Change "python.workspaceSymbols.enabled" to default to false

[gwk]

Issue Type: Bug

Note: originally filed as microsoft/vscode#86766 and sent here.

I have a testing framework that creates symlinks in subdirectories of the _build directory. Recently, VSCode Insiders has started spontaneously opening the "OUTPUT" tab of the console tray, and spewing tons of warnings from "ctag". Here are the first few lines:

> conda --version
> pyenv root
> python3.7 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> python3.6 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> python2 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> python -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> conda info --json
> conda info --json
> conda info --json
> conda info --json
> conda --version
> conda --version
> conda --version
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
Starting Jedi Python language engine.
----------Generating Tags----------
ctags --options=/Users/gwk/.vscode-insiders/extensions/ms-python.python-2019.12.53195-dev/resources/ctagOptions --languages=Python --exclude=**/site-packages/** -o /Users/gwk/work/muck/.vscode/tags .
> ctags --options=/Users/gwk/.vscode-insiders/extensions/ms-python.python-2019.12.53195-dev/resources/ctagOptions --languages=Python --exclude=**/site-packages/** -o ~/work/muck/.vscode/tags .
cwd: ~/work/muck
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
> /usr/local/gloss/bin/python3 -c "import sys;print(sys.executable)"
ctags: Warning: cannot open source file "pithy/_build/test/svg/svg.py" : No such file or directory
...

Followed by many more warnings.

Additionally, I now see a .vscode/tags file getting generated in all of my projects, which I need to exclude in gitignore.

I am guessing this is a new feature being rolled out, and this is what I get for using Insiders. But, some honest feedback:

• The spontaneous switch to focus on the output pane is very disruptive.
• The new tags file is annoying (must be gitignored).
• When I search for text in my project, I now get search results from the generated "tags" file, which seems like something that nobody would ever want.
• Adding my _build directory to "files.exclude" setting does not fix the ctags warnings.
• It looks like the call to ctags takes an --exclude flag; it should probably at least respect files.exclude setting.

I have managed to work around the problem by the setting python.workspaceSymbols.enabled: false. I still think it represents a serious usability issue however. VSCode was essentially unusable until I switched that off, because the output pane was randomly stealing focus from the text editor every few minutes. Additionally, the presence of the large tags file inside the project directory seems like a bad design.

Thank you, -George

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.41.0-insider (87c2e0b, 2019-12-06T21:34:49.305Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 19.2.0

System Info

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Memory (System)	16.00GB (2.31GB free)
Process Argv	.
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (24)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
npm-intellisense	chr	1.3.0
crafts	gwk	1.0.0
vscode-eslint	dba	1.9.1
vscode-dash	dee	2.3.0
gitlens	eam	10.2.0
vscode-npm-script	eg2	0.3.9
macros	ged	1.2.1
gloss	gwk	1.0.0
vscode-settings-cycler	hoo	1.0.1
vsc-python-indent	Kev	1.8.1
legs	gwk	1.0.0
vscode-docker	ms-	0.9.0
python	ms-	2019.12.53195-dev
cpptools	ms-	0.26.2
debugger-for-chrome	msj	4.12.3
erlang	pgo	0.5.2
ploy	gwk	1.0.0
vscode-yaml	red	0.6.1
vscode-hexdump	sle	1.7.2
cython	tcw	0.1.0
pdf	tom	0.5.1
vscode-lldb	vad	1.4.3
change-case	wma	1.0.0
writeup	gwk	1.0.0

[brettcannon]

George King (@gwk) thanks for letting us know! We just fixed an issue with building symbols and it was overlooked that the setting to build symbols was on by default. We will be changing the default to be off shortly.