Commands support in next gen Che

[slemeur]

Goals

Provides commands support for the next generation Che's IDE.

Description

Theia will be used for the foundation of the new IDE provided with the next gen Che. This new IDE does not support Che's commands. There is a concept of Tasks that is getting in place, but workspace commands that are core to Che's workspace will need to be integrated in the new IDE.

Tasks

• Define a plan and specification for commands support in Theia IDE.
• Variable Resolver Extension - Introduce the Variable Resolver Extension eclipse-theia/theia#1581
• Support Variables in Theia's tasks - Support variables in Tasks eclipse-theia/theia#1596
• Provide set of "built-in" variables for Theia's tasks - Add set of 'built-in' variables eclipse-theia/theia#1598
• Provide Tasks API in Theia - Proposal for Task API eclipse-theia/theia#1698
• Support Commands macro in Theia IDE - Support commands macro in Theia tasks  #8974
• Support target (define in command context: source code + container) for the command
• Ability to define preview URL Ability to define/see preview URL for Theia tasks #9273
• Ability to visualize preview URL Ability to define/see preview URL for Theia tasks #9273
• Make a command's target optional for Che tasks Make a command's target optional for Che tasks in Theia #10135
• Che task in Theia may have the multiple targets defined Che task in Theia may have the multiple targets defined #10136
• Show info about the running Che task in Theia's terminal widget Show info about the running Che task in Theia's terminal widget #10137
• Open a preview URL in an embedded panel in Theia Open a preview URL in an embedded panel in Theia #10738

[slemeur]

@vparfonov : Could you please link all the issues you created related to this epic (I found few, like #8974) . Thanks

[slemeur]

@vparfonov + @azatsarynnyy : Could you please use this epic to create subtasks and follow-up on the progress you are making on support commands in Theia?

[gorkem]

@slemeur I am closing this one everything else is followed up on their own tasks.