# StatsPlots - trying to extend boxplot

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statsplots-trying-to-extend-boxplot/23190>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statsplots-trying-to-extend-boxplot/23190 "2019-04-16T06:57:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BioTurboNick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bioturbonick/32/6380_2.png) [@BioTurboNick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BioTurboNick)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statsplots-trying-to-extend-boxplot/23190/1 "2019-04-16T06:57:15Z")

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I’m trying to extend boxplot to show all individual datapoints. However, I can’t seem to get Julia to use the local development files.

I’ve cloned StatsPlots locally, opened the folder in Juno, used `]activate .` followed by `]build` (though it says there’s nothing to build) and `using StatsPlots`, but when I generate a boxplot, it doesn’t reflect the changes I made in boxplot.jl.

What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statsplots-trying-to-extend-boxplot/23190/2 "2019-04-16T07:01:25Z")

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You should just `] dev StatsPlots`. Edit it in `~/.julia/dev` and it should work.

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**Author:** ![mkborregaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkborregaard/32/556_2.png) [@mkborregaard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkborregaard)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statsplots-trying-to-extend-boxplot/23190/3 "2019-04-16T08:53:24Z")

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Should be as easy as adding

```julia
@series begin
  seriestype := :scatter
  x, y
end

```

somewhere

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**Author:** ![BioTurboNick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bioturbonick/32/6380_2.png) [@BioTurboNick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BioTurboNick)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statsplots-trying-to-extend-boxplot/23190/4 "2019-04-16T14:09:12Z")

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Thanks! Now even though I’m using Revise.jl and put ` __precompile__ (false)` in the file, my changes don’t get used when saved. Ideas?