inheritEnv false is needed for conda environments but true is needed for vscode-R

[JulioV]

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.56.2
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): v2021.5.842923320
• OS and version: 11.3.1 (20E241)
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.79
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | ...): conda 4.8.4
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: pylance

Apologies if this should be posted in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode or somewhere else. I do not fully understand the role of "terminal.integrated.inheritEnv"

The problem is that inheritEnv has to be False for me to be able to activate conda from the terminal (#5764). However, the vscode-R extension needs inheritEnv set to True so it can work with https://github.com/randy3k/radian (see REditorSupport/vscode-R#273).

The reason I am reporting this as a bug is that inheritEnv can be set to True and I can get my conda environment to work by running conda deactivate twice and then activating my conda environment. Maybe this points to a fix for this problem without disabling inheritEnv?

As expected from #5764, when inheritEnv is True and I try to activate my conda environment from the terminal the environment seems to be active (it appears at the start of my terminal prompt) but it is actually pointing to my machine's default Python binary (2.7 in Mac OS) instead of the Python binary in the environment.

[karrtikr]

Can you try this?

1. Anaconda prompt and cd to your workspace.
2. Activate the environment using conda activate
3. Start VS Code using code .

related #10626

[karrtikr]

I think that should work, after which you can remove the inheritEnv: false setting. If it doesn't let us know and we'll reopen the issue.