Add revealActivateCommandOutput

* autoreveal activate command output channel.
* and some bugfixes in config booleans (evergreen problem).

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ This project adhere's to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.ht
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+- autoreveal activate command output channel.
+- and some bugfixes in config booleans (evergreen problem).
+
 ## [3.1.0]
 
 - Add `onSaveCommand` to `LanguageConfig`. Can now configure a command to run on saved files.

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Most of the properties are optional, so you can make use of only the features th
 
 ```json
 {
-  "alloglot.activateCommand": "ghcid",
+  "alloglot.activateCommand": "ghcid --command=\"cabal repl --ghc-options=-ddump-json\" --output=\"ghc-out.json\"",
+  "alloglot.revealActivateCommandOutput": true,
   "alloglot.deactivateCommand": "pgrep ghc | xargs kill",
   "alloglot.languages": [
     {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ Most of the properties are optional, so you can make use of only the features th
       "languageId": "haskell",
       "serverCommand": "static-ls",
       "formatCommand": "fourmolu --mode stdout --stdin-input-file ${file}",
+      "onSaveCommand": ".bin/hlint --json --no-exit-code ${file} > hlint-out.json",
       "apiSearchUrl": "https://hoogle.haskell.org/?hoogle=${query}",
       "tags": [
         {
@@ -169,6 +171,11 @@ export type TConfig = {
    */
   activateCommand?: string
 
+  /**
+   * If `true`, Alloglot will automatically reveal the activation command's output channel.
+   */
+  revealActivateCommandOutput?: boolean
+
   /**
    * A shell command to run on deactivation.
    */
@@ -330,7 +337,7 @@ export type AnnotationsConfig = {
 }
 
 /**
- * Intermediate representation of compiler-generated JSON output and VS Code diagnostics.
+ * Intermediate representation between compiler JSON output and VS Code diagnostics.
  */
 export type Annotation = {
   source: string
@@ -346,7 +353,7 @@ export type Annotation = {
 }
 
 /**
- * Mapping between arbitrary JSON object and properties of `Annotation`.
+ * Mapping between arbitrary JSON objects and properties of `Annotation`.
  * Each property is an array of strings that will be used as a path into the JSON object.
  */
 export type AnnotationsMapping = {

package.json

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
           "description": "A shell command to run on activation. The command will run asynchronously. It will be killed (if it's still running) on deactivation.",
           "default": null
         },
+        "alloglot.revealActivateCommandOutput": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If `true`, Alloglot will automatically reveal the activation command's output channel.",
+          "default": null
+        },
         "alloglot.deactivateCommand": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "A shell command to run on deactivation.",

src/config.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ export type TConfig = {
    */
   activateCommand?: string
 
+  /**
+   * If `true`, Alloglot will automatically reveal the activation command's output channel.
+   */
+  revealActivateCommandOutput?: boolean
+
   /**
    * A shell command to run on deactivation.
    */
@@ -240,14 +245,15 @@ export namespace Config {
       output.appendLine(alloglot.ui.readingWorkspaceSettings)
       const workspaceSettings = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(alloglot.config.root)
       const activateCommand = workspaceSettings.get<string>(alloglot.config.activateCommand)
+      const revealActivateCommandOutput = workspaceSettings.get<boolean>(alloglot.config.revealActivateCommandOutput)
       const deactivateCommand = workspaceSettings.get<string>(alloglot.config.deactivateCommand)
       const languages = workspaceSettings.get<Array<LanguageConfig>>(alloglot.config.languages)
       const verboseOutput = workspaceSettings.get<boolean>(alloglot.config.verboseOutput)
       const mergeConfigs = workspaceSettings.get<boolean>(alloglot.config.mergeConfigs)
       const grepPath = workspaceSettings.get<string>(alloglot.config.grepPath)
-      const settingsExist = !!activateCommand || !!languages || !!deactivateCommand || !!verboseOutput || !!mergeConfigs || !!grepPath
+      const settingsExist = !!activateCommand || !!revealActivateCommandOutput || !!languages || !!deactivateCommand || !!verboseOutput || !!mergeConfigs || !!grepPath
       output.appendLine(alloglot.ui.workspaceConfigExists(settingsExist))
-      if (settingsExist) return { activateCommand, deactivateCommand, languages, verboseOutput, mergeConfigs, grepPath }
+      if (settingsExist) return { activateCommand, revealActivateCommandOutput, deactivateCommand, languages, verboseOutput, mergeConfigs, grepPath }
       return undefined
     } catch (err) {
       output.appendLine(alloglot.ui.couldNotReadWorkspace(err))
@@ -302,8 +308,9 @@ export namespace Config {
       activateCommand: mask.activateCommand || base.activateCommand,
       deactivateCommand: mask.deactivateCommand || base.deactivateCommand,
       languages: arrayMerge(mask.languages || [], base.languages || [], lang => lang.languageId, languageMerge),
-      verboseOutput: mask.verboseOutput || base.verboseOutput,
-      mergeConfigs: mask.mergeConfigs || base.mergeConfigs
+      revealActivateCommandOutput: typeof mask.revealActivateCommandOutput === 'boolean' ? mask.revealActivateCommandOutput : base.revealActivateCommandOutput,
+      verboseOutput: typeof mask.verboseOutput === 'boolean' ? mask.verboseOutput : base.verboseOutput,
+      mergeConfigs: typeof mask.mergeConfigs === 'boolean' ? mask.mergeConfigs : base.mergeConfigs
     }
   }
 
@@ -451,6 +458,7 @@ export namespace alloglot {
     export const grepPath = 'grepPath' as const
     export const languages = 'languages' as const
     export const activateCommand = 'activateCommand' as const
+    export const revealActivateCommandOutput = 'revealActivateCommandOutput' as const
     export const onSaveCommand = 'onSaveCommand' as const
     export const deactivateCommand = 'deactivateCommand' as const
     export const verboseOutput = 'verboseOutput' as const

src/extension.ts

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
     vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(ev => ev.affectsConfiguration(alloglot.config.root) && restart(output, context)),
 
     // Start the activation component if it's configured.
-    makeActivationCommand(output.local(alloglot.components.activateCommand), config.activateCommand),
+    makeActivationCommand(output.local(alloglot.components.activateCommand), config.activateCommand, config.revealActivateCommandOutput),
 
     // Start the API search component because VSCode can't dynamically create commands.
     makeApiSearch(output.local(alloglot.components.apiSearch), config),
@@ -92,10 +92,11 @@ function restart(output: vscode.OutputChannel, context: vscode.ExtensionContext)
   })
 }
 
-function makeActivationCommand(parentOutput: IHierarchicalOutputChannel, command: string | undefined): vscode.Disposable {
+function makeActivationCommand(parentOutput: IHierarchicalOutputChannel, command: string | undefined, reveal: boolean | undefined): vscode.Disposable {
   if (!command) return vscode.Disposable.from()
   const basedir = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders?.[0].uri
   const output = parentOutput.split()
+  reveal && output.show(true)
 
   const proc = AsyncProcess.make({ output, command, basedir }, () => {
     parentOutput.appendLine(alloglot.ui.activateCommandDone(command))