How to change the default folder for typings

[AllanDaemon]

When I ask to generate a stub from a library, it creates a folder typings/libname in the root directory. I wanna change it, in the workspace, to create this folder in another place (eg. .vscode/typings) instead of the root directory, as this breaks the folder structure of the project. I tried to find it in the settings but there isn't anything like that.

Where do I change it?

[savannahostrowski]

Hey there! You can change the path by setting python.analysis.stubPath in your settings.json.

[AllanDaemon]

Oh. I had understood that python.analysis.stubPath is like the extra paths config, but for stubs. Now it seems dumb, but maybe a little more clarification in the python.analysis.stubPath description could help a few ones that might not get it like me.

[jakebailey]

What would you suggest? We show the default value as "./typings" already. Are you looking for it to mention that that's where generated stubs are placed?

[AllanDaemon]

well, showing that the default is ./typings would be enough. But I think the problem is that it doesn't show the default in VSCode settings. Not even when hovering it.

[jakebailey]

Ah, interesting. It should be there, but empty/undefined is equivalent to default, so it probably wasn't caught.

[AllanDaemon]

Maybe this is more a VS Code issue, that seems to never show the defaults for some kind of fields.

[jakebailey]

No, it's up to the extension to declare its defaults, so we just have to add it in.

[jakebailey]

This issue has been fixed in version 2020.9.0, which we've just released. You can find the changelog here: https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#202090-3-september-2020