@edit does not work on my system

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1

I want to try the macro @edit but I got

julia> @edit 3+5
ERROR: could not find source file for function
Stacktrace:
 [1] edit(::Nothing, ::Int32) at /build/julia/src/julia-1.5.3/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.5/InteractiveUtils/src/editless.jl:224
 [2] edit(::Function, ::Any) at /build/julia/src/julia-1.5.3/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.5/InteractiveUtils/src/editless.jl:223
 [3] top-level scope at REPL[167]:1
 [4] run_repl(::REPL.AbstractREPL, ::Any) at /build/julia/src/julia-1.5.3/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v1.5/REPL/src/REPL.jl:288

I know there was a bug but has been fixed https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/32763
Do I need some setup to use this macro?
My system is Manjaro Linux.

2

How did you download julia? If you didn’t download from the official binaries that could be the cause of the problem.

3

I have a similar issue on Windows 10.

julia> @edit 3+5
ERROR: SystemError: edit: No error
Stacktrace:
 [1] systemerror(::Symbol, ::Int32; extrainfo::Nothing) at .\error.jl:168
 [2] #systemerror#48 at .\error.jl:167 [inlined]
 [3] systemerror at .\error.jl:167 [inlined]
 [4] (::InteractiveUtils.var"#14#24")(::Cmd, ::String, ::Int32) at C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\InteractiveUtils\src\editless.jl:151
 [5] edit(::String, ::Int32) at C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\InteractiveUtils\src\editless.jl:202
 [6] edit(::Function, ::Any) at C:\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.5\InteractiveUtils\src\editless.jl:223
 [7] top-level scope at REPL[2]:1

I installed the official binary v1.5.3.

4

Look at this issue: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/40036

Another user reports the problem as specific to the Manjaro package. i think it is usually better to use the official binaries. It is not rare to see problems in the packages shipped by the distributions themselves.

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5

Thank you. I didn’t know the package shipped by the distribution has that problem. I will try the official binary.

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