Auto Switch Input Method stops working on WSL

[parker-chung]

Describe the bug

I'm working on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
The feature Auto Switch Input Method worked fine before but now it's broken.
It keeps throwing the error about being unable to find im-select.exe even when the path to it is correct.

1. The path to im-select.exe
   
2. Settings related to Auto Switch Input Method
   
3. Error messages I'm getting from the extension in Output panel
   

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open a new WSL window
2. Make sure to set up the settings related to Auto Switch Input Method
3. Toggle Output panel and look for logs from the extension Vim

Expected behavior
Successfully find the im-select.exe file and be able to switch the input method according to the related setting

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Extension (VsCodeVim) version: 1.25.2
• VSCode version: 1.76.2
• OS: WSL: Ubuntu-20.04

Additional context

[Yi-Qing]

I'm try to use the old version 1.25.1, also have this problem.

but when i use 1.24.3, it work's fine

[NikolaiKotikov]

Have the same issue too. I think that im-select.exe is not found because it's impossible to apply vim.autoSwitchInputMethod options when project is opened in WSL

[listenerri]

May be due to the commit: #8051

[listenerri]

I found a solution to this problem.
When using WSL remote development, switch the settings tab to "Remote" in the settings page and set several settings related to the vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.* to the same settings as under User (Windows) settings. That is to say, the im-select command line should use a Windows-style path for WSL remote configuration, because the vim ext is set to run locally only, so it does not recognize linux paths under WSL.

[parker-chung]

I found a solution to this problem. When using WSL remote development, switch the settings tab to "Remote" in the settings page and set several settings related to the vim.autoSwitchInputMethod.* to the same settings as under User (Windows) settings. That is to say, the im-select command line should use a Windows-style path for WSL remote configuration, because the vim ext is set to run locally only, so it does not recognize linux paths under WSL.

This solution solved the problem!
It finally works as it used to.
Thank you for the help.

[transtone]

#8675

fix version of autoSwitchInputMethod
https://github.com/transtone/Vim/releases