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pragmagic / vscode-nim

An extension for VS Code which provides support for the Nim language.
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Formatting using nimpretty and PATH on Windows 10 (no binary issue + solution) #150

Closed guzba closed 4 years ago

guzba commented 4 years ago

I'm using this plugin and it is largely working great. I've run into an issue and found the solution. I wanted to report it here to see if anything can be done to improve this.

The issue:

After a fresh install of VS Code, choosenim devel, and installing this extension, whenever I pressed the format keyboard shortcut (or set formatOnSave to true), I received the message "No 'nimpretty' binary could be found in PATH environment variable".

If I ran nimpretty from the terminal in VS Code, everything worked as expected. I tracked the issue down to the System vs User PATH.

It appears the .nimble/bin directory is added to the User PATH variable on installation, but not the System PATH variable. Adding the .nimble/bin directory to the System PATH enabled nimpretty formatting in VS Code to start working.

Ideally adding .nimble/bin to the System PATH would not be necessary.

guzba commented 4 years ago

Seems like a conflicting install issue, redid things and now works without System PATH entry.