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## [Plots with log or symlog scale](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-with-log-or-symlog-scale/15961)

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**Author:** [@aplavin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aplavin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-with-log-or-symlog-scale/15961 "2025-11-27T01:49:35Z")

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I’m trying to make plots with log and symlog scales, but no success with Plots.jl so far. When I try cgrad(scale=:log) it gives strange results, see below. And there seem to be no other place to specify log-scale. A = r…

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## [ModelingToolkit: How to interpret "ERROR: Cyclic guesses detected in the system" during initialization?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modelingtoolkit-how-to-interpret-error-cyclic-guesses-detected-in-the-system-during-initialization/134146)

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**Author:** [@NicholasHemenway](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NicholasHemenway)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modelingtoolkit-how-to-interpret-error-cyclic-guesses-detected-in-the-system-during-initialization/134146 "2025-11-26T22:52:07Z")

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I’ve got a simple RC circuit with two series resistors: using ModelingToolkit, DifferentialEquations using ModelingToolkitStandardLibrary.Electrical using ModelingToolkitStandardLibrary.Blocks @mtkmodel Circuit begin …

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## [Configuring the VS Code Julia Extension to Use a Custom Terminal Name](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/configuring-the-vs-code-julia-extension-to-use-a-custom-terminal-name/133521)

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**Author:** [@askvorts](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/askvorts)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/configuring-the-vs-code-julia-extension-to-use-a-custom-terminal-name/133521 "2025-11-26T20:57:54Z")

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Is it possible to configure the VS Code Julia extension to execute code in a terminal session with a name other than the default “Julia REPL (version)”?

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## [Neovim lsp in julia 1.12](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-lsp-in-julia-1-12/134003)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-lsp-in-julia-1-12/134003 "2025-11-26T20:42:38Z")

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Hello everyone. I have been using the following setup for quite a while for my neovim lsp The following is my lua setup: vim.lsp.config('julials', { cmd = { "julia", "--project=".."~/.julia/environ…

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## [CairoMakie.jl, MathTeXEngine.jl, Small Caps](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cairomakie-jl-mathtexengine-jl-small-caps/133985)

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**Author:** [@mpirke](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mpirke)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cairomakie-jl-mathtexengine-jl-small-caps/133985 "2025-11-26T20:35:54Z")

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Hi there! I have been struggling for the last hour with the following issue. I want to have a word in small caps within my legend in a CairoMakie plot. To get a word in small caps in Latex I just do \\textsc{Foo}. Her…

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## [Use of global variables for defining default values in ModelingToolkit bad?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-of-global-variables-for-defining-default-values-in-modelingtoolkit-bad/134123)

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**Author:** [@NicholasHemenway](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NicholasHemenway)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-of-global-variables-for-defining-default-values-in-modelingtoolkit-bad/134123 "2025-11-26T16:52:48Z")

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I’m not sure how scoping is handled when constructing and subsequently simulating a ModelingToolkit model. Would the following code be “bad practice” since the default references a globally scoped variable? Or is only th…

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## [MadNLPGPU.jl not working for simple economic dispatch](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/madnlpgpu-jl-not-working-for-simple-economic-dispatch/134084)

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**Author:** [@shakedregev](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/shakedregev)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/madnlpgpu-jl-not-working-for-simple-economic-dispatch/134084 "2025-11-26T15:14:01Z")

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I’m having issues using MadNLPGPU.jl, while a similar code works for MadNLP.jl. I initially tried a direct conversion, then I read that Examodels is better for GPUs. I am not attached to the particular method to solve on…

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## [Which universities around the world currently offer Julia language courses?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-universities-around-the-world-currently-offer-julia-language-courses/134005)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-universities-around-the-world-currently-offer-julia-language-courses/134005 "2025-11-26T15:08:01Z")

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Which universities around the world currently offer Julia language courses?

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## [\[ANN\] Ark.jl v0.2.0 - New features for the Julia ECS for games and simulations](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-ark-jl-v0-2-0-new-features-for-the-julia-ecs-for-games-and-simulations/134142)

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**Author:** [@mlange-42](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mlange-42)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-ark-jl-v0-2-0-new-features-for-the-julia-ecs-for-games-and-simulations/134142 "2025-11-26T13:27:03Z")

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Two weeks and roughly 100 PRs after the last release, we are pleased to announce Ark.jl v0.2.0! This release comes with several new features, extended documentation and some performance improvements, but also with a few…

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## [Second derivatives in Latexify](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/second-derivatives-in-latexify/134140)

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**Author:** [@omerc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/omerc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/second-derivatives-in-latexify/134140 "2025-11-26T12:10:25Z")

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Hi, I’m using the Symbolics package to generate a partial differential equation, and then Latexify to turn that into a Latex string for use in a manuscript that I’m writing. Essentially, I’m trying to write down the La…

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## [\`Symbolics.value\` behavior change](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolics-value-behavior-change/134024)

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**Author:** [@AronT](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AronT)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolics-value-behavior-change/134024 "2025-11-26T11:13:25Z")

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A preface to this question. I use Symbolics.jl purely for study purposes and this is not an urgent question that impacts my work. Nor am I in anyway an expert in either mathematics or Julia. So a few weeks ago as parts …

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## [Julia unable to recognize ROOT 6.32.08](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-unable-to-recognize-root-6-32-08/134128)

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**Author:** [@Aditya747S](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Aditya747S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-unable-to-recognize-root-6-32-08/134128 "2025-11-26T08:44:30Z")

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I have installed ROOT 6.32.08 and it is available in PATH but when I do add ROOT in Julia REPL I am getting this warning (@v1.11) pkg\> add ROOT Resolving package versions... No Changes to \`C:\\Users\\Aditya\\.julia\\en…

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## [Potential issues with implementation of ziggurat algorithm](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/potential-issues-with-implementation-of-ziggurat-algorithm/134130)

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**Author:** [@MrBelette](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MrBelette)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/potential-issues-with-implementation-of-ziggurat-algorithm/134130 "2025-11-26T02:03:09Z")

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I’m seeing intermittent failures to finish issues when repeatedly running a kernel that calls randn many times. I’m wondering if someone can independently verify this behaviour, so I can decide if a bug needs to be repo…

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## [MethodError using Omniscape](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-using-omniscape/134126)

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**Author:** [@petebaker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/petebaker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-using-omniscape/134126 "2025-11-26T01:21:26Z")

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Hi all, I’m working on running an analysis in Omniscape, and am battling an error that I will post below. I have run these analyses before without issue. I’m getting this issue even when trying files that worked success…

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## [\[ANN\] Cruise.jl v0.3.0 : Game engine kernel for julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-cruise-jl-v0-3-0-game-engine-kernel-for-julia/134121)

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**Author:** [@Gesee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gesee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-cruise-jl-v0-3-0-game-engine-kernel-for-julia/134121 "2025-11-25T19:43:16Z")

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Hi everyone, Happy to announce the new version of my engine, Cruise.jl. It has now been reduced to a kernel and gained several meaningful features that were absolutely worth the wait. Installation Stable version (The p…

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## [Breakout-style game in Julia (GLMakie) — WIP](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/breakout-style-game-in-julia-glmakie-wip/133777)

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**Author:** [@karei](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/karei)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/breakout-style-game-in-julia-glmakie-wip/133777 "2025-11-25T18:28:13Z")

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I made a little Breakout game. Feel free to give it a try. Source code and download

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## [Use MAT.jl to save a .mat file containing a MATLAB struct array](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-mat-jl-to-save-a-mat-file-containing-a-matlab-struct-array/63450)

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**Author:** [@CameronBieganek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CameronBieganek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-mat-jl-to-save-a-mat-file-containing-a-matlab-struct-array/63450 "2025-11-25T18:25:33Z")

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Does anyone know if it’s possible to use MAT.jl to write a .mat file that contains a MATLAB struct array? It would be nice if something like this worked: julia\> using MAT julia\> struct A x::Int y:…

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## [Using a shared library generated by PackageCompiler in a multi-threaded program](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-shared-library-generated-by-packagecompiler-in-a-multi-threaded-program/133972)

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**Author:** [@danielmatz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielmatz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-a-shared-library-generated-by-packagecompiler-in-a-multi-threaded-program/133972 "2025-11-25T15:35:32Z")

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I’m using PackageCompiler.jl to build a shared library, so that I can integrate one of my algorithms into a C++ simulation. The C++ simulation is multi-threaded. We’d like to call the Julia algorithm on a thread other th…

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## [ContinuousCallback in DifferentialEquations.jl for the The Izhikevich Model](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/continuouscallback-in-differentialequations-jl-for-the-the-izhikevich-model/133883)

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**Author:** [@mongi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mongi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/continuouscallback-in-differentialequations-jl-for-the-the-izhikevich-model/133883 "2025-11-25T14:52:52Z")

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Greetings, Is it possible to get the The Izhikevich Model to work with ContinuousCallback as the DiscreteCallback is not accurate near the zero-crossing. # function reset!(integrator) # @show integrator.u\[1\], integr…

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## [Parallelism within Turing.jl model](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/parallelism-within-turing-jl-model/54064)

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**Author:** [@EvoArt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/EvoArt)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/parallelism-within-turing-jl-model/54064 "2025-11-25T14:08:40Z")

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Hi there, just wondering how safe it is to use Threads.@threads for loops within turing models e.g. @model function my\_func(Y) alpha ~ Normal(0,1) sigma ~ Normal(0,1) Threads.@threads for i in 1:size(Y)\[2…

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## [Running commands in sequence in a pipeline](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-commands-in-sequence-in-a-pipeline/51374)

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**Author:** [@nstgc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nstgc)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-commands-in-sequence-in-a-pipeline/51374 "2025-11-25T12:47:17Z")

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I am writing a script which—at least in BASH—best works with subshells. The basic structure is “(do something; do something else; etc.) | the next thing|…”. A minimal working example (in BASH) would be: (echo -n "Hello …

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## [Error in testset gpuarrays/linalg/core](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-in-testset-gpuarrays-linalg-core/134091)

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**Author:** [@Roger\_Powell](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Roger_Powell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-in-testset-gpuarrays-linalg-core/134091 "2025-11-25T11:48:08Z")

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First time user of CUDA.jl. My Julia versioninfo() is Julia Version 1.12.2 Commit ca9b6662be4 (2025-11-20 16:25 UTC) Build Info: Official https://julialang.org release Platform Info: OS: Linux (x86\_64-linux-gnu) C…

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## [\[ANN\] UFFFiles.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-ufffiles-jl/133671)

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**Author:** [@Maucejo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maucejo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-ufffiles-jl/133671 "2025-11-25T09:57:42Z")

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Hi all, If you, like me, are working with experimental data or in the broad field of engineering, you have probably encountered UFF (Universal File Format) files. To the best of my knowledge, some other programming lan…

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## [How does ModelingToolkit handle time-varying, but purely algebraic problems?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-modelingtoolkit-handle-time-varying-but-purely-algebraic-problems/134092)

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**Author:** [@NicholasHemenway](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NicholasHemenway)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-modelingtoolkit-handle-time-varying-but-purely-algebraic-problems/134092 "2025-11-25T08:18:16Z")

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I’ve constructed a simple resistive circuit with a quadratically increasing voltage using ModelingToolkit. The following diagram gives a graphical depiction of the code below: using ModelingToolkit using ModelingTool…

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## [Variables in @belapsed benchmark](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/variables-in-belapsed-benchmark/134105)

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**Author:** [@MrCapa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MrCapa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/variables-in-belapsed-benchmark/134105 "2025-11-25T05:45:03Z")

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Hey there! Maybe anybody can help me? I don’t understand how variables work in @belapsed. My code: function test\_queue\_deque(n) @belapsed begin for i in 1:n popfirst!(dq) end end set…

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## [Would a Macbook Air with A18 Pro Chip be in Support-Tier 1?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/would-a-macbook-air-with-a18-pro-chip-be-in-support-tier-1/134089)

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**Author:** [@A18orM4](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/A18orM4)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/would-a-macbook-air-with-a18-pro-chip-be-in-support-tier-1/134089 "2025-11-25T02:23:10Z")

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Hello, Rumors say early next year Apple might release a low cost Macbook Air with the A18 Pro Chip from 2024’s iPhone 16 Pro models (Report: Low-Cost iPhone, iPad, MacBook Coming Early 2026 | MacRumors Forums). Would t…

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## [Flat shading in Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/flat-shading-in-makie/15216)

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**Author:** [@krcools](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/krcools)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/flat-shading-in-makie/15216 "2025-11-24T23:20:04Z")

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Is it possible to have per face coloring/lighting for Makie.mesh (as opposed to per vertex)? This is more appropriate for the visualization of polyhedra or other shapes that have sharp corners and for the visualization o…

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## [Print all outputs of Jupyter Cell](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/print-all-outputs-of-jupyter-cell/134095)

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**Author:** [@Ismam](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ismam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/print-all-outputs-of-jupyter-cell/134095 "2025-11-24T22:13:26Z")

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Is there a Julia equivalent to the below python code which enables Jupyter notebooks to print all outputs. from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell InteractiveShell.ast\_node\_interactivity = "all" I kn…

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## [Trouble using Arial italic font in Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-using-arial-italic-font-in-makie/134097)

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**Author:** [@JonasWickman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JonasWickman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-using-arial-italic-font-in-makie/134097 "2025-11-24T21:25:11Z")

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I used to be able to use italics when using the Arial font in Makie, but for some reason, it no longer works. Below are two code snippets, one using Arial, and one using Verdana (both from the same ttf-mscorefonts-instal…

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## [NUTS mass matrix estimation and num\_warmup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nuts-mass-matrix-estimation-and-num-warmup/134046)

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**Author:** [@contejuz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/contejuz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nuts-mass-matrix-estimation-and-num-warmup/134046 "2025-11-24T20:12:47Z")

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I have a distribution with a somewhat wide range of parameters in a hierarchical model. Some range are in \[0,1\], while another is in \[0,60\] roughly, with most mass around 20-30. a\_0 ~ Beta(8,2) b\_0 ~ truncated(Normal…

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