FAQ¶
Q: How does this make Python Tools for Visual Studio projects`?
The vsgenptvs Python package is a plugin to another package, vsgen, and contains the metadata and code to generate Python Tools for Visual Studio projects.
The vsgenptvs
Python packages labels all of its information with a ptvs
reference tag and makes this tag dicoverable to vsgen
. When vsgen
and vsgenptvs
are installed into the same Python environment, vsgen
has can discover all of the ptvs
information and build the projects (another other items) accordingly.
Q: Do I need to install vsgen separately?
Not if you’re using pip. Pip will install everything for you. If you’re doing something else, then yes, maybe.