Cannot use REPL console.

[Lak4CYUT]

What are the steps to reproduce this issue?

1. Open VSCode.
2. Open a Pico W Go project.
3. Wait.

What happens?

A dialog show the "Unable to start the terminal".

What were you expecting to happen?

Show REPL console terminal.

Any logs, error output, etc?

(If it’s long, please paste to https://gist.github.com and insert the link here)
Platform: Ubuntu
VSCode version: 1.70.2

Any other comments?

Support info

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Version: 1.70.2
Commit: e4503b30fc78200f846c62cf8091b76ff5547662
Date: 2022-08-16T05:36:25.715Z
Electron: 18.3.5
Chromium: 100.0.4896.160
Node.js: 16.13.2
V8: 10.0.139.17-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.4.0-96-generic

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I experience the same issue.

[apazdnikov]

Hello, experience the same issue.
Tried to downgrade the pico-w extension till 2.0.0, the same behavior.

Version: 1.71.2
Commit: 74b1f979648cc44d385a2286793c226e611f59e7
Date: 2022-09-14T21:12:14.256Z
Electron: 19.0.12
Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.15.0-46-generic snap
Sandboxed: No

[migs35323]

probably related, in my case vscode opens like 4 terminals and i can't seem to close them, they respawn

[paulober]

What happens?

A dialog show the "Unable to start the terminal".

Ok, can you please reproduce the error, open a new "normal" terminal > output panel > select something with "(Extensionhost)" at then end, and then copy the output concerning picowgo to something like a gist or directly into the issue?

[paulober]

probably related, in my case vscode opens like 4 terminals and i can't seem to close them, they respawn

I know, that's a known issue. I'm working on it as it affects all platforms.

[paulober]

@migs35323

There is a workaround. Instead of opening VS Code via a shortcut just run code C:\path\to\project\folder in terminal as this should not reload the terminals from your last session.

[Lak4CYUT]

probably related, in my case vscode opens like 4 terminals and i can't seem to close them, they respawn

Yes, I got the same problem.

[Lak4CYUT]

What happens?

A dialog show the "Unable to start the terminal".

Ok, can you please reproduce the error, open a new "normal" terminal > output panel > select something with "(Extensionhost)" at then end, and then copy the output concerning picowgo to something like a gist or directly into the issue?

Sure.
https://gist.github.com/Lak4CYUT/cce611f288955f924509fd00b21624b6

[paulober]

Should be fixed now with version v2.1.0.
Can you confirm?

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I confirm it's working on my side.

Small feedback: I've never worked on a VSCode extension myself, but from UX point of view, it does feel like an oddity that it always forces a terminal to be opened. It would feel better if the Pico Console was available in the list of available terminals, and could be opened and closed freely.

[paulober]

Small feedback: I've never worked on a VSCode extension myself, but from UX point of view, it does feel like an oddity that it always forces a terminal to be opened. It would feel better if the Pico Console was available in the list of available terminals, and could be opened and closed freely.

As of now you can set "picowgo.openOnStart" to false in your porject settings, this would avoid opening the terminal on start. But i'll add this feature to the list.

[Lak4CYUT]

@paulober

Should be fixed now with version v2.1.0. Can you confirm?

Confirmed, it is fixed on my Ubuntu. Thanks.