Proposal: create/show output channels with message push capabilities

[marwan-at-work]

VSCode extensions have the ability to create a "window" in the "OUTPUT" tab. An extension can then pipe logs into that window and be able to open/show it to the user without the user having to navigate to that output themselves.

Here's a screenshot of what I am referring to:

This is done through vscode.window.createOutputChannel('channel name') and you can then call show, clear and appendLine to the instantiated channel.

It is common to ask your editor to perform a task for you and that task will output logs that you might want to see. The newly added $/progress does a good job of showing these logs, but it can only show one message at a time.

Therefore, I propose that the LSP should have the following:

1. A way for the server to tell the client to create N windows with IDs/names. Probably in the initialize request through a "WindowProvider"
2. A way for the server to stream to any windows at any time
3. A way for the server to tell the client to open a specific window

Thanks

[dbaeumer]

The feature has not gain any traction in the community. I therefore close the issue. Still a big Thank You to you for taking the time to create this issue! To learn more about how we handle feature requests, please see our documentation.

Happy Coding!