Keep getting the message "there is no formatter for 'python' files installed"

[eeyorelee]

Keep getting the message "there is no formatter for 'python' files installed"

[janwijbrand]

Quick followup: after installing the autopep8 extension the "editor.defaultFormatter" is suggested. As if "eeyore.yapf" is not recognized by VSCode as a valid formatter.

[EeyoreLee]

Hi, I'm trying to get this extension to work. I've added the following lines to my settings.json:

"python.formatting.provider": "none",
"[python]": {
  "editor.wordBasedSuggestions": false,
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "eeyore.yapf"
}

But whenever I try to use the "format document" command, VSCode shows a dialog "There is no formatter for 'Python' files installed". Interestingly, VSCode tries to help with configuration suggestions when one is editing settings.json. There's no suggestion inside a "[python]" section though for "editor.defaultFormatter", where it does suggest this configuration key in, for example, in an "[xml]" section. See screenshots.

VSCode version 1.84.2. eeyore.yapf version 0.1.10.

Editor suggestions for an "[xml]" section:

Editor suggestions for an `"[python]"` section:

@janwijbrand - maybe cause the wave line "editor.defaultFormatter" is already exist. this property has nothing to do with formatter extension. the value of "editor.defaultFormatter" is indeed registered by formatter extension. And the crash maybe cause the wrong python interpreter. Could you try to select a python interpreter that python3.8 or greater by ms-python extension. if it still not works, please show the output of yapf channel.

[janwijbrand]

Thanks for you reply. And you are probably correct: the python that is picked up from the VSCode environment cannot start the bundled lsp code. The error output of the extension pointed me there now. I understand why now.