terminal.external.osxExec not respected as debug terminal?

[DonJayamanne]

From Roman Schindlauer (@rschindlauer) on May 3, 2017 20:2

Environment data

VS Code version: 1.11.2
Python Extension version: 0.6.3
Python Version: 2.7.9
OS and version: macOS Sierra 10.12.4

Actual behavior

With terminal.external.osxExec set to /Applications/iTerm.app, the "External Terminal/Console" launch configuration still launches Terminal instead of iTerm.

Expected behavior

Launch iTerm as external debug terminal when terminal.external.osxExec is set to iTerm.

Steps to reproduce:

• Add terminal.external.osxExec to user or workspace settings and set it to a terminal other than Terminal.
• open a Python file
• Debug with launch config External Terminal/Console

Settings

Your launch.json (if dealing with debugger issues):

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Integrated Terminal/Console",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "stopOnEntry": true,
            "pythonPath": "${config.python.pythonPath}",
            "program": "${file}",
            "cwd": null,
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "env": null,
            "envFile": "${workspaceRoot}/.env",
            "debugOptions": [
                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
                "WaitOnNormalExit"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Your settings.json:

// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{
    "editor.fontSize": 14,
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.osx": ["-l"],
    "editor.wordWrap": "on",
    "workbench.sideBar.location": "right",
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Visual Studio Dark",
    "window.zoomLevel": 0,
    "editor.renderWhitespace": "boundary",
    "editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": false,
    "python.linting.enabled": true,
    "python.linting.pylintArgs": [
        "--disable",
        "C0325,C0303"
    ],
    "sync.gist": "...",
    "sync.lastUpload": "2017-05-03T19:56:07.835Z",
    "sync.autoDownload": false,
    "sync.autoUpload": true,
    "sync.lastDownload": "2017-04-25T17:25:31.865Z",
    "sync.version": 262,
    "sync.showSummary": true,
    "sync.forceDownload": false,
    "sync.anonymousGist": false,
    "sync.host": "",
    "sync.pathPrefix": "",
    "workbench.iconTheme": "seti",
    "editor.snippetSuggestions": "top",
    "terminal.external.osxExec": "/Applications/iTerm.app",
    "rewrap.wrappingColumn": 78,
    "editor.rulers": [
        80
    ],
    "search.exclude": {
        "**/node_modules": true,
        "**/bower_components": true,
        "**/*_venv": true
    },
    "files.exclude": {
        "**/.git": true,
        "**/.svn": true,
        "**/.hg": true,
        "**/CVS": true,
        "**/.DS_Store": true,
        "**/.ipynb_checkpoints": true
    },
    "arduino.additionalUrls": [
        "https://lowpowerlab.github.io/MoteinoCore/package_LowPowerLab_index.json",
        "http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json"
    ]
}

Copied from original issue: DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode#932

[DonJayamanne]

Roman Schindlauer (@rschindlauer) Are you still experiencing this issue.
I do apologize for not getting back to you on this, I'd like to help you out here, please let me know if it still persists. Thanks.

[DonJayamanne]

From Roman Schindlauer (@rschindlauer) on October 6, 2017 20:34

Yes, I just tried it again and can confirm that Terminal opens, not iTerm (which I set terminal.external.osxExec to).

[DonJayamanne]

Please change the following to externalTerminal

"console": "integratedTerminal",

[DonJayamanne]

From Roman Schindlauer (@rschindlauer) on October 6, 2017 23:52

I did, sorry about the misleading config in the original issue.