Feature: Global and Workspace Python Environment Search Paths

[eleanorjboyd]

📋 Description

Add new VS Code settings python-env.globalSearchPaths and python-env.workspaceSearchPaths to allow users to configure custom search paths for Python environments. These settings provide more flexible environment discovery at both global and workspace levels.

✅ Steps to Verify

1. get the pre-release for python envs ext and python ext

2. add this setting if you don't see the python icon in the sidebar "python.useEnvironmentsExtension: true`

3. try out the two new settings and verify they work
   Step 3 is generalized if you know how to do that with your own scenario go ahead but expanded a bit for others:

4. create a folder within the root of your workspace

5. create a venv within this folder

6. go to the python panel, confirm that this env does not get discovered (is not shown in the list)

7. edit settingpython-env.workspaceSearchPaths to include the path to the folder you made, try with a relative path

8. reload and confirm the folder is now found

9. repeat steps 4 and 5 but instead with settingpython-env.globalSearchPaths with absolute path

[eleanorjboyd]

closed by #863