Setting up flake8 in Spyder IDE

[ryan-david-murphy]

I'm attempting to set up flake8-based linting in Spyder (5.5.5) using the Python Language Server (pylsp). Here's what I've done so far:

1. Installed flake8 via pip: pip install flake8
2. In Spyder, navigated to Tools > Preferences > Completion and linting
3. Enabled code style linting in the settings
4. Confirmed that pylsp command works in my terminal, indicating Python Language Server is installed
5. Enabled advanced settings

However, I'm facing challenges:

• I can't find options to select flake8 as the linter in Spyder's current interface
• I'm unsure how to configure pylsp to use flake8 within Spyder

I'm seeking a comprehensive, up-to-date guide on configuring and using flake8 with pylsp in Spyder. Specifically:

• How to integrate pylsp with Spyder for linting
• How to ensure flake8 is used by pylsp within Spyder
• Where to modify flake8 settings in Spyder's interface

Any step-by-step instructions or current resources would be immensely helpful. Thank you in advance for any guidance!

[ccordoba12]

Hey @ryan-david-murphy, thanks for opening this discussion. At the moment Spyder only supports Pyflakes for linting and there's no way to change that.

However, our plan is to add support for both flake8 and ruff in Spyder 6.1, to be released in six months or so. Sorry for the inconvenience, but Spyder 6.0 is almost done so we can't include this change in that version.