User defined folder tasks

[igordsm]

Other code editors/IDEs provide the ability to run user defined commands (like tasks in VSCode or RunConfigurations in IntelliJ). I would like to implement something like this for Code. I've been thinking about some implementation ideas and would like other people's opinion on this.

• custom JSON format (like in VSCode)
• GUI configuration tools like Visual Studio and IntelliJ
• .tasks folder with shell scripts that can be called from code and run in terminal
• some sort of makefile support

When a task is executed a new Terminal window would be launched with the command running.

I'm not a huge fan of GUI for this type of task, so I have a preference for the other alternatives. The last two are specially attractive to me, since they leverage existing Linux knowledge.

[jeremypw]

I would be 👍 for the third (tasks folder) option. I currently use bash aliases for common tasks like building rebuilding and linting a meson or flatpak project but these could easily be made into shellscripts accessible from the GUI.

[meisenzahl]

Could be a follow-up PR to #940.

[igordsm]

@meisenzahl #940 is a quite a complex contribution. I like the panel with the commands' output on the bottom and would love to use it as well. ProjectManager signals are also useful. It seems that what I'm planning is a lot less complex, but I'll be sure to reach out when design and implementation choices get clearer.