PowerShell / PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices
Expose symbols API through $psEditor model
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Area-psEditor
Issue-Enhancement
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 767
- Forks
- 266
- Avg merge
- 3d 16h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
This API will allow $psEditor users to request symbols for the current document with which they can perform operations. This should also allow registering new "symbol providers" which are capable of scanning for symbols that PSES is not aware of (like custom DSLs, etc).
/cc @nightroman
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the existing $psEditor model and the current symbol-handling entry points. The issue describes exposing symbols for the current document and allowing registration of providers for unsupported DSLs; done should include both capabilities, with behavior verified through the project's existing tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, powershell
- Domain
- api, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100