clang-format extension does not work

[Digitalone1]

I installed clang-format extension to format C++ files. It basically should call the clang-format executable in /usr/bin/clang-format, but it does not work inside Flatpak VSCodium.

It should be something related to the sandbox, but I can't get a workaround. I'd like to use the Flatpak version, but maybe the only fix is to return back to the normal one?

[noonsleeper]

@Digitalone1 /usr/bin directory is protected by flatpak, you can do a workaround by creating a wrapper for clang-format binary on your host like

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# uncomment this line if you prefered flatpak-spawn instead of host-spawn
# flatpak-spawn --host "/HOST/PATH/TO/clang-format" "${@}"
host-spawn "/HOST/PATH/TO/clang-format" "${@}"

exit 0

Put these on your home for example ~/.local/bin/clang-format (make sure that the wrapper is executable with a chmod +x), I have in my zshrc/bashrc a modifed PATH variable like this:

### User specific environment
if ! [[ "${PATH}" =~ ${HOME}/.local/bin: ]]
then
    PATH="${HOME}/.local/bin:${PATH}"
fi
export PATH

And add the wrapper whenever the plugin ask for clang-format binary.

It is not the best, but does the trick.

The better will be that someone add support for clang on an extension like org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.clang-stable.