# VS Code replace REPL with jupyter qtconsole

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-replace-repl-with-jupyter-qtconsole/37862>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [April 19, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-replace-repl-with-jupyter-qtconsole/37862 "2020-04-19T17:43:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oto\_Brzobohaty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oto_brzobohaty/32/10370_2.png) [@Oto\_Brzobohaty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oto_Brzobohaty)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-replace-repl-with-jupyter-qtconsole/37862/1 "2020-04-19T17:43:54Z")

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I really love Julia extension in VS Code at the same time I love the Jupyter console with inlined plots.

Is there any chance to replace the default REPL with Jupyter console?

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**Author:** ![davidanthoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/davidanthoff/32/223493_2.png) [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-replace-repl-with-jupyter-qtconsole/37862/2 "2020-04-19T18:55:27Z")

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I think realistically we are not going to replace the terminal in VS Code.

The VS Code terminal is based on [GitHub - xtermjs/xterm.js: A terminal for the web](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js), and if that gained support for inline images _and_ VS Code decided to use that feature, we could probably make it work for Julia. [This](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/issues/614) issue tracks this request on the xterm.js side of things.

The extension is going to get a native notebook UI at some point. Not exactly what you are asking for, but it would make for another kind of inline images.

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**Author:** ![Oto\_Brzobohaty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oto_brzobohaty/32/10370_2.png) [@Oto\_Brzobohaty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oto_Brzobohaty)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-replace-repl-with-jupyter-qtconsole/37862/3 "2020-04-20T16:57:29Z")

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Thank you for your fast response.

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**Author:** ![affans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/affans/32/11911_2.png) [@affans](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/affans)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-replace-repl-with-jupyter-qtconsole/37862/4 "2020-04-20T17:37:59Z")

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For quick prototyping, I use `UnicodePlots` for plotting in the REPL. I don’t use the integrated VS Code terminal, but instead the new Windows Terminal. I am patiently awaiting for them to add [Sixel graphics](https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel) but that’s probably a pipe dream right now.