fixed linting of pylint

Author: DonJayamanne

README.md

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Works on both Windows and Mac.
 
 ## Change Log
 
+### Version 0.1.2
+* Fixed autoformatting of code (falling over when using yapf8)
+
 ### Version 0.1.1
 * Added support for linting using flake8
 * Added support for unit testing using unittest and nosetest

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "python",
     "displayName": "Python",
     "description": "Linting, Debugging, Intellisense, auto-completion, code formatting, snippets, and more.",
-    "version": "0.1.1",
+    "version": "0.1.2",
     "publisher": "donjayamanne",
     "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE or README.MD",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode/blob/master/README.md",
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@
                 },
                 "python.formatting.yapfPath": {
                     "type": "string",
-                    "default": "",
+                    "default": "yapf",
                     "description": "Path to yapf, you can use a custom version of yapf by modifying this setting to include the full path."
-                },
+                }, 
                 "python.autoComplete.extraPaths": {
                     "type": "array",
                     "default": [],

src/client/common/configSettings.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class PythonSettings implements IPythonSettings {
             this.linting = lintingSettings;
         }
 
-        var formattingSettings = pythonSettings.get<IFormattingSettings>("linting");
+        var formattingSettings = pythonSettings.get<IFormattingSettings>("formatting");
         if (this.formatting) {
             Object.assign<IFormattingSettings, IFormattingSettings>(this.formatting, formattingSettings);
         }

src/client/linters/baseLinter.ts

@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ export abstract class BaseLinter {
 
         return new Promise<ILintMessage[]>((resolve, reject) => {
             var fileDir = path.dirname(filePath);
-            sendCommand(commandLine, fileDir).then(data => {
+            sendCommand(commandLine, fileDir, true).then(data => {
+                outputChannel.clear();
+                outputChannel.append(data); 
                 var outputLines = data.split(/\r?\n/g);
                 var diagnostics: ILintMessage[] = [];
                 outputLines.filter((value, index) => index <= this.pythonSettings.linting.maxNumberOfProblems).forEach(line=> {