# Go to definition almost never works

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-almost-never-works/95363>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** vscode\
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-to-definition-almost-never-works/95363 "2023-03-01T00:26:01Z")\
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> [@LSP "Missing reference" woes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lsp-missing-reference-woes/98231/16):
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> First, be aware it’s very hacky and messes up a bit with inline evaluation (which I don’t use much because I actually use Emacs for my day-to-day work). But let me try and give a step-by-step procedure that demonstrates this trick on a simple package like Example.jl. You should be able to reproduce this on your system. First, git clone https://github.com/JuliaLang/Example.jl, open the project in VSCode and add a script.jl file at its root. It should look like this: Example.jl ├── Project.toml …

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