It seems like VS Community with python tools has a better syntax highlighting than VS Code with "Python" by Don Jayamanne. As you can see in the picture attached, VS Community highlights in ¿purple? the packages imported, and lightblue for classes while VS code just don't.
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You can take a look at color schemes.willeM_ Van Onsem– willeM_ Van Onsem2017-07-24 23:57:31 +00:00Commented Jul 24, 2017 at 23:57
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1thanks @WillemVanOnsem, but I don't think those support python or even vs code.alete– alete2017-07-25 01:02:08 +00:00Commented Jul 25, 2017 at 1:02
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I ran into the same issue and some VS Code themes are not supporting syntax highlighting atleast for me. I tried with Ruby and Python and the theme I was using was Dark(Visual Studio).
Changing to Dark+ (Default Dark) did the trick for me.
Goto Preferences -> Color Themes and choose Dark+(Default Dark) or something similar.
Hope it helps.
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alete
nope, I was already using Dark+ when I sent the prntscn. Dark+ is better than Dark for me because it highlights the imports different, but still not highlighting classes. Thanks!
Mark
Instead of using the VScode Monkai I downloaded Monokai Pro and activated Monokai Classic. It fixed my issue :). Indeed it's a theme issue.
Leonardus Chen
Changing to Default Dark+ does not solve the issue. This is an ongoing issue in VSCode as mentioned here github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/9961. I have posted a workaround by overriding the default color schemes.
Looks like this issue has been bouncing around between maintainers of VSCode, MagicPython, and the Python extension
A quick workaround is to simply override your color theme as instructed here. For example, if you are using Default Dark+ color theme, you can add this to settings.json:
"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
"textMateRules": [
{
"scope": "meta.function-call.generic.python",
"settings": {
"foreground": "#DCDCAA"
}
}
]
},
Now callables are highlighted correctly as seen below:
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alete
Yep! this makes it look better! any clue about Classes highlighting? what would be the scope?
Leonardus Chen
Classes are also highlighted when invoked since it is treated as callables (can't believe this is still an issue after 3 years in VSCode) EDIT: it is highlighted with the same color as all callables though (i.e. same color as functions/methods).
alete
Right, that was my question, if you found a way to highlight class name in
new SomeClass() with a different color. I agree with you on the unbelievableness of this missing feature. Thanks!Leonardus Chen
@alete have you tried using PyLance as your language server? The highlighting somehow looks similar to the picture you posted (i.e. different color for imported modules and module members, classes, etc). Not exactly the same, but closer.
Micah
This worked great for callables, but what about variables?
What did the trick for me, was to keep the Window: Auto Detect Color Scheme disabled. Attaching a picture of this checkbox in my answer:
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Vali Rosca
Weirdly, enabling this fixed the issue for me :D
I was facing the same issue. I used the Chromodynamics theme which is compatible with MagicPython. You can find it here or install directly in the VS-CODE
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I had problems with syntax highlighting with python in vs code and the solution was that my file name did not end with ".py"
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I've tried some workarounds, but the one that worked for me was installing: Python extension for Visual Studio Code
It comes with much more than you need, but solves the issue without patchwork.
VS Code About: Version: 1.52.1 (system setup)
settings.json:
{
"window.zoomLevel": 0,
"workbench.editorAssociations": [
{
"viewType": "jupyter.notebook.ipynb",
"filenamePattern": "*.ipynb"
}
],
"git.ignoreMissingGitWarning": true,
"workbench.colorTheme": "Default Dark+",
"editor.suggestSelection": "first",
"vsintellicode.modify.editor.suggestSelection": "automaticallyOverrodeDefaultValue",
"python.languageServer": "Microsoft",
}
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I had the same problem, Python code was not highlighted as expected with MagicPython. I also had the extension "Familiar Java Themes" (v0.1.7) installed and was using the theme "Eclipse Light Theme" before. After I disabled this extension, Python highlighting was done properly.
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