Add support for Xonsh Shell

[meatballs]

Add support for the Python based shell, Xonsh (https://xon.sh/)

[meatballs]

This seems to have the 'needs PR' label but I've created #3488 for this issue. Is there something else I need to do?

[brettcannon]

We are going through old issues and we noticed that no one from the team had replied to this issue. I want to apologize for the oversight and to let you know that the issue was reviewed by the team and triaged (as shown by the labels applied to this issue).

[anki-code]

Thanks! We're really waiting the xonsh support.

[curtisma]

I notice #3488 was closed due to inactivity, any plans to still include support for a Xonsh shell integrated into VS code?
It looks like it was really close and would be a wonderful addition.

@DonJayamanne @scopatz

[anki-code]

Hi @curtisma! Try this - https://github.com/jnoortheen/vscode-xonsh - Adds xonsh language support for VSCode Editor.

[brettcannon]

There are currently no plans and due to the number of upvotes it is unfortunately not a top priority for us.

[curtisma]

There are currently no plans and due to the number of upvotes it is unfortunately not a top priority for us.

Ok, makes sense.

[jd-solanki]

For me when my default shell is xonsh and I want to activate the virtual env when I open terminal from vscode it doesn't automatically activate the virtual env like it was doing for bash.

Is there any workaround for now?

[brettcannon]

@jd-solanki none that I'm aware of. How does xonsh activate a virtual environment mormally?

[jd-solanki]

Hi, Below is a screen recording of when I use bash & in vscode the python extension is enabled and I have the default interpreter configured:

Screencast.from.23-05-22.10_19_33.AM.IST.mp4

(It automatically activates the virtual env when I open the terminal)

Whereas when I use xonsh with the same vscode env:

Screencast.from.23-05-22.12_00_07.PM.IST.mp4

No interpreter is selected 😢

[brettcannon]

After talking this over w/ the team, we are unfortunately closing this issue due to limited resourcing compared to the interest in this feature (about 4 👍/year).