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Description
I've installed Zed and the Julia extension. The language server only recognises what is exported from Julia Base, for example, getting the docstrings for sum works. Other packages, such as Dates from the standard library, produce an error:
Missing reference: Dates (Julia)
The folder I opened is a package folder with a Manifest.toml.
It seems that the correct environment is not picked up by default, as it is in VS Code.
Thanks for the help!
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.12.1
Commit ba1e628ee49 (2025-10-17 13:02 UTC)
Build Info:
Official https://julialang.org release
Platform Info:
OS: Linux (x86_64-linux-gnu)
CPU: 4 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
WORD_SIZE: 64
LLVM: libLLVM-18.1.7 (ORCJIT, skylake)
GC: Built with stock GC
Threads: 1 default, 1 interactive, 1 GC (on 4 virtual cores)
Environment:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
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Research direction
Reproduce the missing reference error by opening a Julia package folder containing Manifest.toml and querying documentation for Dates. Start by tracing how the extension selects the Julia environment, then verify that the package environment is used and references from Dates and other non-Base packages resolve.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
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- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100