atom-typescript installed but no autocomplete, no format code, only get the typescript status bar

[samuelneff]

I installed atom-typescript and when I open a TS file I do get the TypeScript status bar on the bottom that says "Error In Open Files" and "Last Build Output" and such.

I don't get any autocomplete though. Nothing pops up at all as I type. Nothing pops up when I hover over variables, go to declaration doesn't work, pretty much nothing works except for the status bar.

The status bar does update as I type (mostly just "Js emit is outdated" and "Js emit is up to date").

Initially I did not have any tsconfig.json file. I added one to the root with mostly default options and an exclude for node modules. I still had the problem so I replaced the tsconfig.json with empty options, {}. Still same issue.

What can I look into to resolve what's going on? Seems like it must be something wrong with my setup (I just installed Atom today, was using WebStorm previously).

Thanks,

Sam

atom-typescript\package.json snippet (too long to post full file)

{
  "name": "atom-typescript",
  "version": "6.0.0",
  "main": "./dist/main/atomts",
  "bin": {
    "atbuild": "./dist/main/bin/atbuild"
  },
  "preferGlobal": "true",
  "description": "The only TypeScript plugin you will ever need.",
  "engines": {
    "atom": ">=0.199.0 <2.0.0",
    "node": "*"
  },
  "providedServices": {
    "autocomplete.provider": {
      "versions": {
        "2.0.0": "provide"
      }
    },
    "linter": {
      "versions": {
        "1.0.0": "provideLinter"
      }
    }
  },
  "consumedServices": {
    "snippets": {
      "versions": {
        "0.1.0": "consumeSnippets"
      }
    }
  },
  ...
  "dependencies": {
    "atom-package-dependencies": "https://github.com/basarat/atom-package-dependencies/archive/cb2.tar.gz",
    "atom-space-pen-views": "^2.0.4",
    "babel": "^5.6.23",
    "basarat-text-buffer": "6.0.0",
    "d3": "^3.5.5",
    "emissary": "^1.3.3",
    "escape-html": "^1.0.1",
    "fuzzaldrin": "^2.1.0",
    "glob-expand": "0.0.2",
    "htmltojsx": "0.2.4",
    "immutable": "^3.7.3",
    "json2dts": "0.0.1",
    "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
    "ntypescript": "1.201508230720.1",
    "react": "^0.13.3",
    "season": "^5.1.4",
    "strip-bom": "^2.0.0"
  },
  ...
}

[basarat]

I don't get any autocomplete though. Nothing pops up at all as I type.

Did you get the message : AtomTS: Dependencies installed correctly. Enjoy TypeScript ♥

Ref : https://github.com/TypeStrong/atom-typescript#installation 🌹

[ggrumbley]

I am having the exact same issue. I installed the typescript package in the manner described on the README but I still have no autocomplete or hover functionality. I did not see the AtomTS: Dependencies installed correctly. Enjoy TypeScript ♥ message displayed.

[eliorcohen]

I had the same issue. it's seems to be related to permissions.
the only way i get it to work successfully was to start the atom from the project folder with "sudo" command.

sudo atom ./

and the autocomplete started to work as expected.
using the open project from the menu seems to cause some problems.

[laurelnaiad]

Wow, I just realized how much better atom-typescript is when you launch atom with sudo!

Would be nice not to have to do this, though.

[hitchcockwill]

I'm experiencing this issue as well. I tried installing atom-typescript through the UI then removed it and tried installing through CLI. The CLI install resulted in: Installing atom-typescript to /Users/willhitchcock/.atom/packages ✓ but not the AtomTS: Dependencies installed correctly. Enjoy TypeScript ♥ readout mentioned above. I also tried opening atom with sudo atom ./, no luck there.

[basarat]

Anyone have any stack trace (open dev tools https://github.com/TypeStrong/atom-typescript/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#workflow) 🌹

[hitchcockwill]

Just installed the development version and rebooted. I'm getting a few errors in the console:

Error: Project file contains invalid options
    at Object.getProjectSync (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/main/tsconfig/tsconfig.js:260)
    at getOrCreateProjectFile (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/main/lang/projectCache.js:74)
    at Object.getOrCreateProject (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/main/lang/projectCache.js:141)
    at Object.getCompletionsAtPosition (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/main/lang/projectService.js:104)
    at Child.RequesterResponder.processRequest (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/worker/lib/workerLib.js:49)
    at process.<anonymous> (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/worker/lib/workerLib.js:227)
    at emitTwo (events.js:87)
    at process.emit (events.js:172)
    at handleMessage (internal/child_process.js:685)
    at Pipe.channel.onread (internal/child_process.js:440)

and

Uncaught (in promise)

{
  "method": "getOutputJsStatus",
  "message": "Project file contains invalid options",
  "stack": "Error: Project file contains invalid options\n    at Object.getProjectSync (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/main/tsconfig/tsconfig.js:260:32)\n    at getOrCreateProjectFile (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/main/lang/projectCache.js:74:36)\n    at Object.getOrCreateProject (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/main/lang/projectCache.js:141:27)\n    at Object.getOutputJsStatus (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/main/lang/projectService.js:602:34)\n    at Child.RequesterResponder.processRequest (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/worker/lib/workerLib.js:49:60)\n    at process.<anonymous> (/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/atom-typescript/dist/worker/lib/workerLib.js:227:23)\n    at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)\n    at process.emit (events.js:172:7)\n    at handleMessage (internal/child_process.js:685:10)\n    at Pipe.channel.onread (internal/child_process.js:440:11)",
  "details": {
    "projectFilePath": "/Users/willhitchcock/Projects/Development/proeditors-CustomerUI/tsconfig.json",
    "errorMessage": "Unknown Option: compileOnSave"
  }
}

I'm seeing this second error message several times with different methods:
getCompletionsAtPosition getProjectFileDetails editText

[basarat]

I'm seeing this second error message several times with different methods:

@hitchcockwill sorry for the late reply. That is by design. We are just erroring out on invalid projects. We show a message for this as well :

That if you click would guide you to the fix. Basically you have something like :

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "compileOnSave": false,
        "target": "es5",
        "module": "commonjs",
        "declaration": false,
        "noImplicitAny": false,
        "removeComments": true,
        "noLib": false
    },

When you should have :

{
    "compileOnSave": false,
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "es5",
        "module": "commonjs",
        "declaration": false,
        "noImplicitAny": false,
        "removeComments": true,
        "noLib": false
    },

@hitchcockwill docs : https://github.com/TypeStrong/atom-typescript/blob/master/docs/tsconfig.md#options. So that fixes your error 🌹

Anybody else got a stacktrace with a valid error ? : rose: If not I will close this.

[hitchcockwill]

After making that change in the tsconfig file I started getting autocomplete suggestions as expected in my .ts files. They are pretty slow, but they do work.

[basarat]

@hitchcockwill check that the tsconfig is not touching all files. See FAQ https://github.com/TypeStrong/atom-typescript/blob/master/docs/faq.md#for-really-large-projects-atom-typescript-gets-slow for details 🌹

We should probably be easily able to figure out the intent and understand that its a folder exclusion ourselves at some point 🌹

[hitchcockwill]

Thanks @basarat I was having some other issues with the plugin and just discovered that I needed to configure my tsconfig. I've got it set up correctly now and everything seems to be working at lot better.

[basarat]

Cool. Since no one else has reported back, closing this 🌹

[canda]

There was no error displayed on atom until I opened the tsconfig.json
Wouldn't it be nice if we show a message to know why the autocomplete isn't working?