VS Code 无法识别 pep8

Question

To use linting for Python, I configured VS Code like this:

"python.linting.enabled": true,
"python.linting.pylintEnabled": false,
"python.linting.pep8Enabled": true,
"python.linting.lintOnTextChange": true,
"python.linting.lintOnSave": true

Then I opened a *.py file and added an unnecessary space and saved, then I got an error: Linter pep8 is not installed .

But I already installed pep8 . And by using VS Code console I can find the pep8 .

With VS Code console

/usr/bin/python -m pip install pep8
loading ~/.zshrc_osx
ironsand@macbook ~ % /usr/bin/python -m pip install pep8
/usr/bin/python: No module named pip
ironsand@macbook ~ % which python
/usr/bin/python
ironsand@macbook ~ % which pep8
/usr/local/bin/pep8
ironsand@macbook ~ % pep8 --version
1.7.0
ironsand@macbook ~ % which python
/usr/bin/python
ironsand@macbook ~ %

Maybe I installed pep8 by using pip2 that is installed brew .

With OS Console(iTerm2)

python --version
Python 2.7.10
ironsand@macbook ~ % /usr/local/bin/pip2 install pep8
Collecting pep8
  Using cached pep8-1.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: pep8
Successfully installed pep8-1.7.0

What am I doing wrong?

Plugins

MagicPython 1.0.12
Python 0.7.0
Python for VSCode 0.2.3

Answer 1

PEP8 was renamed to pycodestyle . In the Python VS Code Extension (by Microsoft) it is already renamed in the command palette and in the settings.json file. However the documentation for them are not up-to-date yet and they can be confusing.

Answer 2

The problem with pep8 is because vscode now is using flake8, is basically the same, pep8 was renamed to pycodestyle, flake8 use pycodestyle, this is the old config:

"python.linting.pep8Enabled": true, // Don't use it

But now you can't find that config in vscode, the new config line now is:

"python.linting.flake8Enabled": true, // This is the new config for pep8

If the second option didn't work, you can try this:

"python.linting.pycodestyleEnabled": true // You need: pip install pycodestyle

I hope this answer is helpful for you

Answer 3

May sound trivial, but have you installed Python for vscode? The one by DonJayamanne works great.

If so, try adding your pythonPath to the settings of your vscode editor, at least, it solved the problem for me.

pep8 path should be auto discovered then, if not, you may want to add your pep8Path as well.

Answer 4

I know this is an old issue, but I was having the same problem where VS Code wasn't recognizing PEP8. An uninstall followed by a reinstall did the trick for me.