icve/vscode-python-virtualenv-venv-setup.md

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set up vscode to install python package into a (global) python virtual environment (i.e virtualenv or venv).

why?

allow vscode to install package without root permission (compare to system wide package install)
dont have to create new virtual env, install pylint, pep8 etc every time you switch workspace (compare to local virtual env)

tested on python3.7

cd ~/.vscode_bin
python -m venv pylint_virt

open setting change python path to ~/.vscode_bin/pylint_virt/bin/python

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