Charles Knell
After installing the "Latex Sympy Calculator" extension in vscode, the extension fails to work because the server won't start. The popup error is as follows:
```
Activating the server... Please retry for a moment.
```
I'm using python 3.12 and following all the instructions [here](https://github.com/OrangeX4/Latex-Sympy-Calculator/blob/main/README.md).
Top Answer
Charles Knell
I installed the Latex Sympy Calculator vscode extension from [here](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=OrangeX4.latex-sympy-calculator).
You can work around this problem by starting it manually. Run the following "latex_sympy_cal_start_server.py" code.
```
import subprocess
subprocess.run([ 'python',
r'C:\Users\charl\.vscode\extensions\orangex4.latex-sympy-calculator-1.6.0\server.py'
]) # ^
# |
# +--- use your own user name here
```
Once the server is running the calculator will work.
Note: Put the extension's examples in an .md file if you have not done so already. If you don't already have a preview window (the right hand window in the Latex Sympy Calculator extension's examples) click into the .md file and use "CTRL-k v" to open it.