# Pluto + REPL
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-repl/90277
**Category:** Pluto
**Tags:** repl, pluto
**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-repl/90277 "2022-11-15T08:45:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@filchristou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/filchristou)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-repl/90277/1 "2022-11-15T08:45:36Z")
I love Pluto. But I also love REPL and sometimes some things still feels better off to be done there.
These mostly include fast evaluations and IO operations.
Do you have any setup/ideas how to synchronize a Pluto notebook with a REPL ?
**My attempts**
1.
First I tried using [Revise.jl](https://github.com/timholy/Revise.jl) to actually reproduce the notebook kernel to a REPL.
I activated the environment of the specific Pluto notebook.
Then I [configured](https://timholy.github.io/Revise.jl/stable/config/#Configuring-the-revise-mode-1) the Revise mode to track also data using `:evalassign` and I `includet` the Pluto notebook.
This works quite well but soon you fall into pitfalls like changing the following cells
```julia
### Pluto notebook
# ╔═╡ dbfda0d4-8be5-4858-b682-0b43d2464c36
x = 1
# ╔═╡ e63564a4-9727-4cf8-8523-5bc9ee5122af
y = x + 10
```
to
```julia
### Pluto notebook
# ╔═╡ dbfda0d4-8be5-4858-b682-0b43d2464c36
x = 5 # changed
# ╔═╡ e63564a4-9727-4cf8-8523-5bc9ee5122af
y = x + 10
```
will only update `x` to REPL kernel and will leave `y` to the previous value (11).
In other words the expression dependencies are not evaluated.
To bring your REPL in tune with the notebook you need to `include` the notebook again, or manually evaluate all needed expressions.
Do you have any other ideas how can this state be more closely tracked and evaluated ?
(this starts getting very similar to what the reactiveness of `Pluto` is meant to do)
1.
I also tried using [RemoteREPL.jl](https://github.com/c42f/RemoteREPL.jl).
This way I do not create another kernel that I try to keep synchronized but I really use the kernel of the notebook. As such you don’t have to worry about dependent evaluations and synchronization.
You will need to [evaluate commands inside the module](https://docs.juliahub.com/RemoteREPL/c55rY/0.2.17/howto/#Evaluate-commands-in-another-module) of the Pluto notebook.
It might sounds better, but in the end I got more implications, mostly because I realized everytime I modify a cell in Pluto a new module is created. As a result it is hard to follow with the remote REPL.
This thread is meant to initiate a discussion among the people seeking the same thing: a harmonic interplay between Pluto and REPL. Do you have any other ideas for such a venture or maybe some improvements to suggest ?
_PS I don’t mean to externally modify the state of a Pluto notebook, but rather just being able to quickly and conveniently evaluate it from a REPL. I still see the fact that Pluto notebook generates a consistent state as an advantage._
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### Author:  [@LeePhillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeePhillips)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-repl/90277/2 "2022-11-16T13:56:52Z")
I usually interact with the REPL through my editor, nvim (also works with classic vim). All the code is in the editor, and (using a choice of many available plugins) I can select code and send it to the REPL for evaluation, all with a few keystrokes. The code in the editor can be the Pluto file, which is a Julia program like any other. Information about the cell presentation is kept in specially formatted comments.
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### Author:  [@filchristou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/filchristou)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-repl/90277/3 "2024-08-26T17:44:59Z")
RemoteREPL v0.3.0 makes REPL and Pluto.jl integration pretty neat!
Read the docs to know more: [How To · RemoteREPL.jl](https://juliaweb.github.io/RemoteREPL.jl/dev/howto/#More-on-Pluto)
Thanks @c42f for helping out on this release !
A small video of how that looks:
> **[remotereplpluto-2024-08-26\_19.30.40.mp4](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yynBHrjmTe73ycYGWMwlwOl74gntJq7p/view)**
>
> Google Drive file.
There is some boilerplate from the Pluto side. Pluto is currently polling instead of using an event-based approach. So if you have any better ideas please let us know to update the docs! Pinging @fonsp for any ideas 🙂