vscode-qt-tools over SSH and X Server for Windows

[mariuszmaximus]

Summary

On Windows I have installed xming ( X Server for Windows)
I start Visual Studio Code on Windows
over "Remote explorer" connect to remote linux over SSH

I try run "Edit in Qt Creator" on UI file but nothing happens

    "qttools.creator": "/usr/bin/qtcreator",
    "qttools.loglevel": "debug",
    "qttools.searchMode": "path",
    "qttools.useExternalBrowser": true

If i run in VSC console command "/usr/bin/qtcreator mainwindow.ui" I have correct qtcreator with my file on Windows

[mariuszmaximus]

I looked at the code
And debug extension ,

public async launchCreator(filenames: string[] = [])
Everything looks correct application and parameters
In my opinion problem is missing DISPLAY environment variable in extension context
probably the extension or call spawn(...) did not inherit all the variables

I proved it's a problem with ENV
My temporary solution

1. create /usr/bin/qtcreator_tmp.sh
2. write to file

export DISPLAY=...
/usr/bin/qtcreator "$@"

3. "qttools.creator": "/usr/bin/qtcreator_tmp.sh",
4. And life is beautiful

[tonka3000]

Hi @mariuszmaximus 👋,

Is the display env var available in the remote terminal? It is strange that it is missing in the extension context.

EDIT: please try this as well.

You can also set remote env vars via 2 options . Would be very interesting to know if that set the env var in your remote environment. Any chance to test the 2 options on your side?

[mariuszmaximus]

Is the display env var available in the remote terminal? It is strange that it is missing in the extension context.

Maybe it's a similar problem Why Are Environment Variables Different If I Use SSH?

ssh user@host
set

vs

ssh user@host set

this will return different results :)

I look at process tree on my linux with connected visual studio code from Windows
console in code is in different branch vs extensions

[mariuszmaximus]

Proposed solution for consideration
run: "source /etc/profile; qtcreator .... files" ??