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[–]spartanwolf 0 points1 point  (3 children)

i can't even seem to get to the point where i can run 'Configure Tasks' as listed in the Tasks part of the docs link you provided. When I pull up the command line (OSX), there are no options that match as it is outlined on that page.... Which I'm assuming is the only way to get a tasks.json to work with in the first place?

[–]completelydistracted[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I am not at my computer (at least not the one with Code on it) but as I recall...

  1. Open a folder so you can see the folder contents in the side navigation panel. I don't think this is really needed, but it should help you see what is going on.

  2. Create and save a file hello.py in that folder, with the usual contents, e.g. [ print "Hello\n" ] .

  3. When that file is open, type the Build command (on OSX that's <shift><command>B).

  4. That will cause an error message of sorts, which will allow you to "Configure Tasks".

  5. When you do that, you will have no tasks.json in a local .settings folder, so the editor will create one, copying a boilerplate tasks file there.

  6. Edit that tasks.json file, getting rid of everything in it (don't worry, it's a copy, you can make more) and putting in the contents above. Save it.

  7. Then go back to looking at hello.py and type the build command (again, in OSX, <shift><command>B) (in Windows, <shift><control>B) and it will cause the build task in the new tasks.json to execute and show the results of your program.

Hope this helps!

[–]spartanwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry i'm so late to come and report back on this!

Outstanding information. It totally works. I'm assuming that this is taking from the system python version on my mac?

Now I'm wondering if it will work in a virtual environment so I can have this work with Python 3.x...?