python.terminal.executeInFileDir doesn't seem to have any effect

[jkyeung]

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.21.0
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2018.2.1
• OS and version: Windows 7 Pro
• Python version: 3.6.2, 64-bit
• Type of virtual environment used (if applicable): N/A
• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: N/A

Actual behavior

When I issue the command Python: Run Python File in Terminal, it always starts in the open folder, rather than in the file directory, despite the fact that I have "python.terminal.executeInFileDir": true in my user settings.

This has been a problem since forever; this setting has never worked for me on any previous version.

Expected behavior

The terminal starts in the file directory of the Python script I'm executing.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a Python source file.
2. Use the command palette to issue Python: Run Python File in Terminal.

Logs

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

I don't understand those instructions. If I do View→Output, there is no Python in the drop-down. However, there is a Python in the terminal. (If this is what you mean, then the template for the bug report should reflect that.)

Suffice it to say that within the Python script, os.getcwd() is the open folder, when I am expecting it to be the same as sys.path[0] instead.

Output from Console under the Developer Tools panel (toggle Developer Tools on under Help)

This is empty, unless I choose Verbose.

[DonJayamanne]

I'm unable to replicate this at my end.

I don't understand those instructions. If I do View→Output, there is no Python in the drop-down

This is where you need to look for it.

Please could you:

• Send a copy of your .vscode/settings.json
• Screenshot of the terminal window when you run the python file using the command Python: Run Python File in Terminal.

The terminal should have a command that'll set the path to the directory containing the script file. I'd like to check what's output into the terminal window.

[jkyeung]

settings.json:

{
    // "editor.fontFamily": "Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace",
    "editor.fontFamily": "Verdana",
    // "editor.fontSize": 16,
    "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Consolas",
    "editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": false,
    "editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "off",
    "editor.find.autoFindInSelection": true,
    "python.formatting.provider": "none",
    "python.linting.enabled": false,
    "python.terminal.executeInFileDir": true,
    "files.autoSave": "off",
    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
    "editor.renderWhitespace": "none",
    "editor.renderControlCharacters": false,
    "editor.renderLineHighlight": "all",
    "editor.rulers": [80],
    "editor.autoClosingBrackets": false,
    "editor.minimap.showSlider": "always",
    "editor.cursorStyle": "line-thin",
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Solarized Dark",
    "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
        "editorCursor.foreground": "#44ffaacc",
        "editor.selectionBackground": "#ffdddd3a",
        "editor.selectionHighlightBackground": "#0088aa2a",
        "editorWhitespace.foreground": "#ffffff2a",
        "editorLineNumber.foreground": "#608070"
    },
    "editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
        "numbers": "#40c0c0",
        "textMateRules": [
            {
                "name": "Default",
                "scope": [
                    "source",
                    "variable.parameter",
                    "entity.other.inherited-class",
                    "constant.other", // all-caps "constant"
                    "meta.function-call"
                ],
                "settings": {
                    "foreground": "#cccccc"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Keywords",
                "scope": [
                    "keyword",
                    "keyword.operator.logical",
                    "storage.type.function", // `def` and `lambda`
                    "storage.type.class", // `class`
                    "storage.modifier.declaration" // `global`, `nonlocal`
                ],
                "settings": {
                    "fontStyle": "",
                    "foreground": "#cccc60"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Operators",
                "scope": "keyword.operator",
                "settings": {
                    "foreground": "#dddddd"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Decorators",
                "scope": "entity.name.function.decorator",
                "settings": {
                    "fontStyle": "",
                    "foreground": "#bb6000"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Functions",
                "scope": "entity.name.function",
                "settings": {
                    "fontStyle": "bold"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Classes",
                "scope": "entity.name.type",
                "settings": {
                    "fontStyle": "bold",
                    "foreground": "#60d296"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Self",
                "scope": "variable.language.special",
                "settings": {
                    "foreground": "#aaaadd"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Built-in dunder methods",
                "scope": "support.function.magic",
                "settings": {
                    "fontStyle": "bold",
                    "foreground": "#8888dd"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Built-in functions",
                "scope": "support.function",
                "settings": {
                    "foreground": "#8888dd"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Type",
                "scope": "support.type",
                "settings": {
                    "foreground": "#60bb80"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Constant",
                "scope": "constant.language",
                "settings": {
                    "foreground": "#ccaa00"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Comments",
                "scope": "comment",
                "settings": {
                    "foreground": "#808080"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Formats",
                "scope": "storage.type.format",
                "settings": {
                    "fontStyle": "",
                    "foreground": "#66cc66"
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    // "python.pythonPath": "C:\\Users\\jyeung\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Launcher\\py",
    "python.pythonPath": "py",
    "launch": {
        "version": "0.2.0",
        "configurations": [
            {
                "name": "Python",
                "type": "python",
                "request": "launch",
                "stopOnEntry": false,
                "pythonPath": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
                "program": "${relativeFile}",
                "cwd": "",
                "env": {},
                "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
                "debugOptions": [
                    "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
                    "WaitOnNormalExit",
                    "RedirectOutput"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    // "editor.matchBrackets": false,
    // "subtleBrackets.styles": {
    //     "global": {
    //         "borderWidth": "1px",
    //         "borderStyle": "none none solid none"
    //     }
    // },
    // "bracketPairColorizer.consecutivePairColors": [
    //     "()",
    //     "[]",
    //     "{}",
    //     [
    //         "#cccccc"
    //     ],
    //     "Red"
    // ],
    "bracketPairColorizer.colorMode": "Independent",
    "bracketPairColorizer.independentPairColors": [
        [
            "()",
            [
                "#cccccc"
            ],
            "Red"
        ],
        [
            "[]",
            [
                "#cccccc"
            ],
            "Red"
        ],
        [
            "{}",
            [
                "#cccccc"
            ],
            "Red"
        ]
    ],
    "editor.multiCursorModifier": "ctrlCmd"
}

Screenshot to illustrate that I really don't have Python in output:

Screenshot to show Python in terminal:

[DonJayamanne]

Ok, here's the problem, the file you have opened is not part of the workspace, hence the settings for the workspace are not getting picked up.

We'll have to introduce a change to get this feature working.

[DonJayamanne]

@brettcannon @qubitron
Here's a summary of the issue:

• Open a workspace 'a'
• Enable the setting "python.terminal.executeInFileDir"
• Open a file that does not belong to the above workspace
• Execute the file using Python: Run Python File in Terminal

Current behavior

• If file does not belong to the workspace then we're not setting the current directory

Proposed behavior

• If file does not belong to the workspace then set the current directory

I'm not sure why, but we currently have tests to avoid this particular situation (possibly a test to retain the behavior inherited from old code).