VSCode / Pylint question

[Joel_graff]

Ok, so I recently got into using VSCode for a Unity3D C# scripting project. I really like it.

So, I'm trying to get it set up for python scripting in FreeCAD just to do general development. A minor housekeeping issue has arose, though. VSCode / pylint can't find the FreeCAD modules I regularly import (FreeCAD, FreeCADGui, Part, etc.) It's a minor issue since I'm not running the code from VSCode, but I've made a few attempts at resolving it with no luck.

Any thoughts?

[triplus]

It's a minor issue since I'm not running the code from VSCode, but I've made a few attempts at resolving it with no luck.

Any thoughts?

I assume you use Linux (Ubuntu)? One way is to add (locate FreeCAD.so):

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init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append("/usr/lib/freecad/lib")'

Inside .pylintrc (located in home directory). If by any chance VSCode isn't using the .pylintrc and has its own settings. Look here for clues:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/179

[Joel_graff]

I assume you use Linux (Ubuntu)? One way is to add (locate FreeCAD.so):

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init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append("/usr/lib/freecad/lib")'

Inside .pylintrc (located in home directory).

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

[triplus]

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

Good to hear that and you're welcome.

[Kunda1]

I assume you use Linux (Ubuntu)? One way is to add (locate FreeCAD.so):

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init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append("/usr/lib/freecad/lib")'

Inside .pylintrc (located in home directory).

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

Where can we document this on the wiki? (It just may be already but I didn't see it?)
Specifically, a page to help people set up vscode for FreeCAD development

[wallison]

I assume you use Linux (Ubuntu)? One way is to add (locate FreeCAD.so):

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init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append("/usr/lib/freecad/lib")'

Inside .pylintrc (located in home directory).

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

Where can we document this on the wiki? (It just may be already but I didn't see it?)
Specifically, a page to help people set up vscode for FreeCAD development

I also need help with that!

[prandall]

.pylintrc does not seem to located in my home directory.

To add it, I changed to my project folder:
~/.FreeCAD/Mods/workbench/.pylintrc


I had to generate the .pylintrc using:

pylintrc --generate-rcfile > .pylintrc


In the .initrc, I found an init-hook section

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[MASTER]
...

# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
# pygtk.require().
#init-hook=

init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append("/usr/lib/freecad/lib")'