More gracefully handle the fact that Black does not support "Format Selection"

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.23.1
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2018.5.0
• OS and version: Windows 10 x64
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): python 3.6.3 x64
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | …): n/a
• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: black 18.6b1

Actual behavior

Every single time a paste a piece of code, I get the error message: “Black does not support the “Format Selection” command”

Expected behavior

No error message pop-ups.

    "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "editor.formatOnType": true,
    "editor.tabSize": 3,
    "python.formatting.autopep8Args": [
        "--indent_size=3"
    ],
    //"python.formatting.blackArgs": [
    //    "--indent_size=3"
    //],
    "python.formatting.provider": "black",
    "python.linting.pep8Enabled": false,
    "python.linting.pep8Args": [
        "--ignore=E111,E114,E121,E126,E127,E128,E265,E231,E303,E501,W291,W293,W503",
        "--max-line-length=89"
    ],
    //"python.linting.pylintArgs" If you don't use the pylintrc config file:
    //"python.linting.pylintArgs": ["--disable=C0303,W0311,E1101"],
    "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
    "python.linting.pydocstyleEnabled": false,

[brettcannon]

I should also mention that to turn off any feature in VS Code just for Python, you can do:

"[python]": {
    "editor.formatOnPaste": false
}

[egabrum]

@brettcannon Thanks for your answer but, please note that my original issue was not what this ticket has become now. I can see why Black does not want to do partial formatting. It would be nice if it allowed the option, but I can live with it.

My issue is with the Python Extension popping up an error window every single time I do a paste.

Also, the issue ticket is currently closed, so the re-orientation won’t lead to anything. Maybe either one of us should open a new ticket to address our respective problem.