added $output variable for 'quick execution'

Author: mkloubert

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 # Change Log (vs-script-commands)
 
-# 4.2.0 (April 29th, 2017; quick JavaScript execution)
+# 4.3.0 (May 1st, 2017; quick JavaScript execution - $output)
+
+* added `$output` variable for [Quick execution](https://github.com/mkloubert/vs-script-commands#quick-execution-) command
+
+# 4.2.0 (April 29th, 2017; quick JavaScript execution - $global)
 
 * added `$globals` variable for [Quick execution](https://github.com/mkloubert/vs-script-commands#quick-execution-) command
 
-# 4.1.0 (April 29th, 2017; quick JavaScript execution)
+# 4.1.0 (April 29th, 2017; quick JavaScript execution - $mkdir)
 
 * added `$mkdir` function for [Quick execution](https://github.com/mkloubert/vs-script-commands#quick-execution-) command
 

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "vs-script-commands",
   "displayName": "Script Commands",
   "description": "Adds additional commands to Visual Studio Code that uses scripts (JavaScript) for execution.",
-  "version": "4.2.0",
+  "version": "4.3.0",
   "publisher": "mkloubert",
   "engines": {
     "vscode": "^1.6.0"

src/quick.ts

@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ function _generateHelpHTML(): string {
     markdown += "| ---- | --------- |\n";
     markdown += "| `$extension: vscode.ExtensionContext` | Stores the [context](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/vscode-api#_a-nameextensioncontextaspan-classcodeitem-id1016extensioncontextspan) of that extension. |\n";
     markdown += "| `$globals: any` | Stores the global data from the settings. |\n";
+    markdown += "| `$output: vscode.OutputChannel` | Stores the [output channel](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/vscode-api#OutputChannel) of that extension. |\n";
     markdown += "| `$state: any` | Stores a value that should be available for next executions. |\n";
     markdown += "| `$workspace: string` | Stores the path of the current workspace. |\n";
     markdown += "\n";
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ export function quickExecution() {
             const $openHtml = function(html: string, title?: string) {
                 return $me.openHtml(html, title);
             };
+            const $output = $me.outputChannel;
             const $readFile = function(file: string) {
                 file = sc_helpers.toStringSafe(file);
                 if (!Path.isAbsolute(file)) {