Run shellCommand to transform value in remember

[tcm0116]

As a follow-up to the suggestion provided in #45 (comment), I'm trying to determine if there's a way to use a shell command to transform the value stored in a remember. Below is an example of what I'm looking to do. In this situation, the idea is that the launch configuration would call ${input:bazelTargetPath}, which would end up prompting the user to select a bazel target (which gets stored in selectedBazelTarget), and then the the result of that selection is then run through another shell command to get a different value (which gets stored in selectedBazelTargetPath). Is there a way to do something like this?

 "inputs": [
 {
 "id": "pickBazelTarget",
 "type": "command",
 "command": "extension.commandvariable.pickStringRemember",
 "args": {
 "description": "Choose a target",
 "key": "selectedBazelTarget",
 "rememberTransformed": true,
 "options": [
 [ "Previous Target", "${remember:selectedBazelTarget}" ],
 [ "Select target", "${command:bazelTargets}" ],
 ],
 "command": {
 "bazelTargets": {
 "command": "shellCommand.execute",
 "args": {
 "command": "bazel query 'kind(cc_binary*, //...)'",
 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
 }
 }
 }
 }
 },
 {
 "id": "bazelTargetPath",
 "type": "command",
 "command": "extension.commandvariable.remember",
 "args": {
 "key": "selectedBazelTargetPath",
 "command": {
 "getBazelTargetPath": {
 "command": "shellCommand.execute",
 "args": {
 "command": "bazel cquery --config=${command:cpptools.activeConfigName} --compilation_mode=dbg --output=files ${input:pickBazelTarget}",
 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 ]

[rioj7]

@tcm0116
It will have to be done in a construct like:

"inputs": [
 {
 "id": "bazelTargetPath",
 "type": "command",
 "command": "extension.commandvariable.transform",
 "args": {
 "key": "selectedBazelTargetPath",
 "text": "${command:getBazelTargetPath}",
 "command": {
 "getBazelTargetPath": {
 "command": "shellCommand.execute",
 "variableSubstArgs": true,
 "args": {
 "command": "bazel cquery --config=${command:cpptools.activeConfigName} --compilation_mode=dbg --output=files ${pickStringRemember:pickBazelTarget}",
 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
 },
 "pickStringRemember": {
 "pickBazelTarget" : {
 "description": "Choose a target",
 "key": "selectedBazelTarget",
 "rememberTransformed": true,
 "options": [
 [ "Previous Target", "${remember:selectedBazelTarget}" ],
 [ "Select target", "${command:bazelTargets}" ]
 ],
 "command": {
 "bazelTargets": {
 "command": "shellCommand.execute",
 "args": {
 "command": "bazel query 'kind(cc_binary*, //...)'",
 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
]

I have to implement the argument "variableSubstArgs": true for the ${command}.

[tcm0116]

@rioj7 - in conjunction with the changes in #54, I was able to get your suggestion to work with the following tasks.json:

{
 "version": "2.0.0",
 "tasks": [
 {
 "label": "Pick Bazel Target",
 "type": "shell",
 "command": "echo ${input:bazelTargetPath} ${input:selectedBazelTarget}"
 }
 ],
 "inputs": [
 {
 "id": "bazelTargetPath",
 "type": "command",
 "command": "extension.commandvariable.transform",
 "args": {
 "key": "selectedBazelTargetPath",
 "text": "${command:getBazelTargetPath}",
 "command": {
 "getBazelTargetPath": {
 "command": "shellCommand.execute",
 "variableSubstArgs": true,
 "args": {
 "command": "bazel cquery --config=${command:cpptools.activeConfigName} --compilation_mode=dbg --output=files ${pickStringRemember:pickBazelTarget}",
 "useSingleResult": true,
 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
 "pickStringRemember": {
 "pickBazelTarget": {
 "description": "Choose a target",
 "key": "selectedBazelTarget",
 "rememberTransformed": true,
 "options": [
 [
 "Previous Target",
 "${remember:selectedBazelTarget}"
 ],
 [
 "Select target",
 "${command:bazelTargets}"
 ]
 ],
 "command": {
 "bazelTargets": {
 "command": "shellCommand.execute",
 "args": {
 "command": "bazel query 'kind(cc_binary*, //...)'",
 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 },
 {
 "id": "selectedBazelTarget",
 "type": "command",
 "command": "extension.commandvariable.transform",
 "args": {
 "text": "${remember:selectedBazelTarget}"
 }
 }
 ]
}

[rioj7]

@tcm0116 v1.49.0 use the syntax of comment

You can use the following options:

 "options": [
 { "label": "Previous Target:",
 "value": "${remember:selectedBazelTarget}",
 "description": "${remember:selectedBazelTarget}"
 },
 { "label": "Select target...", "value": "${command:bazelTargets}" },
 ],

[roussak]

I'd like to have this feature working in the vscode, but I can't... :'(

I copy-pasted your example from the Documentation page (the part "Named Arguments", right after this issue is mentioned), but it results in that the pickStringRemember:pickAnOptions works fine, but then I get "Could not find input with command 'echo You selected Option B' and taskId 'undefined'" pop up:

I'll mention this comment at augustocdias's issues page too because I'm not sure which extension gives this behaviour.

[rioj7]

@roussak The Tasks Shell Input extension tries to locate the input that calls this command.
It can't find it and thus gives an exception/message.

I have filed a pull request: augustocdias/vscode-shell-command#133

This does not search for an input if the completeInput argument is set to true.

 "args": {
 "command": "echo You selected ${pickStringRemember:pickAnOption}",
 "useSingleResult": true,
 "completeInput": true,
 },