Create our own OUTPUT panel

src/features/vsProvider.ts

@@ -18,15 +18,18 @@ export default class ValeServerProvider implements vscode.CodeActionProvider {
 
   private static commandId: string = "ValeServerProvider.runCodeAction";
   private command!: vscode.Disposable;
+  private logger!: vscode.OutputChannel;
 
   private async doVale(textDocument: vscode.TextDocument) {
     const configuration = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration();
     if (!utils.isElligibleDocument(textDocument)) {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Reset out alert map:
+    // Reset out alert map and run-time log:
     this.alertMap = {};
+    this.logger.clear();
+
     this.useCLI = configuration.get("vale.core.useCLI", false);
 
     if (!this.useCLI) {
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ export default class ValeServerProvider implements vscode.CodeActionProvider {
     let stylesPath: Array<string> = [];
     if (configLocation !== "" && !fs.existsSync(configLocation)) {
       vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-        `There was an error running Vale: '${configLocation}' does not exist.`
+        `[Vale]: '${configLocation}' does not exist.`
       );
     } else if (configLocation !== "") {
       stylesPath = [
@@ -100,11 +103,7 @@ export default class ValeServerProvider implements vscode.CodeActionProvider {
       const stdout = await utils.runInWorkspace(folder, command);
       this.handleJSON(stdout.toString(), file, 0);
     } catch (error) {
-      // We can't find a configuration, but this might not be an error:
-      //
-      // TODO: in case (2), how do we unintrusively communicate that we
-      // couldn't find a config file?
-      console.log(`[Vale] runtime error: ${error}`);
+      vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`[Vale]: ${error}`);
     }
   }
 
@@ -114,9 +113,17 @@ export default class ValeServerProvider implements vscode.CodeActionProvider {
     offset: number
   ) {
     const diagnostics: vscode.Diagnostic[] = [];
-    let body = JSON.parse(contents.toString());
     const backend = this.useCLI ? "Vale" : "Vale Server";
 
+    let body = JSON.parse(contents.toString());
+    if (body.Code && body.Text) {
+      this.logger.appendLine(body.Text);
+      if (body.Path) {
+        this.logger.appendLine(body.Path);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
     this.readabilityStatus.hide();
     for (let key in body) {
       const alerts = body[key];
@@ -254,8 +261,9 @@ export default class ValeServerProvider implements vscode.CodeActionProvider {
   }
 
   public async activate(subscriptions: vscode.Disposable[]) {
-    const configuration = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration();
+    this.logger = vscode.window.createOutputChannel("Vale");
 
+    const configuration = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration();
     this.command = vscode.commands.registerCommand(
       ValeServerProvider.commandId,
       this.runCodeAction,
@@ -303,5 +311,7 @@ export default class ValeServerProvider implements vscode.CodeActionProvider {
 
     this.diagnosticMap = {};
     this.alertMap = {};
+
+    this.logger.dispose();
   }
 }

src/features/vsUtils.ts

@@ -152,8 +152,12 @@ export const runInWorkspace = (
       command[0],
       command.slice(1),
       { cwd, maxBuffer },
-      (error, stdout) => {
-        resolve(stdout);
+      (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+        if (error) {
+          resolve(stderr);
+        } else {
+          resolve(stdout);
+        }
       }
     );
   });