# Displaying docstrings in Notebook in VSCode (errors)

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/displaying-docstrings-in-notebook-in-vscode-errors/107627
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** notebooks, vsc
**Created:** [December 14, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/displaying-docstrings-in-notebook-in-vscode-errors/107627 "2023-12-14T19:34:43Z")
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### Author: ![Paul\_Soderlind](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/paul_soderlind/32/1753_2.png) [@Paul\_Soderlind](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paul_Soderlind)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/displaying-docstrings-in-notebook-in-vscode-errors/107627/4 "2024-02-23T16:18:40Z")

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I currently do `display("text/markdown",@doc sin)`, but maybe a simple macro

```julia
macro docVSC(fn)
  return :( display("text/markdown",Base.doc($fn)))
end

```

used as `@docVSC sin` would be a temporary solution. Any ideas?

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