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Discussion on: VSCode: Using Black to automatically format Python

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Waylon Walker • • Edited

I generally need to pass in the black path as well. This might be compatibility issues with wsl.

pipx install black
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settings.json

  "python.formatting.provider": "black",
  "python.formatting.blackPath": "/home/<user>/.local/bin/black",
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additionally you can turn on automatic formatting on save

"editor.formatOnSave": true,
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if you don't want automatic formatting on save for every language

  "editor.formatOnSave": false,
  "[python]": {
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
   },
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Luqman Jr •

Thanks
What if I want to override (88) the default chars per line?

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Adam Lombard • • Edited

I'm a fan of using pyproject.toml, but as an alternative to Waylon's comment regarding config files, you can also configure the line length in VSCode.

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Waylon Walker •

You can add this to your pyproject.toml, ~/.black, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/black, or ~/.config/black

[tool.black]
line-length = 88
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black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usa...