I switch between CPython and PyPy every so often, and while the former is always present in Python: Select Interpreter..., the latter never sticks and I have to input the path manually. I'd like to save it as a permanent option globally.

VSCode's documentation says:

The extension automatically looks for interpreters in the following locations, in no particular order:

• Standard install paths such as /usr/local/bin, /usr/sbin, /sbin, c:\\python36, etc.
• Virtual environments located [...]
• Interpreters created by pyenv, Pipenv, and Poetry.
• Virtual environments located [...]
• Conda environments [...]
• Interpreters installed in a .direnv folder for direnv under the workspace folder.

I'm not sure what would constitute a "standard install path" for PyPy (though apparently Inkscape's Python is included?!). I've tried creating a virtual environment under python.venvPath with --system-site-packages, but it doesn't seem to be detected, even when others are.

I switch between CPython and PyPy every so often, and while the former is always present in Python: Select Interpreter..., the latter never sticks and I have to input the path manually. I'd like to save it as a permanent option globally.

VSCode's documentation says:

The extension automatically looks for interpreters in the following locations, in no particular order:

• Standard install paths such as /usr/local/bin, /usr/sbin, /sbin, c:\\python36, etc.
• Virtual environments located [...]
• Interpreters created by pyenv, Pipenv, and Poetry.
• Virtual environments located [...]
• Conda environments [...]
• Interpreters installed in a .direnv folder for direnv under the workspace folder.

I'm not sure what would constitute a "standard install path" for PyPy (though apparently Inkscape's Python is included?!). I've tried creating a virtual environment under python.venvPath with --system-site-packages, but it doesn't seem to be detected, even when others are.

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Use settings.json:

"python.defaultInterpreterPath"