Settings and Workspaces in VS Code

Hi Austin - thanks for creating this video. Newbie here and experiment. I noticed that there is a .vsCode folder under my workspace, and a settings.json file there. To differentiate from the “global json file (this other json file points to the C Drive) I renamed it to “GeneralSettings.json”. When I changed the editor font size in this file, I don’t see any impacts on the editor. However, I do see it changes in font size when I edit in the the “global settings” json file. Any suggestions on what I’m doing wrong? Thanks ,Chet

Hmm…I think I found the answer. The settings file was under .vsCode. Turns out I can’t change the name of this file (I changed the name to GeneralSettings.json)…and that’s what messed it up. When I changed the name back to the general “settings.json” and changed the font, it worked fine. I guess we have to keep the same name for all the settings.json files and just be careful to check the paths to see if it’s a global or folder specific path. If you have any other comments about naming conventions for this file (to differentiate b/w global and folder or workspace specific) do let me know. Thanks!

Hi csharma19:

The way to differentiate between the global (or user) and local settings.json files is their location.

The global settings file, called the user settings file, will live in a central location based on your user profile – on my Ubuntu system, that’s ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json. On your Windows system, it should be under %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json.

In contrast, the workspace settings file is always relative to the workspace folder. As you found, it is the folder ./.vscode/settings.json.

And as you also discovered, you cannot change the name.

You can always learn more in the VS Code documentation – this information can be found at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings.

–Jon

Noted Jon - thanks!

Please help me set path python interpreter in VS Code

when ever i import cv2 in vs code it shows an error pls do needful

Hi Austin, I am thinking can you help me to fix the json setting error? I have not used it for a while, when I opened it last night. It gave me error. I tried to fix it but I failed. Two red lines, one is under “javascript” in the 4 line. Another one is under “editor.renderControlCharacters”: in 59 line.

{   "python.pythonPath":"//Users/lichangtan/.local/share/virtualenvs/hello_world-76z2ozxf/bin/python3",
        "code-runner.executorMap":     
        "javascript": "node",
        "java": "cd $dir && javac $fileName && java $fileNameWithoutExt",
        "c": "cd $dir && gcc $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
        "cpp": "cd $dir && g++ $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
        "objective-c": "cd $dir && gcc -framework Cocoa $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
        "php": "php",
        "python": "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3",
        "perl": "perl",
        "perl6": "perl6",
        "ruby": "ruby",
        "go": "go run",
        "lua": "lua",
        "groovy": "groovy",
        "powershell": "powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File",
        "bat": "cmd /c",
        "shellscript": "bash",
        "fsharp": "fsi",
        "csharp": "scriptcs",
        "vbscript": "cscript //Nologo",
        "typescript": "ts-node",
        "coffeescript": "coffee",
        "scala": "scala",
        "swift": "swift",
        "julia": "julia",
        "crystal": "crystal",
        "ocaml": "ocaml",
        "r": "Rscript",
        "applescript": "osascript",
        "clojure": "lein exec",
        "haxe": "haxe --cwd $dirWithoutTrailingSlash --run $fileNameWithoutExt",
        "rust": "cd $dir && rustc $fileName && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
        "racket": "racket",
        "scheme": "csi -script",
        "ahk": "autohotkey",
        "autoit": "autoit3",
        "dart": "dart",
        "pascal": "cd $dir && fpc $fileName && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
        "d": "cd $dir && dmd $fileName && $dir$fileNameWithoutExt",
        "haskell": "runhaskell",
        "nim": "nim compile --verbosity:0 --hints:off --run",
        "lisp": "sbcl --script",
        "kit": "kitc --run",
        "v": "v run",
        "sass": "sass --style expanded",
        "scss": "scss --style expanded"
    }

    "editor.renderControlCharacters": true,
    "window.zoomLevel": 2,
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Solarized Light",
    "python.pythonPath": "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3",
    "kite.showWelcomeNotificationOnStartup": false,
    "json.schemas": [],
    "files.associations": {},
    "terminal.integrated.shell.osx": "/bin/bash",
    "launch": {},
    "workbench.iconTheme": "vscode-icons",
    "workbench.editorAssociations": [
    {
        "viewType": "",
        "filenamePattern": ""
    }
]
}

@gracetan Your JSON data is invalid due to syntax errors. You can copy-and-paste it into your favorite editor or an online JSON validator to quickly find out the details.

These are the problems:

• Line 2: Missing value for the code-runner.executorMap key
• Line 48: Missing comma (,) right before the editor.renderControlCharacters key
• Line 48: Unbalanced bracket }

It looks like the file might have had something pasted in the wrong place.

Any chance this will be updated to include some of the newer VSCode settings and functions?

I know VSCode is constantly evolving and keeping current will be near impossible but from what I can tell the video is at least two years old and many of the settings have been updated. For example Files:Associations can be editing in settings now without JSON.

Hi @Tim W is there any of the newer settings and functions that you’re missing specifically?

The course is meant as a basic setup guide, and like you mentioned, there’s a lot of development happening on VS Code constantly so it’s hard to keep up…

We do have an advanced guide to Visual Studio Code for Python developers that covers a lot of additional features. That tutorial might be interesting for you!

Thanks for the reply, @Martin Breuss. I just took a quick look at the link you provided and that looks like what I was looking for. I am bookmarking for later.

Thank you.

Gotta go with Tim W. This is an awesome course, but there are a lot of changes. I could not get to settings.json as described, but you can search for any setting at the top of the list and edit by dropdown.

Great course, will move onto the advanced when I finish this. Thank!