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Summary
IntelliSense with respect to script files (.ps1
) that have comment-based help - as opposed to functions - currently has the following problems:
* Their synopsis is _not_ shown, because their [comment-based help](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_Comment_Based_Help) is seemingly not consulted.
* The formatting of their syntax diagrams is broken: they individual diagrams aren't separated with empty lines and instead form one long string without line breaks, resulting in arbitrary line wrapping. Situationally - as in the repro below - no syntax diagrams are shown at all.
PowerShell Version
Name : Visual Studio Code Host
Version : 2024.0.0
InstanceId : 63cceb1e-397a-4b02-989f-55f2c40757c7
UI : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace
Visual Studio Code Version
1.85.2
8b3775030ed1a69b13e4f4c628c612102e30a681
arm64
Extension Version
ms-vscode.powershell@2024.0.0
Steps to Reproduce
- Create a sample script with comment-based help and multiple parameter sets.
@'
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Foo's description.
#>
param(
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='Foo')]
$Foo,
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='Bar')]
$Bar
)
'@ > Foo.ps1
-
Run
(Get-Help ./Foo.ps1).synopsis
and(Get-Help ./Foo.ps1).syntax
to verify that both the comment-based help -
In Visual Studio Code, in the same folder, type
./Foo
in order to show IntelliSense
As the screenshot shows, neither the description nor the syntax diagrams are shown.
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