API to tell if a Terminal is a Task Terminal

[karthiknadig]

Type: Bug

Currently there is no way for extensions to detect the active terminal is a task. This is needed to determine if send text would work or not.

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[karthiknadig]

Another use case is figuring out the context for buttons:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python-environments/issues/27

[meganrogge]

We already have this internally on the slc , we'd just need to expose it cc @Tyriar

vscode/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalInstance.ts

Lines 292 to 293 in 2c786db

	const type = this.shellLaunchConfig.attachPersistentProcess?.type || this.shellLaunchConfig.type;
	switch (type) {