make sure to instal pygments from pip2 for syntax highlighting
latex toolchain
"latex-workshop.latex.toolchain": [
{
"command": "latexmk",
"args": [
"-latexoption=-shell-escape",
"-synctex=1",
"-interaction=nonstopmode",
"-file-line-error",
"-pdf",
"%DOC%"
]
}
]