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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT License.
import
vscode
=
require
(
"vscode"
)
;
import
{
RequestType
}
from
"vscode-languageclient"
;
import
type
{
LanguageClient
}
from
"vscode-languageclient/node"
;
import
{
LanguageClientConsumer
}
from
"../languageClientConsumer"
;
export
interface
IShowHelpArguments
{
text
:
string
;
}
export
interface
IShowHelpResult
{
helpText
:
string
;
}
export
const
ShowHelpRequestType
=
new
RequestType
<
IShowHelpArguments
,
IShowHelpResult
,
void
>
(
"powerShell/showHelp"
)
;
// Serves Get-Help output as read-only virtual documents (scheme "powershell-help"),
// so help opens in an editor pane that is searchable and copyable but never marked
// dirty (no save/discard prompt). The command name is carried in the URI path.
class
ShowHelpContentProvider
implements
vscode
.
TextDocumentContentProvider
{
private
readonly
onDidChangeEmitter
=
new
vscode
.
EventEmitter
<
vscode
.
Uri
>
(
)
;
public
readonly
onDidChange
=
this
.
onDidChangeEmitter
.
event
;
public
refresh
(
uri
:
vscode
.
Uri
)
:
void
{
this
.
onDidChangeEmitter
.
fire
(
uri
)
;
}
public
async
provideTextDocumentContent
(
uri
:
vscode
.
Uri
)
:
Promise
<
string
>
{
const
commandName
=
uri
.
path
;
const
client
=
await
LanguageClientConsumer
.
getLanguageClient
(
)
;
const
result
=
await
client
.
sendRequest
(
ShowHelpRequestType
,
{
text
:
commandName
,
}
)
;
return
result
.
helpText
||
`No help found for '
${
commandName
}
'.`
;
}
public
dispose
(
)
:
void
{
this
.
onDidChangeEmitter
.
dispose
(
)
;
}
}
export
class
ShowHelpFeature
extends
LanguageClientConsumer
{
public
static
readonly
scheme
=
"powershell-help"
;
private
command
:
vscode
.
Disposable
;
private
contentProvider
:
ShowHelpContentProvider
;
private
providerRegistration
:
vscode
.
Disposable
;
constructor
(
)
{
super
(
)
;
this
.
contentProvider
=
new
ShowHelpContentProvider
(
)
;
this
.
providerRegistration
=
vscode
.
workspace
.
registerTextDocumentContentProvider
(
ShowHelpFeature
.
scheme
,
this
.
contentProvider
,
)
;
this
.
command
=
vscode
.
commands
.
registerCommand
(
"PowerShell.ShowHelp"
,
async
(
item
?
)
=>
{
const
text
=
ShowHelpFeature
.
resolveCommandName
(
item
)
;
if
(
text
===
undefined
)
{
return
;
}
await
this
.
showHelp
(
text
)
;
}
,
)
;
}
// Determines the command to show help for: an explicit item, the current
// selection, or the word under the cursor. Returns undefined (and surfaces a
// hint) when there's nothing to look up, rather than falling back to the
// entire document.
private
static
resolveCommandName
(
item
?:
{
Name
?:
string
;
}
)
:
string
|
undefined
{
if
(
item
?.
Name
)
{
return
item
.
Name
;
}
const
editor
=
vscode
.
window
.
activeTextEditor
;
if
(
editor
===
undefined
)
{
return
undefined
;
}
const
document
=
editor
.
document
;
const
selection
=
editor
.
selection
;
if
(
!
selection
.
isEmpty
)
{
return
document
.
getText
(
selection
)
;
}
const
wordRange
=
document
.
getWordRangeAtPosition
(
selection
.
active
)
;
if
(
wordRange
===
undefined
)
{
void
vscode
.
window
.
showInformationMessage
(
"Place the cursor on a PowerShell command to show its help."
,
)
;
return
undefined
;
}
return
document
.
getText
(
wordRange
)
;
}
private
async
showHelp
(
commandName
:
string
)
:
Promise
<
void
>
{
const
uri
=
vscode
.
Uri
.
from
(
{
scheme
:
ShowHelpFeature
.
scheme
,
path
:
commandName
,
}
)
;
// Re-fetch in case the help changed since this document was last opened.
this
.
contentProvider
.
refresh
(
uri
)
;
// If this command's help is already open, reuse that editor's column so
// repeated clicks focus the existing pane instead of stacking duplicates.
const
existingColumn
=
vscode
.
window
.
tabGroups
.
all
.
flatMap
(
(
group
)
=>
group
.
tabs
)
.
find
(
(
tab
)
=>
tab
.
input
instanceof
vscode
.
TabInputText
&&
tab
.
input
.
uri
.
toString
(
)
===
uri
.
toString
(
)
,
)
?.
group
.
viewColumn
;
const
document
=
await
vscode
.
workspace
.
openTextDocument
(
uri
)
;
await
vscode
.
window
.
showTextDocument
(
document
,
{
preview
:
true
,
viewColumn
:
existingColumn
??
vscode
.
ViewColumn
.
Beside
,
}
)
;
}
public
override
onLanguageClientSet
(
_languageClient
:
LanguageClient
,
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
)
:
void
{
}
public
dispose
(
)
:
void
{
this
.
command
.
dispose
(
)
;
this
.
providerRegistration
.
dispose
(
)
;
this
.
contentProvider
.
dispose
(
)
;
}
}
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