autoFixOnSave not working when standard is installed globally

[ocroz]

With: standard.vscode-standard@v2.0.1
On Windows 10 and remote Container in WSL2 with node@v16.13.1 and npm@8.1.2.

I can run standard --fix however I install standard locally or globally.

Now, if I configure "standard.autoFixOnSave": true in my settings.json, it works only if standard is installed locally using;
npm install --save-dev --no-optional standard.

autoFixOnSave should work if standard is installed globally too, using:
npm install --global --no-optional standard.

Then, no need to install standard to all my javascript projects.

I don't know this code, and I'm not confident enough to to submit a pull request to fix this bug. Can anyone help?

[theoludwig]

Hello! 👋 @ocroz
Thanks for your report!

I don't have the time to investigate this bug.

Then, no need to install standard to all my javascript projects.

You really should, so others working on your project can have the same linting rules.
We might in a future major version (e.g v3.0.0) drop support for "standard.enable" and "standard.enableGlobally" options, but we can discuss that in another issue.
The thing is that you should in most case never use this extension using the globally installed version of standard, and to avoid bugs like this, we might just remove this feature to ease maintenance and keep straightforward usage following best practices.

[0xCA]

Hello! 👋 @ocroz Thanks for your report!

I don't have the time to investigate this bug.

Then, no need to install standard to all my javascript projects.

You really should, so others working on your project can have the same linting rules. We might in a future major version (e.g v3.0.0) drop support for "standard.enable" and "standard.enableGlobally" options, but we can discuss that in another issue. The thing is that you should in most case never use this extension using the globally installed version of standard, and to avoid bugs like this, we might just remove this feature to ease maintenance and keep straightforward usage following best practices.

Hello
That's really not a solution. Having to install standard for every little project is a major headache. Especially if I need to write just one file of js, user.js for example.
In my case it's frequently stuck at some half-written variable name or extra spaces, even after it's fully written and fully valid. It displays an error there and refuses to fix it on save until I hover my mouse on it. I need to do so like every 2 minutes, which is basically unusable at this point. (desribed at #78)

I installed it locally, same issues. It doesn't fix anything.

Windows 10, vscode, node, npm, standard, all latest stable.

[holopekochan]

I tested my installation with npm install standard --global
It works for me. I installed it on both on my macOS and Windows.
node js version 16.16.0
npm version 8.11.0
Standard Engine version 17.0.0
StandardJS plugin version 2.1.0

Settings:

"standard.enable": true,
"standard.enableGlobally": true,
"standard.autoFixOnSave": true,
"standard.usePackageJson": false

Also, I agree that it should install with --save-dev instead of --global.