g. changing a number by a single digit, the change doe…

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## [Plot panel copy/cut doesn't work](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-panel-copy-cut-doesnt-work/78251)

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**Author:** [@rmsmsgood](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rmsmsgood)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-panel-copy-cut-doesnt-work/78251 "2025-01-24T13:30:42Z")

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(Right Mouse Click) I used GR backend above and i need them. Why they doesn’t work? Is this VS code issue? ps. I don’t get why ‘paste’ exists.

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## [Looking for opinion on dot methods completion implementation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-opinion-on-dot-methods-completion-implementation/97153)

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**Author:** [@xgdgsc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xgdgsc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-opinion-on-dot-methods-completion-implementation/97153 "2025-01-20T12:51:39Z")

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After reading Allowing the object.method(args...) syntax as an alias for method(object, args ...) and some complaints on other blog posts, I’ m working on an implementation like something in Goland in vscode extension.…

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## [Make the extension ignore some folders](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-the-extension-ignore-some-folders/124955)

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**Author:** [@Kolaru](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kolaru)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-the-extension-ignore-some-folders/124955 "2025-01-20T10:20:15Z")

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I was using a workspace which includes a (quite big) shared folder. Since VSCode and the julia extension look into the workspace (for some indexing purpose I think), this was putting a bit too much load on the shared fol…

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## [julia.additionalArgs -e (...) REPL not recognised](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-additionalargs-e-repl-not-recognised/124466)

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**Author:** [@eldee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eldee)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-additionalargs-e-repl-not-recognised/124466 "2025-01-07T15:31:12Z")

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Hi, When executing some code at REPL startup in VS Code by adding "-e ..." to julia.additionalArgs in ./.vscode/settings.json, I noticed that Ctrl+Enter / Execute code in REPL does not work for a new REPL (where the cod…

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## [Using Visualization with EasyABM.jl in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-visualization-with-easyabm-jl-in-vscode/124472)

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**Author:** [@daler6](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/daler6)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-visualization-with-easyabm-jl-in-vscode/124472 "2025-01-06T17:05:27Z")

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I have tried to implement the Simple example in EasyABM.jl inside VSCode using the Julia extension. The basics work fine, but I am running into difficulty getting the visualizations to work. I have tried this with both a…

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## [VS Code debugger crashes for "Hello World"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-debugger-crashes-for-hello-world/124078)

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**Author:** [@mcaetano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mcaetano)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-debugger-crashes-for-hello-world/124078 "2024-12-22T00:57:35Z")

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Hello, I understand that the Julia debugging experience in VS Code is still under development, but I was never able to get the debugger to work even for the “Hello World” script set as the example on VS Code’s page. Whe…

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## [SymbolServer, CSTParser and JuliaSyntax](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolserver-cstparser-and-juliasyntax/124075)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolserver-cstparser-and-juliasyntax/124075 "2024-12-21T23:43:48Z")

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I am trying to understand the relationship between the packages used by LanguageServer.jl, which powers Julia VSCode. Question: which feature/ requirement is implemented by CSTParser/JuliaSyntax which feature/ requ…

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## [How to make vscode aware of user modules](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-vscode-aware-of-user-modules/22948)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-vscode-aware-of-user-modules/22948 "2024-12-20T13:09:42Z")

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The vscode plugin is taking the LOAD\_PATH of packages not into account, therefore symbols in my own code are not found. I am trying to fix that, but need some help. What I tried so far: tried to edit the file “~/.vsco…

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## [Automatic clipboard](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-clipboard/123949)

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**Author:** [@Lincoln\_Hannah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Lincoln_Hannah)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-clipboard/123949 "2024-12-20T01:26:52Z")

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I often want to paste output to Excel. So I’ve written this function toclip below. Is it possible to call this function automatically when a code block is executed via CTRL+Enter. toclip(x::String) …

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## [Community requirements for the VSCode Julia extension](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/community-requirements-for-the-vscode-julia-extension/123088)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/community-requirements-for-the-vscode-julia-extension/123088 "2024-12-05T21:54:17Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Development resources for Julia ecosystem?: This discussion got lost in the large thread we had on “Development resources”. My idea would be to gather high level requirements that could …

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## [How to make WGLMakie play nice with the vscode's plot pane](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-wglmakie-play-nice-with-the-vscodes-plot-pane/123424)

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**Author:** [@Egwene\_al\_Vere](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Egwene_al_Vere)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-wglmakie-play-nice-with-the-vscodes-plot-pane/123424 "2024-12-03T22:39:47Z")

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With CairoMakie or GLMakie, we can switch between different plots with left/right arrow, but when the backend is set to WGLMakie, this function seems broken? Usage example could be that, especially with 3d plots, rotati…

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## [Performance issue in VS Code \[REPL\] (70x slower) \[was wrong setting\]](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/performance-issue-in-vs-code-repl-70x-slower-was-wrong-setting/122910)

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**Author:** [@johnb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnb)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/performance-issue-in-vs-code-repl-70x-slower-was-wrong-setting/122910 "2024-11-22T15:21:26Z")

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I’m not sure exactly when this happened, but at some point, running code in the VS Code REPL became incredibly slow. A simple test I’ve been using to verify this is the mul!() function as below, but all code I’ve tried h…

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## [Breakpoint issues and best practices in VSCode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/breakpoint-issues-and-best-practices-in-vscode/122914)

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**Author:** [@kevjzheng](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevjzheng)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/breakpoint-issues-and-best-practices-in-vscode/122914 "2024-11-22T15:15:48Z")

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I have been advocating Julia to my colleagues to switch from MATLAB. One of the biggest roadblocks for us is the breakpoint debug feature in VSCode. I personally have never gotten breakpoints to work. Below are the issu…

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## [Incorrect document display and non-display of examples of functions when using JuMP](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/incorrect-document-display-and-non-display-of-examples-of-functions-when-using-jump/122575)

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**Author:** [@kevinqiao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevinqiao)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/incorrect-document-display-and-non-display-of-examples-of-functions-when-using-jump/122575 "2024-11-13T20:40:34Z")

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I’m using the latest JuMP(v1.23.4) on Win11, the documents of JuMP functions are displayed in an incorrect manner, which is exactly not the same with the document display on my another PC with JuMP(v.18.1, Win10 platform…

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## [Is there a way to get "headings" in comments to show up in VSCode outline?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-headings-in-comments-to-show-up-in-vscode-outline/122460)

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**Author:** [@marius311](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marius311)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-headings-in-comments-to-show-up-in-vscode-outline/122460 "2024-11-11T10:42:31Z")

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This isn’t Julia-specific per-se but Julia’s VSCode plugin certainly makes this use-case much more common so it seems like asking here might give the best chance of finding someone who could have an idea. Anyway, I’m us…

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