Run python file in terminal should run unsaved file

[Thaina]

I have made a short unsaved script (around <20 line of code) and I wish I could just run and debug with python tools without saving it first. Is it possible?

[karrtikr]

You can use VS Code tasks to accomplish that, add the following to tasks.json:

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Run Python Script",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "${command:python.interpreterPath}",
            "args": ["-c", "${selectedText}"],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "presentation": {
                "echo": true,
                "reveal": "always",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared"
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        }
    ]
}

"Run task" command can be used to run the task, note you'll need to select all text before attempting to run the task.

[Thaina]

There is already a command to run selected line and I have used that

However I just think this feature is wieldy if it just support directly from the plugin, and also allowed to debug unsaved code too

[github-actions]

Thanks for the feature request! We are going to give the community 60 days from when this issue was created to provide 7 👍 upvotes on the opening comment to gauge general interest in this idea. If there's enough upvotes then we will consider this feature request in our future planning. If there's unfortunately not enough upvotes then we will close this issue.

[brettcannon]

Thank you for submitting your feature request and everyone who considered it! Unfortunately, this issue did not receive enough votes over the allotted time, and so we are closing the issue.