Support VS Code 'Set Log Level'

[juvtib]

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Summary

VS Code version 1.76 has a "Developer: Set Log Level..." command. I tried using the command while I had a PowerShell project loaded. But I did not see an explicit option for the PowerShell extension. I'm not sure if the extension outputs to a generic log or if the PowerShell extension should be represented on this list.

'Set Log Level' seems like a useful command. Please take a look at it and see if the PowerShell extension can support this VS Code command.

References

• Set Log Level | Visual Studio Code February 2023
• Logs | Troubleshooting Guide

Proposed Design

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[JustinGrote]

Thanks for the Issue Submit!

So this is a fairly new API that logging has to be explicitly written for:
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_73#_log-output-channel

The PowerShell extension has its own logger implementation and would need to be updated for this new API.
https://vscode.dev/github/powershell/vscode-powershell/blob/019a9f8cf8509eaffff994af82b804b39e19d883/src/logging.ts#L49

And then wired up so that writeAtLevel and writeLine and related code paths submit properly to the output channel api, then the existing log level setting would need to be retired.

[juvtib]

Thanks for taking a look at it.

For reference, here is that logging line without Visual Studio Code for the Web.

vscode-powershell/src/logging.ts

Line 49 in 019a9f8

this.logChannel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel("PowerShell Extension Logs");

[JustinGrote]

Working on this in #5065 but there's some upstream vscode bugs I need addressed.