Writing a JSON Fragment using the Microsoft Store Python does not work as Python can't write to AppData

[phil-blain]

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Hi,

in trying to create a Windows Terminal JSON Fragment (using a Python script to create SSH profiles: https://gist.github.com/phil-blain/2e5a294b79ec26a1729aedab010a9369), I found out that the Microsoft Store version of Python can't be used for this purpose, as it can't write to a path under $env:localappdata (cf python/cpython#122057).

Since Python is used in the examples in the doc page about JSON Fragment Extensions (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/json-fragment-extensions), I think it might be nice to add a warning about this limitation of the Store Python.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/json-fragment-extensions

Content source URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/terminal/blob/main/TerminalDocs/json-fragment-extensions.md

Author

@mattwojo

Document Id

341f8755-2701-601f-5b91-98527354b3e8

Platform Id

79ad6d4e-3ee6-26b1-f415-7d251b7927f9