Extension not working in a devcontainer

[eymeric-giraux]

Hi,

I have tested the extension on vs-code under Ubuntu (WSL2). I am a big fan.

But when using in a devcontainer (Ubuntu as well), even after carefully configuring the paths to CLI and config file, the highlighting is not working. I am also not getting notifications that anything is wrong.

I have tried both with Python install and snap (mounting the path to the container) and I have also checked in the terminal that the configured paths are correct.

Am I doing something wrong, or is it an expected issue?

[mogsdad]

To work in a devcontainer, you also need to install Vale itself there. There is a community-supported (albeit stale) devcontainer feature that does the heavy lifting for you. Just update your devcontainer.json with this:

  "features": {
    "ghcr.io/shinepukur/devcontainer-features/vale": "latest"
  },

Alternatively, you could download and install the latest Vale distro for the container's linux version in your Dockerfile (if you're using one) or in a post-create.

[eymeric-giraux]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, this is what I did without any success, and the same issue was confirmed by a colleague too. I have not tried the other solution you have suggested yet though, thanks.