# What if I want a simpler IDE for Julia?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-if-i-want-a-simpler-ide-for-julia/31142>\
**Category:** Juno\
**Created:** [November 16, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-if-i-want-a-simpler-ide-for-julia/31142 "2019-11-16T02:15:49Z")\
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That is precisely my point: the Julia repl does not work in Emacs on Windows.

> [@Julia-repl (Emacs) new release candidate - testers needed](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-repl-emacs-new-release-candidate-testers-needed/7097/16):
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> I have tried many things. Apparently the Windows Emacs does not handle bash well. I keep getting the error Spawning child process: invalid argument Even starting a shell in Emacs and then trying to run Julia doesn’t work: the process cannot be communicated with.

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