title: VS Code > Preferences > User Settings > Extensions > Python > Linting > Flake8 Args Added Item stopped working
body: <p>Please don't treat this as an "asked and answered" question. I sincerely have been clobbering to try to figure out why this has stopped working, if it's a VS Code problem, or a Flake8 one, or if I'm just crazy and should find another way around this.</p>
  
  <p>Looking for a way to stop the Flake8 linter's "file is too long" and "not used" warnings, I found a solution listed as one of the hottest on StackFlow. I copied and pasted it exactly and it worked! Great, but while following Django Project tutorial on this code in admin.py file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>from django.contrib import admin
  from .models import Choice, Question
  
  
  class ChoiceInline(admin.StackedInline):
      model = Choice
      extra = 3
  
  
  class QuestionAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
      fieldsets = [
          (None,               {'fields': ['question_text']}),
          ('Date information', {'fields': ['pub_date'], 'classes': ['collapse']}),
      ]
      inlines = [ChoiceInline]
  
  
  admin.site.register(Question, QuestionAdmin)
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>suddenly, (the setting had been working fine for days), I got this Problem warning:
  line too long(80 > 79 characters) flake8(E501) (13,80)</p>
  
  <p>I know I may be too picky on this but it is really annoying. I've also read that I can break the line up using a backslash without breaking the continuity of the code, but I also tried that and got a message saying that the backslash is redundant within brackets.</p>
  
  <p>I went back to the settings and checked that they're still exactly as the Args suggested that had in fact worked. I removed the changes. I closed and re-started VS Code, went back and reinserted the
  settings again. Still getting the same error and I don't know from where Flake8 is getting and reproducing the error message with the 80 being greater than 79 information.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have an idea of why the settings just suddenly stopped working and flake8 reverted back to ignoring the arguments it was directed to ignore in the settings?</p>
  
  <p>This was the hot solution that stopped working for me:
  VS Code, Preferences, User Settings, Extensions, Python, Linting, Flake8 Args</p>
  
  <pre><code>"python.linting.flake8Args": [
      "--max-line-length=120",
      "--ignore=E402,F841,F401,E302,E305",
  ],
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I even tried extending the line length to 180 and adding E501 to the ignore list. Nothing works.</p>